Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, praised Zohran Mamdani—the antisemitic, socialist New York state representative who, having secured the Democratic nomination, is challenging him in the upcoming mayoral race—in an Aug. 1 interview.

Nayeema Raza asked Adams if he’d rather be stuck in an elevator with Mamdani or his other opponents, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo or Republican candidate and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa.

“Probably Mamdani,” Adams said on Raza’s Smart Girl Dumb Questions podcast. “We had dinner together. We had a good conversation.”