House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was confronted multiple times about the New York City mayoral race during his press conference on Friday.

New York Democratic Party chair Jay Jacobs has said he would not endorse Mamdani, marking a seismic break with Hochul and the state’s institutional leadership. Rep. Ritchie Torres said he does not plan to endorse in the general election, and Rep. Dan Goldman remains undecided. Torres and Goldman are both fierce defenders of Israel.

The Democratic House majority leader has declined to weigh in on the race for CIty Hall for months since Mamdani won the party primary and has built a commanding lead in polls over ex-Gov. Andrew

Some rioters chanted to hang then-Vice President Mike Pence, threatened to kill then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and beat police officers with dozens of makeshift weapons, including bats, sticks, poles, bear spray and beams. Some were accused of carrying guns, knives and handmade weapons.

An upstate New York man who was pardoned by President Donald Trump for his actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 allegedly threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, New York State Police said.

Prosecutors said Christopher Moynihan was among the first rioters to enter the Capitol grounds and watched rioters fight with police at the rotunda door.

New York State Police say the man was arrested after they received word from the FBI that that he made "threats to kill a member of Congress."

The House minority leader confirmed in a statement that he was the subject of a “credible death threat” from someone “with every intention to carry it out.”

Mike Johnson is staying radio silent toward his Democratic counterpart, despite the attempt on Jeffries’s life.

A pardoned Capitol rioter has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries while he spoke at a New York event.