纽约州奥尔巴尼——纽约市市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼将与州长凯西·霍楚尔一同走上竞选活动之路，这是这位民主社会主义者首次亲自露面，为这位温和派民主党人的连任助选。
ALBANY, New York — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will hit the campaign trail with Gov. Kathy Hochul — the democratic socialist’s first in-person appearances to boost the moderate Democrat’s reelection.
他们的目的地是选民密集的布鲁克林：周五，市长将在该区与州长一起分发竞选宣传材料。据一位了解二人计划、并获准匿名讨论这一尚未公开日程的人士向POLITICO透露，周日他们将再次回到布鲁克林，共同启动一场拉票活动。
Their destination is voter-dense Brooklyn: On Friday the mayor will hand out campaign literature with the governor in the borough. On Sunday, they’ll be back in Brooklyn to launch a canvassing event together, a person familiar with their plans, who was granted anonymity to discuss the yet-to-be-public schedule, told POLITICO.
这些竞选活动将巩固霍楚尔和马姆达尼之间富有成效的联盟——这两位民主党人代表着党内截然不同的两翼，年龄也相差一代人。
The campaign stops will cement a fruitful alliance for both Hochul and Mamdani — two Democrats who represent vastly different wings of their party and are a generation apart in age.
这也是这位出生于布法罗的州长对纽约市在击败其共和党对手布鲁斯·布莱克曼一事中重要性的认可。
It’s also an acknowledgement by the Buffalo-born governor of New York City’s importance to defeating her Republican rival, Bruce Blakeman.
“马姆达尼是纽约市最受欢迎的人物，而纽约市是选票最集中的地区，”正在为一个支持霍楚尔的超级政治行动委员会工作的民主党策略师特里普·杨说。“民主党人只要在纽约市大幅拉高得票，就能在全州获胜——这基本上保证了民主党的胜利。借助马姆达尼的力量非常明智。”昆尼皮亚克大学周三公布的一项民调显示，霍楚尔以55%对41%领先布莱克曼。
“Mamdani is the most popular figure in New York City, which is the most vote-rich region,” said Democratic strategist Trip Yang, who’s working on a pro-Hochul super PAC. “A Democrat can win statewide simply by running up the score in New York City — it basically guarantees a Democratic win. Tapping into Mamdani is just very smart.”A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday showed Hochul leading Blakeman 55 percent to 41 percent.
州长在竞选的关键时刻启用市长，凸显了纽约政治环境的转变。长期以来，民主党人通过争取包括纽约犹太裔选民和年长黑人选民在内的联盟而稳居优势。马姆达尼在去年的市长竞选中出人意料地获胜，凝聚起一个主要由年轻人构成的基本盘，这些年轻人被他应对纽约市高昂生活成本的政纲所动员。
The governor’s deployment of the mayor at a critical moment in the campaign underscores the shifting political environment in New York, where Democrats have long stayed on top by courting a coalition that includes Jewish New Yorkers and older Black voters. Mamdani’s surprise election in last year’s mayoral race knit together a base that was heavily composed of younger people who were activated by his platform to combat the high cost of living in New York City.
但有一个悬而未决的问题：马姆达尼热情支持者中的相当一部分人，是否会出来为霍楚尔投票——霍楚尔在支持以色列、警务和税收等问题上与这位市长存在分歧。她对立场两极化的马姆达尼的拥抱，可能会疏远风向标郊区的选民，而纳苏县县长布莱克曼预计将在这些郊区占据优势。而且，如果霍楚尔赢得第二个完整任期，预计她将面临来自左翼——包括马姆达尼——的更大压力，要求她对富人和大企业增税。
But there is an open question whether a significant chunk of Mamdani’s ardent base will turn out for Hochul, who differs with the mayor on issues like support for Israel, policing and taxes. Her embrace of the polarizing Mamdani stands to alienate voters in the bellwether suburbs where Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, is expected to thrive. And, should Hochul secure her second full term, she’s expected to face increased pressure from the left — including Mamdani — to raise taxes on rich people and big businesses.
这位市长是全国性人物，但他并未涉足民主党候选人试图在红州爆冷取胜的选战。相反，他正在帮助塑造本州选举的结果，去年夏天在民主党占主导的众议院选区支持左翼初选挑战者，对抗现任议员或建制派青睐的人选。他对霍楚尔的政治支持，标志着这位市长有机会加强一种互惠互利的关系。
The mayor, a national figure, is not venturing into races where Democratic candidates are trying to mount upset victories in red states. Instead, he’s helping shape the outcomes of electoral contests in his home state, backing leftist primary challengers against incumbents or establishment favorites in Democratic-dominated House districts this past summer. His political support for Hochul marks an opportunity for the mayor to strengthen a mutually beneficial relationship.
