Zohran Mamdani: “I've been really excited by the endorsements, like you said…”

“He was publicly speaking about how he wanted to narrow this race. And he's gotten his first wish. He's gotten Eric Adams out of this race, but now he's going through acceptance. And what I've been really excited by the endorsements, like you said, Sonny, from not only Governor Hochul, not only from Majority Leader of the State Senate Andrea Stewart Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Hasty, Attorney General Tish James. that we were just speaking about, but also the fact that I wouldn't be sitting here with you if it was endorsements that made all the difference.” (08:07–08:27)

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