U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman is betting Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s endorsement of Brad Lander won’t be enough to beat him in the NY-10 Democratic primary next month, arguing that a recent City Council race showed the limits of the mayor’s political pull.
Speaking to reporters at a Knicks watch party he hosted in Lower Manhattan on Friday, Goldman said the takeaway from Carl Wilson’s recent victory over Lindsey Boylan, who was backed by Mamdani, was that “people who have been on the ground, doing the work win elections” — a pointed response to a question about whether the result suggested the mayor’s endorsement power had been overstated.