霍楚尔在今年年初批准为扩大免费儿童保育这一共同目标提供更多援助，给了马姆达尼他的首个政策胜利。州长随后又拨出更多州资金，帮助填补纽约市的预算缺口，之后又默许对五个行政区昂贵第二套住房的业主征税——兑现了马姆达尼对富人征税的竞选承诺。
Hochul handed Mamdani his first policy win at the start of the year when she approved more aid for their shared goal of expanding no-cost child care. The governor later sent more state cash to help close a New York City budget gap and then acquiesced to a tax hitting the owners of pricey second homes in the five boroughs — fulfilling a Mamdani campaign pledge to tax the rich.
这位州长还得以维系一个意见分歧的纽约民主党。马姆达尼和众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯在2月表态支持她的连任竞选，这些支持巩固了霍楚尔的左翼阵营，并终结了霍楚尔唯一的初选挑战者、副州长安东尼奥·德尔加多的竞选。
The governor has also been able to hold together a fractious New York Democratic Party. Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed her reelection bid in February, nods that bolstered Hochul’s left flank and ended the campaign of Hochul’s sole primary challenger, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado.
马姆达尼对霍楚尔的支持，也正值这位市长预计明年将寻求奥尔巴尼批准更多增税之际。这位州长一直反对对富人和大型企业提高所得税税率。包括纽约市议会议长朱莉·梅宁在内的一些民主党人已经主张，要进一步扩大儿童保育服务，增税将是必要的。
Mamdani’s boost for Hochul also comes as the mayor is expected to pursue approval from Albany next year for more tax increases. The governor has opposed income tax rate hikes for wealthy people and large corporations. Already, some Democrats, including New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, have argued tax increases will be necessary to further expand child care services.
不过，这场税收之争并未损害市政厅与奥尔巴尼之间的关系。这两位民主党人几乎没有展现出那种界定其前任之间动态的公开紧张。而且，与许多立场比这位市长更温和的建制派民主党同僚不同，霍楚尔并未对其政府采取对抗性的做法。
The tax fight, though, has not soured the relationship between City Hall and Albany. The two Democrats have displayed little of the public tension that defined the dynamics between their predecessors. And unlike many of her fellow institutional Democrats with more moderate views than the mayor, Hochul has not taken an adversarial approach with his administration.
“她并不像看待其他那些建制派民主党人那样把他视为敌人，”政治分析师迈克尔·兰格说，他曾撰文分析纽约市不断变化的投票模式。“佐赫兰为她助选，看起来确实是真心的。他一直把霍楚尔定位为合作者，而非敌人。儿童保育已被证明是两人共同的核心议题。”在6月的初选中，马姆达尼投入了大量政治资本。
“She’s not seen him like a foe in the manner of these other establishment Democrats,” said Michael Lange, a political analyst who has written about evolving voting patterns in New York City. “Zohran campaigning for her certainly comes off as genuine. He has positioned Hochul never as a foe, but as a collaborator the whole time. Child care has proven to be such a core issue for both of them.”During June’s primary elections, Mamdani expended lots of political capital.
他在三场竞争激烈的纽约市国会席位初选中为左翼候选人背书，并以咄咄逼人的节奏为所有人奔走竞选，同时还帮助他们筹款。这收到了成效：马姆达尼支持的所有候选人都赢得了初选，击败了两名更温和的现任议员，并提升了这位市长作为进步派权力掮客的地位。
He endorsed leftist candidates in three competitive primary races for New York City-based congressional seats and hit the campaign trail for all of them at an aggressive clip while also helping them fundraise. And it paid off: All of Mamdani’s candidates won their primaries, ousting two more moderate incumbents and bolstering the mayor’s stature as a progressive powerbroker.
相比之下，在11月大选前的这段时间里，马姆达尼基本上按兵不动。本月，这位市长出席了在曼哈顿为密歇根州参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·赛义德举行的筹款活动，这是他在今年唯一为之站台的纽约以外的高知名度候选人。
By contrast, Mamdani has mostly kept his political powder dry in the lead-up to November’s general elections. The mayor attended a Manhattan fundraiser this month for Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, the only high-profile candidate outside of New York he has stumped for this year.
到目前为止，他在为霍楚尔助选方面做得并不多。事实上，他第一次公开的助选行动直到上周才出现，当时霍楚尔的团队发布了一则广告，其中出现了马姆达尼抨击布莱克曼的画面。
Up until now, he hasn’t done much in terms of campaigning for Hochul. In fact, his first overt act of campaigning didn’t come until last week, when Hochul’s team released an ad in which Mamdani was featured bashing Blakeman.
