Bernie Sanders Stumps for Mamdani as Part of Fighting Oligarchy Tour

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Mr. Sanders will host the Democratic front-runner for mayor of New York City at a town hall in Brooklyn on Saturday night. The two marched in a Labor Day parade that morning in Manhattan.

Zohran Mamdani, center left, and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, center right, joined a Labor Day parade in Manhattan on Saturday. Union support has almost exclusively lined up behind Mr. Mamdani.Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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“He was a mayor who ran with a message that Burlington is not for sale,” Mr. Mamdani said of Mr. Sanders, who served four terms as the mayor of the Vermont city early in his career.

“We are running with a message that New York City is not for sale,” Mr. Mamdani added. “There are echoes and parallels, and an inspiration in the work that he has done.”

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Mr. Mamdani has embraced Mr. Sanders’s message, criticizing his mayoral opponents’ reliance on large campaign donations from billionaires and political groups backed by corporations. In contrast, Mr. Mamdani has relied on smaller donors. On Friday, he announced that he had hit the $8 million fund-raising cap in the race and urged his supporters to stop donating.

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“It is an honor to welcome Senator Sanders to New York City as we fight against the corporate greed, billionaires and corrupt politicians responsible for the affordability crisis,” Mr. Mamdani said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/nyregion/bernie-sanders-zohran-mamdani.html

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