Ask each one of them what they think about BDS,” he advised activists who were then getting ready for the 2021 mayoral race, referring to the movement to boycott, divest and sanction Israel. “And not what they think about the right to engage in it,

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez endorses Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani the day after Mamdani refused to say he supports Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state in a debate with other mayoral candidates.

Zohran Mamdani has buzz and some momentum in New York City’s mayoral race. But can a 33-year-old democratic socialist — or anyone else — beat former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary? Mamdani picked up a key endorsement Thursday from U.