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MAMDANI REJECTS ‘CORRUPT POLITICS AND BACKROOM DEALS’ AFTER
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Brad Reed
September 3, 2025
Common Dreams
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_ "The NYC mayor's race is a clear example of a corrupt political
system," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. _

Zohran Mamdani, David ‘Dee’ Delgado/Reuters

 

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani lashed out at rival
Andrew Cuomo after a new report revealed that US President Donald
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intervening in this November's election.

According
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report in _The New York Times_ published on Wednesday, Trump
advisers have discussed offering jobs within the administration to
incumbent New York Mayor Eric Adams and Republican nominee Curtis
Sliwa in a bid to get them to drop out of the race, which would leave
Cuomo as the only significant challenger to Mamdani.

The _New York Times__' _sources said that talks have been going on
between the administration and "some of the city's biggest real estate
executives and among allies of Mr. Cuomo" about ways to get Adams and
Sliwa out of the race.

"Those New Yorkers have been frantically searching for any way to halt
the rise of Mr. Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman and
democratic socialist who they fear will sour the city's business
climate, and have discussed potentially offering public or private
sector jobs to encourage him to drop out," the report explained.

Mamdani quickly jumped on the_ Times_ report and used it to again
tie Cuomo to the president, who is a massively unpopular figure in the
city.

"Today's news confirms it: Cuomo is Trump's choice for mayor,"
Mamdani wrote
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a social media post. "The White House is considering jobs for Adams
and Sliwa to clear the field. New Yorkers are sick of corrupt politics
and backroom deals. No matter who's running, we will deliver a better
future on November 4."

Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Mamdani who is planning
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campaign with him at a town hall-style event this weekend, also ripped
the attempt by the White House to help Cuomo. He also took a shot at
members of the Democratic Party who have refused to endorse Mamdani
despite his clear victory in the Democratic mayoral primary earlier
this year.

"The NYC mayor's race is a clear example of a corrupt political
system," he wrote
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Mamdani wins the Democratic primary. The oligarchs spend whatever it
takes to defeat him. Democratic leadership refuses to endorse him.
Together, we will take them all on and elect Zohran as mayor."

_Brad Reed is a staff writer for Common Dreams._

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