Who are you voting for in the Dem primary for mayor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What NYT article? The Columbia thing?

Yeah. Mostly surprising because Torres was really, really opposed to Mamdani before he won - between him coming around and Jeffries sticking up for him against the earlier Trump attacks and Gillibrand apologizing for her "jihad" comment, it just doesn't seem like there's going to be any organized resistance to Mamdani from institutional Democrats, and without that I don't see any realistic path to him losing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish but I am less concerned about the anti-Jewish questions than the lack of common sense and basic understanding of economics and how to run a big city. Rent freeze - dumb idea. City-run grocery stores - horrible idea. Being so adversarial to the wealthy ("there should be no billionaires?") - horrible.

I held my nose and voted for Cuomo. And I might hold my nose and vote for Adams.

Again - this is not binary. I am not "supporting" them. Much as those who support Mamdani, despite some of his questionable comments about Jews and Israel, are not Anti-Semitic. But the fact that he is letting this even be an issue shows how poorly prepared he is for the job.

I’m fine with his billionaire rhetoric. He has a valid point.

I think the rent freeze idea is not good.

I don’t think the grocery store idea is such a big deal. One in each borough in a food desert area, and he’s already said it’s just an idea to try. That’s not a huge commitment

Idk re child care but people said we couldn’t do universal pre K and here we are.

I think his views on Israel are just fine. I think there are a lot of people pissed that every political candidate feels like they need to bend the knee to Israel. He doesn’t. Fine by me. I applaud him for not cowering. Shows excellent judgment.

+1. Some of his ideas are interesting, while some of them seem like ideas. But many voters believe he actually cares about affordability issues and is willing to try new things. Some will work, some won’t.

Seems quite basic, but other candidate comes even close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish but I am less concerned about the anti-Jewish questions than the lack of common sense and basic understanding of economics and how to run a big city. Rent freeze - dumb idea. City-run grocery stores - horrible idea. Being so adversarial to the wealthy ("there should be no billionaires?") - horrible.

I held my nose and voted for Cuomo. And I might hold my nose and vote for Adams.

Again - this is not binary. I am not "supporting" them. Much as those who support Mamdani, despite some of his questionable comments about Jews and Israel, are not Anti-Semitic. But the fact that he is letting this even be an issue shows how poorly prepared he is for the job.

I’m fine with his billionaire rhetoric. He has a valid point.

I think the rent freeze idea is not good.

I don’t think the grocery store idea is such a big deal. One in each borough in a food desert area, and he’s already said it’s just an idea to try. That’s not a huge commitment

Idk re child care but people said we couldn’t do universal pre K and here we are.

I think his views on Israel are just fine. I think there are a lot of people pissed that every political candidate feels like they need to bend the knee to Israel. He doesn’t. Fine by me. I applaud him for not cowering. Shows excellent judgment.

+1. Some of his ideas are interesting, while some of them seem like bad ideas. But many voters believe he actually cares about affordability issues and is willing to try new things. Some will work, some won’t.

Seems quite basic, but other candidate comes even close.

Fixed missing word.

[Anonymous]

Both Adams and Cumo are openly corrupt and hold the voter base with contempt. Adam's privatized the 4th of July fireworks by closing the Brooklyn Heights Promenade for public viewing. I would vote for a ham sandwich to be the next mayor of NYC before I select either of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both Adams and Cumo are openly corrupt and hold the voter base with contempt. Adam's privatized the 4th of July fireworks by closing the Brooklyn Heights Promenade for public viewing. I would vote for a ham sandwich to be the next mayor of NYC before I select either of them.

Why did he privatize 4th of July fireworks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Why did he privatize 4th of July fireworks?

Link: https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2025/07/02/city-workers-to-party-on-promenade-excluding-residents/

In the past, the city booked barges on July 4 for NYPD officials and families, “And the Adams administration was criticized for that,” Restler said. “It seems the priority is providing the best views of the fireworks to their buddies. The Promenade is a public space, not for the mayor’s friends.

“It’s as if they have no regard for residents of Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO in planning this out,” Restler added. “Many neighbors don’t have a view from their homes and walk out to the Promenade to see the show. The whole setup is bizarre.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish but I am less concerned about the anti-Jewish questions than the lack of common sense and basic understanding of economics and how to run a big city. Rent freeze - dumb idea. City-run grocery stores - horrible idea. Being so adversarial to the wealthy ("there should be no billionaires?") - horrible.

