New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is considering backing a Congressional hopeful who called white women 'ugly colonizers', according to a new report.
The Democratic socialist mayor might decide to endorse Darializa Avila Chevalier, who is running for Congress in the Big Apple's 13th district, anonymous sources close to the matter told The New York Times.
Chevalier, who was Mamdani's former aide during his campaign, is seeking to take Rep. Adriano Espalliat, who has held the seat since 2017.
The news comes after the mayor pledged to support the 71-year-old incumbent congressman last year after Espalliat dropped his support for former Governor Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign, three other sources familiar with Mamdani's vow said, The Times reported.
But it was just days ago that Chevalier's vile social media posts were unearthed, including one where she ranted about interracial relationships.
'Black men [handshake emoji] Arab men fetishizing ugly colonizer women,' the 32-year-old allegedly wrote in a September 2019 post, the New York Post previously reported.
She also recalled a time when a 'white lady' questioned her anti-Israel shirt while she was out in public.
'I held the door on an old white lady at Popeyes… Her: is that a BDS shirt? Me: Yes, she wrote, referring to the 'Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions' campaign against Israel and Israeli-owned businesses.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is weighing whether or not to back New York City Congressional hopeful Darializa Avila Chevalier, 31, according to sources
Chevalier, who was Mamdani's former aide during his campaign, is seeking to take Rep. Adriano Espalliat, who has held the seat since 2017
Chevalier continued: 'Her: Do you know what they do to– Door closed before I could find out what they do,' she wrote on X in September 2019, the Post cited.
The posts were published to an X account, named darializabonet, when the social media platform was still known as Twitter. The profile is no longer active.
If Mamdani does endorse Chevalier, it could increase her chances of getting the attention of young voters after the mayor received overwhelming support from that demographic during his election.
According to an exit poll from ABC News, Mamdani won 78 percent of votes under the age of 30, and 75 percent of votes for ages 18 to 29 when he ran against Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in 2025.
New York City's Primary election day is June 23, and the general election is set for November 3.
Chevalier was trailing behind Espaillat by 14 points, according to a poll conducted toward the end of March by The City in late April.
But, according to decentralized prediction market site Polymarket, as of June 23, Chevalier's chances of winning are at 64 percent, while Espaillat sits at 31 percent.
She also had a successful first quarter of the year, funding outraising Espaillat $270,000 to his $230,000, according to campaign finance reports.
Social media posts from 2019 shared by Chevalier resurfaced just days ago, including one where she ranted about interracial relationships and called white women 'ugly colonizers'
Espalliat (center) visited a federal detention in New Jersey on Wednesday, where tensions have been at an all-time high between protesters and federal agents for days
As election day nears, Espalliat visited a federal detention center in New Jersey on Wednesday, where tensions have been at an all-time high between protesters and federal agents for days.
A clip posted to social media showed the politician entering the site outside Delaney Hall with a court order as ICE detainees continue their hunger strike in protest of the alleged poor conditions that they are dealing with inside.
'This detention center should shut down. Shut it down! During the pandemic, I went to Irwin, Georgia, where there was a similar center run by a private company, where women were getting unauthorized medical procedures,' Espalliat said as protesters gathered around him.
'And we were able to shut that detention center down. We will shut this center down, we will shut it down! And we shut it down because it's inhumane,' he continued as he read from a paper that he said detailed what detainees have told them life is like inside the detention center.
He later told The Times that he is confident that he will beat Chevalier while referring to the internal poll conducted by The City last month.
'I think I’m gaining some momentum and I think that I’m surging,' he told the publication.
'I’m growing every day. I’m out in the street, I’m knocking on doors, I’m doing the subways, I have a strong ground operation and I think I’m going to win big.'
'So I don’t see her surging at all. The love and support I’m getting in the street, I’ve never seen before.'
She also recalled a time a 'white lady' questioned her anti-Israel shirt while she was out in public in another post
Chevalier (pictured being handcuffed by an NYPD officer) was formally an anti-Israel activist at Columbia University from 2012 to 2016
In addition to her controversial social media posts, Chevalier was formally an anti-Israel activist at Columbia University from 2012 to 2016.
She worked for the group called Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), which has since been suspended. Chevalier also credited herself as a leader of the 'tentefada' encampments at the school.
During her campaign for Congress, she has pledged to legalize prostitution and private drug use, as well as abolish prisons, according to her DSA candidate questionnaire.
Additionally, she called for the abolishment of Immigration Customs Enforcement and the end of US military support for Israel.
The Daily Mail contacted Mamdani's office, Chevalier, and Espalliat for comment.