Big Apple mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani has raked in nearly $200,000 from donors on Long Island since his Democratic Party primary win – but still trails his rivals’ overall local haul, filings show.
Mamdani reported $104,000 from Long Island donors — who can’t vote in the city election — between July 12 and Aug. 18, outpacing any other city candidate over the same stretch, according to campaign finance records.
But former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pulled in more than $1.5 million from Long Island donors overall as he runs on an independent line after losing a June Democratic primary to Mamdani. During the last period, he received $46,500 from 52 donors, the records showed.
Incumbent Mayor Eric Adams — who is also running as an independent after he dropped out of the Democratic primary — has a haul of just over $1 million from Long Islanders but pulled under $29,000 from 35 donors int he latest filing, records show.
Mamdani had roughly $57,000 in total from Long Island donors before his primary win, according to the filings.
Republican Party nominee Curtis Sliwa had more individual donors than Mamdani during this latest period, with 294 donors — but still earned just $22,000. He has raised about $51,000 in total through the campaign, the filings show.
The region backed Donald Trump in his run for president last year with more than 53% of the vote — flipping Nassau County red for the first time since 1988 and cementing Suffolk County as a GOP stronghold.
Mamdani’s popularity in Long Island even garnered a recent half-baked endorsement from Suffolk County’s former police Commissioner Rodney Harrison, who backed the socialist’s ideas for police reform, including a plan to send mental health professionals to respond to “non-violent” calls instead of cops.
Several high-profile elected Long Island Democrats have broken with Mamdani, with US Reps. Laura Gillen and Tom Suozzi both criticizing the socialist candidate and so far refusing to endorse their fellow Democrat.
“Zohran Mamdani and other Democratic Socialists should create their own party because I don’t want that in my party,” Suozzi said last Sunday.
Gillen called Mamdani’s policies “the wrong choice for New York City” and said she will continue to do so as “over 300,000 Long Islanders commute to New York City every day and ensuring the city succeeds is vital for our region.”
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