Lupe Todd-Medina, left, a Democratic strategist, and Tyquana Henderson-Rivers, a political consultant, said they are familiar with Letitia James’s impulse to help relatives. “I think it’s in our genetics,” Ms. Henderson-Rivers said.
Mr. Jeffries, the House minority leader, had resisted backing Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, for months. But his support provides a late boost.
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, a Brooklyn Democrat who leads his party in the House, had faced intense lobbying over a potential endorsement of Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.
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