In interviews, Jewish Democratic activists said Mamdani’s victory last month is not the national disaster for the century-long Jewish-Democratic alignment that Republicans are making it out to be

Zohran Mamdani defends progressive policies, such as government supermarkets and freezing rent, amid Democratic criticism.

Ralph Reed, a Republican operative and chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, told reporters Friday that Mamdani's victory, and a general election win in November, would put him at the center of the Democratic Party as the leader of the country's largest city.