Exclusive | Girlfriend of late star Philip Seymour Hoffman joins other wealthy lefties in Zohran Mamdani campaign ad

Wealthy lefty supporters of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani — including the longtime girlfriend of late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman — appear in the mayoral candidate’s first TV ad.Mimi O’Donnell, the mother of Hoffman’s three children, is seen excitedly jumping up and down with a Mamdani sign toward the end of the 30-second spot.“I love a progressive candidate.He’s got the energy.
I love free child care, free buses.I like all the stuff he’s said,” said O’Donnell, who resides in a multimillion-dollar pad in the tony West Village, to The Post.“I don’t like [Eric] Adams, I don’t like [Andrew] Cuomo,” she said, referring to the mayor and former governor also running for City Hall.O’Donnell has worked as a TV and podcast costume designer, director and executive producer for such series as “A Gifted Man,” “Sandra” and “Saturday Night Live.” She also worked as the head of scripted fiction at Spotify.O’Donnell said wealthy people such as herself should support a Democratic Socialist agenda that helps the needy.“We have it to give.
There are enough people in the city that have it to give,” she said.“There’s so much wealth in the city.It’s insane that there is so much wealth out there, and there’s such a disparity,” O’Donnell added.“We need to think differently.
[Mamdandi] is a breath of fresh air.”O’Donnell — whose Oscar-winning longtime love Hoffman died of a heroin overdose in Manhattan in 2014 — said she offered to volunteer on Mamdani’s campaign and was invited to appear in the Queens state assemblyman’s campaign ad.Political consultant Hank Sheinkopf, who represents law-enforcement unions, said working-class folks can’t afford Mamdani.“The rich can afford everything.We can’t,” Sheinkopf said when hearing about Mamdani’s ad.“Mamdani wants to get rid of cops.
The wealthy can afford private security.The rest of us can’t.
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