Mamdani has endorsed Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul for re-election. The party’s nominating convention is on Friday in Syracuse, and the endorsement could sway some voters against the current Lieutenant Governor, Anthony Delgado. He and his pick for second-in-command, Democratic Socialist from Buffalo, India Walton, are running to the left of Hochul in June’s primary election. Delgado and Hochul had a falling-out a few years ago, but the governor and Mamdani are also at odds over a key position for the Mayor’s affordability-first agenda: taxing the city’s and state’s wealthiest individuals more.