USCPR Action endorses Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor, the organization’s first endorsement
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USCPR ACTION ENDORSES ZOHRAN MAMDANI FOR NEW YORK CITY MAYOR, THE ORGANIZATION’S FIRST ENDORSEMENT OF A POLITICAL CANDIDATE
WASHINGTON, DC, September 16, 2025—The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action (USCPR Action), one of the largest Palestine advocacy organizations in the U.S., has issued its first endorsement to support Zohran Mamdani for Mayor of New York City.
“USCPR Action works to advance Palestinian rights as a non-negotiable part of the progressive agenda in the U.S., and Zohran Mamdani’s bold, visionary campaign represents just that,” said USCPR Action Executive Director Ahmad Abuznaid. “Average Americans want their tax dollars to fund care for their communities, like housing and healthcare—not sent to a foreign apartheid state to fuel endless genocide and war.”
The facts are clear: 75% of Democratic voters want to stop arming Israel with their tax dollars, as a recent Quinnipiac University national poll revealed.
Mamdani’s campaign represents a major shift in the U.S. political landscape, in which Palestinian rights has become an increasingly popular position. In fact, 62% of Mamdani voters said his support for Palestinian rights was a factor in their vote—the third most motivating reason cited in a Data for Progress poll.
Here are the most important reasons why USCPR Action is proud to endorse Zohran Mamdani:
He works for the working class. Mamdani supports policies to make life in New York City more affordable, such as universal child care, a minimum wage increase, free city buses, and a freeze on the rising rent for stabilized tenants (1).
He’s a long-time advocate for Palestinian rights, supporting Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) tactics, going on hunger strike to protest the U.S.-funded genocide in Dec. 2023, and introducing the Not On Our Dime! Act in the New York state legislature to stop NY-based charities from funding Israeli settler violence (2).
He would divest the city’s pension fund from Israel bonds due to Israel’s violations of international law (3).
Like the majority of Americans, he supports the most critical demand for the U.S.-based Palestine solidarity movement: an arms embargo now (4).
USCPR Action is an advocacy and political organization working to support the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom. The organization plans to endorse more aligned candidates as the 2026 midterm elections and 2028 general elections approach.
About USCPR Action
The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action (USCPR Action) is a diverse movement of Palestinians and their allies who advocate for Palestinian rights and a transformation of U.S. policy on Palestine. That means ending U.S. military funding to apartheid Israel, once and for all, and advocating for justice and freedom for all people. USCPR Action is a project of Tides Advocacy, a 501(c)(4) organization. This partnership allows USCPR Action to expand its advocacy and political work, by advocating for legislation, endorsing political candidates, holding elected officials accountable, and building power across movements. USCPR Action will work to advance Palestinian rights as a non-negotiable part of the progressive agenda in the U.S., and build unprecedented support for Palestinian rights in Congress.
Footnotes
1 - https://19thnews.org/2025/06/zohran-mamdani-policies-affordability-housing-child-care/, https://www.zohranfornyc.com/platform
2 - https://x.com/ZohranKMamdani/status/1392567432829706249, https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657586, https://www.teenvogue.com/story/cynthia-nixon-zohran-mamdani-gaza-ceasefire-hunger-strike, https://www.notonourdime.com/
3 - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mamdani-says-keep-new-york-city-pension-fund-out-of-israel-bonds
4 - https://x.com/ZohranKMamdani/status/1826768140543688991, https://www.cityandstateny.com/personality/2024/10/could-pro-palestinian-socialist-really-be-nycs-next-mayor/400487/