Mamdani allies set to hold big NYC fundraiser for Michigan Dem Abdul El-Sayed

Left-leaning Democrats with ties to Mayor Zohran Mamdani are hosting a big Manhattan fundraiser for Israel-bashing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

The bash will take place on the Bowery on October 5, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., according to a flyer for the event.

Co-hosts include jeweler Alexis Bittar, former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe, presumptive House Democratic Rep. Brad Lander, former Congressman Jamaal Bowman and Brooklyn Councilman Chi Osse.

Left-leaning Democrats with ties to NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani are hosting a big Manhattan fundraiser for Israel-bashing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. via REUTERS
Mayor Zohran Mamdani pictured with jeweler Alexis Bittar, who is one of the co-hosts of the fundraiser. Instagram/@alexis.bittar
Other co-hosts of the fundraiser also include presumptive House Democratic Rep. Brad Lander, who’s pictured here with Mamdani on Tuesday. William Farrington for The NY Post

Two Mamdani campaign confidantes — political strategists Andrew Bard Esptein and Zara Rahim — are also co-hosting the event.

“I’m just helping a candidate I believe in,” Epstein said Thursday.

It was unclear Thursday whether Mamdani would meet with El-Sayed when he’s in the city, or attend the event.

Contributors can donate up to $57,500 to the Abdul Michigan Victory Fund.

The bash will take place on the Bowery on October 5, with donations ranging from $250 to $57,800, according to the flyer. Abdul for Michigan Victory Fund

El-Sayed, who won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary in August, is running against Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers for the seat retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is vacating.

The contest has drawn substantial national attention and spending.

His positions on the Middle East mirror Mamdani’s. El-Sayed has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and opposes US military aid to the Jewish state.

The Democratic nominee has come under fire for associating himself with extremist socialist streamer Hassan Piker, who said in 2019 that America “deserved 9/11.”

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