一位与市长关系密切、获准匿名谈论内部商议的人士告诉《政治报》，马姆达尼之所以没有更多参与州长竞选，是有策略上的考量的。
A person close to the mayor, who was granted anonymity to speak about internal deliberations, told POLITICO there's strategic sense for why Mamdani hasn’t gotten more involved in the gubernatorial contest.
据这位人士说，鉴于这场竞选被认为不如今年夏天的国会初选竞争激烈，市长在州长选战中不必那么活跃的需求也就没那么大。
Given that the race is seen as less competitive than this summer’s congressional primaries, there hasn’t been as big a need for the mayor to be as active in the gubernatorial battle, according to the person.
此外，这位人士说，市长的团队认为，让他只被视为专注于纽约市至关重要，因此排除了他会前往该州其他地区为霍楚尔站台拉票的想法。与此同时，霍楚尔在下个月选举中最有力的支持很可能已经来自纽约市。
Additionally, the mayor’s team sees it as critical that he only be viewed as focusing on New York City, ruling out the idea that he would hit the stump for Hochul in other parts of the state, the person said. Meanwhile, Hochul’s strongest support in next month’s election is already likely to come from the city.
据这位与马姆达尼关系密切的人士说，在11月选举方面，他征求意见最多的人包括他的市政厅幕僚长埃勒·比斯高-丘奇、市政厅通讯主任安娜·巴尔、他2025年竞选活动的策略师莫里斯·卡茨，以及前美国大使、市长的代理人帕特里克·加斯帕德。除了巴尔曾是佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯的助手之外，这些人自去年的竞选活动以来一直是市长的亲密政治顾问。
According to the person close to Mamdani, among the people he has leaned on most for advice when it comes to November’s elections are Elle Bisgaard-Church, his City Hall chief of staff; Anna Bahr, his City Hall communications director; Morris Katz, his 2025 campaign strategist; and Patrick Gaspard, a former U.S. ambassador and surrogate for the mayor. With the exception of Bahr, who’s a former aide to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, they have been close political advisers to the mayor going back to last year’s campaign.
尽管市长团队有这样的评估，马姆达尼在纽约市拥有相当可观的基本盘，他本可以表面上更早地尝试为霍楚尔动员这部分力量。目前尚不清楚他为何等了这么久才试图激活它——不过政治分歧可能在其中起了作用。
Despite the assessment from the mayor’s team, Mamdani commands a sizable base in the Big Apple that he could have ostensibly tried to fire up earlier for Hochul. It’s unclear why he waited as long as he did to try to activate it — though political differences may be at play.
曼达尼的基本盘中有相当大一部分人，包括当地美国民主社会主义者组织分会的领导人，都不喜欢霍楚尔，并曾猛烈抨击她抵制了市长今年早些时候在奥尔巴尼寻求的所得税上调。有鉴于此，曼达尼要想在自己的支持者中为霍楚尔激发热情，就面临一个尴尬的难题。
Large segments of Mamdani’s base, including leaders of the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter, dislike Hochul and have railed against her for resisting income tax increases the mayor sought in Albany earlier this year. In that light, it poses an awkward conundrum for Mamdani to try to generate excitement for Hochul among his supporters.
但另一位与曼达尼关系密切、在匿名条件下接受POLITICO采访的人士认为，市长只是在本周末提前投票开始之际启动为霍楚尔助选，这不过是按常规时间表行事。
But a second person close to Mamdani who spoke to POLITICO on condition of anonymity argued that the mayor is simply operating under standard timelines by kickstarting his Hochul stumping this weekend, when early voting starts.
这位市长对犹太选民来说也是一个极具争议的人物，而犹太选民历来是纽约民主党的中坚力量。霍楚尔仍然是以色列的坚定支持者，并支持了一项旨在限制礼拜场所附近抗议活动的法律——在亲巴勒斯坦示威活动之后，纽约市犹太社区寻求的正是这一措施。
The mayor is also a lightning rod for Jewish voters, who have traditionally served as the backbone of the New York Democratic Party. Hochul remains a staunch Israel supporter and backed a law meant to restrict protests near houses of worship — a measure sought by New York City’s Jewish community following pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
戴维·格林菲尔德曾任纽约市议员，现为知名犹太慈善机构大都会理事会的负责人。他预计犹太裔民主党人今年会在选票上分别投票给不同政党的候选人。但他不认为霍楚尔会因为得到曼达尼的支持而受到惩罚。
David Greenfield, a former New York City councilmember and now the head of the prominent Jewish charity the Met Council, expects Jewish Democrats will split their tickets this year. But he does not believe Hochul will be penalized for the support she’s receiving from Mamdani.
“犹太选民相当聪明，”他说。“我们有能力同时持有两种想法。”
“Jewish voters are pretty smart,” he said. “We’re capable of holding two ideas at once."