Mamdani endorsed Lindsey Boylan — the first woman to publicly accuse former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment — in a City Council race on Friday, his latest attempt to wield his political clout

The endorsement comes as Mamdani’s vying for more influence over the City Council, which is led by Speaker Julie Menin — making the Council district, on Manhattan’s West Side, a proxy battle between the two.

Former Councilmember Erik Bottcher won a state Senate seat last year, leaving his Council seat vacant. Mayor Zohran Mamdani called a special election for April 28, and Bottcher, along with some of the city’s most prominent gay leaders, backed his former Chief of Staff Carl Wilson, an out gay man.

The endorsement, in a special election for a City Council seat on Manhattan’s West Side, comes as the mayor seeks to build influence within the Council.

In today’s edition, Kristen Welker previews her interview with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani that’s airing on “Meet the Press” this weekend.

The wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has apologized for what she says were “harmful” social media posts she made as a teenager.

Thursday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Tom Bevan, Andrew Walworth, and Carl Cannon discuss the mayor of New York's plans to create city-owned grocery stores, and investigations into the alleged "two-tiered justice system" targeting Trump supporters and pro-life groups under the Biden administration.