SHOTLIST:

NEW YORK, US (AUGUST 7, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL)

1. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE ZOHRAN MAMDANI GREETING HIS SUPPORTERS, HUGGING SOME

2. SOUNDBITE (English) MAMDANI SPEAKING OUTSIDE FEDERAL BUILDING, SAYING:

“Thank you all for being here. Thank you (...) your crews are being stolen. From their families and friends from the city that they call home. It is at this very site that we understand the cost of this news. And former Governor Cuomo has been conspiring with President Trump about the fate of this city, about the future of this city, the facts of this race.

It is knowledge. That disappoints us. And yet it does not surprise us because it builds on a history that we have seen with this former governor. It is time for us to say enough. It is time for us to make clear that what this city deserves is a mayor. Who, when he sees Donald Trump attacking the people of this city, will stand up and fight back against that vision.

And as we stand here at Federal Plaza, I do so knowing it is just blocks from here where I got my citizenship, where I was sworn in as an American in this city that I was raised. And knowing that if Donald Trump is to act upon his threats to denaturalize me, it will likely take place right at this plaza.

Is not to audition to be the jester for a want to be king. It is to be the person that stands up for the values of this city, for the fabric of this town, and for the people of this city. And that is what I am running.”

3. VARIOUS OF SUPPORTERS GIVING SPEECH AT PODIUM (English)

4. SOUNDBITE (English) MAMDANI SPEAKING, SAYING:

“Donald Trump is not (…). I said that my approach to Washington will not be a reflexive one. It is one that will be in opposition to Donald Trump's administration when it comes for New Yorkers, when it comes at the expense of the welfare of the people that I serve. If the president and the administration is looking to work for the benefit, which is what he spent so much of his campaign speaking about…”

5. SUPPORTERS CHEERING AND HUGGING MAMDANI NEW YORK, US - AUGUST 7: On Thursday, August 7, Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani held a press conference outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in Manhattan.

He criticized independent candidate Andrew Cuomo for allegedly collaborating with President Donald Trump ahead of the upcoming mayoral election in New York City.

Mamdani accused Cuomo of undermining democratic principles and aligning with far-right interests.

According to The New York Times reported on Wednesday, Trump has been asking Republican lawmakers and business leaders for advice on which candidate stands the best chance of defeating Mamdani.

Among the contenders are Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, independent incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, and Cuomo, who is running as an independent after losing the Democratic primary to Mamdani.

Sources told the Times that Trump was recently briefed by pollster Mark Penn and former City Council president Andrew Stein, both of whom are backing Cuomo, who resigned as New York governor in 2021 over sexual harassment allegations. Cuomo denies the claims.

The report also cites three unnamed sources claiming Trump and Cuomo held a previously undisclosed phone conversation in recent weeks.

Cuomo's spokesperson Rich Azzopardi denied any such call, saying they hadn't spoken "in a while," and insisted: "As far as I know, they have not discussed the race."

As Trump is unpopular among Democrats, any confirmation that he is cooperating with Cuomo, a longtime Democrat now running as an independent, could hurt his chances at the polls.