I held my nose and voted for Cuomo. And I might hold my nose and vote for Adams.

Again - this is not binary. I am not "supporting" them. Much as those who support Mamdani, despite some of his questionable comments about Jews and Israel, are not Anti-Semitic. But the fact that he is letting this even be an issue shows how poorly prepared he is for the job.

I’m fine with his billionaire rhetoric. He has a valid point.

I think the rent freeze idea is not good.

I don’t think the grocery store idea is such a big deal. One in each borough in a food desert area, and he’s already said it’s just an idea to try. That’s not a huge commitment

Idk re child care but people said we couldn’t do universal pre K and here we are.

I think his views on Israel are just fine. I think there are a lot of people pissed that every political candidate feels like they need to bend the knee to Israel. He doesn’t. Fine by me. I applaud him for not cowering. Shows excellent judgment.

+1. Some of his ideas are interesting, while some of them seem like ideas. But many voters believe he actually cares about affordability issues and is willing to try new things. Some will work, some won’t.

Seems quite basic, but other candidate comes even close.

Where exactly do you think Socialism works?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What NYT article? The Columbia thing?

Yeah. Mostly surprising because Torres was really, really opposed to Mamdani before he won - between him coming around and Jeffries sticking up for him against the earlier Trump attacks and Gillibrand apologizing for her "jihad" comment, it just doesn't seem like there's going to be any organized resistance to Mamdani from institutional Democrats, and without that I don't see any realistic path to him losing.

Torres isn't really supporting him. He is being intelligent. No one is all good or all bad. He is basically saying that on this issue, the criticism is uncalled for. That doesn't mean he supports him overall. I wish more people on both sides were like this - say you support a candidate on certain issues and disagree with them on others.

I really disliked DeBlasio. But I thought he did a great job with pre-k. I loved Bloomberg. I think people obsessively blaming him for stop and frisk is total overkill because the concept was actually really good, it was just poorly executed and he refused to pivot even when he knew it wasn't going well.

A Mamdani supporter above had a nice post about his pros and cons.

I think Cuomo has done a lot of bad things but I like many of his policy ideas (though not all of them), his ability to get things done, and his ability to potentially stand up to Trump. I do not think NYC can afford to have a mayor who will be learning on the job, which is the case with Mamdani. It is an incredibly complex organization. Just throwing wish list ideas out there and seeing which stick is not going to work. And his "us against them" attitude towards the rich is not healthy - he can advocate for the rich paying more without portraying them as bad guys.

See - not that hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What NYT article? The Columbia thing?

Yeah. Mostly surprising because Torres was really, really opposed to Mamdani before he won - between him coming around and Jeffries sticking up for him against the earlier Trump attacks and Gillibrand apologizing for her "jihad" comment, it just doesn't seem like there's going to be any organized resistance to Mamdani from institutional Democrats, and without that I don't see any realistic path to him losing.

Torres isn't really supporting him. He is being intelligent. No one is all good or all bad. He is basically saying that on this issue, the criticism is uncalled for. That doesn't mean he supports him overall. I wish more people on both sides were like this - say you support a candidate on certain issues and disagree with them on others.

I really disliked DeBlasio. But I thought he did a great job with pre-k. I loved Bloomberg. I think people obsessively blaming him for stop and frisk is total overkill because the concept was actually really good, it was just poorly executed and he refused to pivot even when he knew it wasn't going well.

A Mamdani supporter above had a nice post about his pros and cons.

I think Cuomo has done a lot of bad things but I like many of his policy ideas (though not all of them), his ability to get things done, and his ability to potentially stand up to Trump. I do not think NYC can afford to have a mayor who will be learning on the job, which is the case with Mamdani. It is an incredibly complex organization. Just throwing wish list ideas out there and seeing which stick is not going to work. And his "us against them" attitude towards the rich is not healthy - he can advocate for the rich paying more without portraying them as bad guys.

See - not that hard.

Can you link to the mamdani supporter post? That may have been me. I voted for Cuomo in 1st place but am pivoting to mamdani. If he puts Lander somewhere useful, and Tisch stays (could she?), I think he could be worth a try for 4 years

Oh and whoever the rat lady is, she needs to stay too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish but I am less concerned about the anti-Jewish questions than the lack of common sense and basic understanding of economics and how to run a big city. Rent freeze - dumb idea. City-run grocery stores - horrible idea. Being so adversarial to the wealthy ("there should be no billionaires?") - horrible.

