Hochul and Mamdani stump together — for 15 minutes — in first joint campaign appearance of NY governor’s race

Mayor Zohran Mamdani stumped with Gov. Kathy Hochul for the first time Friday — hoping to give the moderate Democrat a boost with his lefty base in New York City less than two weeks before Election Day.

But insiders told The Post the governor finally tapped the woke wunderkind Friday to rally his feverish base, framing the off-year election as a battle against Trump to get voters out to the polls.

“This isn’t exactly a political love story. It’s an arranged marriage with Election Day as the wedding date,” said Democratic consultant former Orange County state Sen. David Carlucci. “Mamdani needs a friend in Albany, and Hochul needs his voters in November.

“Hochul wants Mamdani’s voters, but she doesn’t necessarily want his political baggage,” he added. “She’s been trying to keep one foot in Brooklyn and the other in the suburbs without doing a political split.”