Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the state assemblymember from Queens is the best candidate to mobilize working-class voters against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been leading in polls.

Progressive standard-bearer Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced her long-anticipated endorsements in the Democratic primary for NYC mayor on Thursday morning — ranking Democratic socialist Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani first on a slate of five candidates.

I know very intimately what it means to be trusted with an enormous job of immense responsibility at a very young age,' the high-profile