I held my nose and voted for Cuomo. And I might hold my nose and vote for Adams.

Again - this is not binary. I am not "supporting" them. Much as those who support Mamdani, despite some of his questionable comments about Jews and Israel, are not Anti-Semitic. But the fact that he is letting this even be an issue shows how poorly prepared he is for the job.

I’m fine with his billionaire rhetoric. He has a valid point.

I think the rent freeze idea is not good.

I don’t think the grocery store idea is such a big deal. One in each borough in a food desert area, and he’s already said it’s just an idea to try. That’s not a huge commitment

Idk re child care but people said we couldn’t do universal pre K and here we are.

I think his views on Israel are just fine. I think there are a lot of people pissed that every political candidate feels like they need to bend the knee to Israel. He doesn’t. Fine by me. I applaud him for not cowering. Shows excellent judgment.

+1. Some of his ideas are interesting, while some of them seem like ideas. But many voters believe he actually cares about affordability issues and is willing to try new things. Some will work, some won’t.

Seems quite basic, but other candidate comes even close.

Where exactly do you think Socialism works?

Nowhere?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish but I am less concerned about the anti-Jewish questions than the lack of common sense and basic understanding of economics and how to run a big city. Rent freeze - dumb idea. City-run grocery stores - horrible idea. Being so adversarial to the wealthy ("there should be no billionaires?") - horrible.

I held my nose and voted for Cuomo. And I might hold my nose and vote for Adams.

Again - this is not binary. I am not "supporting" them. Much as those who support Mamdani, despite some of his questionable comments about Jews and Israel, are not Anti-Semitic. But the fact that he is letting this even be an issue shows how poorly prepared he is for the job.

I’m fine with his billionaire rhetoric. He has a valid point.

I think the rent freeze idea is not good.

I don’t think the grocery store idea is such a big deal. One in each borough in a food desert area, and he’s already said it’s just an idea to try. That’s not a huge commitment

Idk re child care but people said we couldn’t do universal pre K and here we are.

I think his views on Israel are just fine. I think there are a lot of people pissed that every political candidate feels like they need to bend the knee to Israel. He doesn’t. Fine by me. I applaud him for not cowering. Shows excellent judgment.

+1. Some of his ideas are interesting, while some of them seem like ideas. But many voters believe he actually cares about affordability issues and is willing to try new things. Some will work, some won’t.

Seems quite basic, but other candidate comes even close.

Where exactly do you think Socialism works?

Democratic socialism. Scandinavian countries and parts of Western Europe.

[Anonymous]

We are stuck with Mamdani. Cuomo and/or Adams have too many fatal flaws to put together a majority.

Get ready for a bumpy ride. Here is a summary of his positions on some major issues - he seems very casual about quality of life crimes, dealing with the mentally ill, fare evasion, etc. Those who clearly cannot take care of themselves should be removed from the streets for their own good. And repeat offenders of minor law violations should be aggressively prosecuted. Full stop.

And the rent freezes are horrible policy. Have rent increases pegged to social security COLAs or another index.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/25/every-question-zohran-mamdani-meet-your-mayor-answer/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are stuck with Mamdani. Cuomo and/or Adams have too many fatal flaws to put together a majority.

Get ready for a bumpy ride. Here is a summary of his positions on some major issues - he seems very casual about quality of life crimes, dealing with the mentally ill, fare evasion, etc. Those who clearly cannot take care of themselves should be removed from the streets for their own good. And repeat offenders of minor law violations should be aggressively prosecuted. Full stop.

And the rent freezes are horrible policy. Have rent increases pegged to social security COLAs or another index.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/25/every-question-zohran-mamdani-meet-your-mayor-answer/

All of what you listed above is the reason I would never vote for him. But alas, he's going to be mayor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are stuck with Mamdani. Cuomo and/or Adams have too many fatal flaws to put together a majority.

Get ready for a bumpy ride. Here is a summary of his positions on some major issues - he seems very casual about quality of life crimes, dealing with the mentally ill, fare evasion, etc. Those who clearly cannot take care of themselves should be removed from the streets for their own good. And repeat offenders of minor law violations should be aggressively prosecuted. Full stop.

And the rent freezes are horrible policy. Have rent increases pegged to social security COLAs or another index.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/25/every-question-zohran-mamdani-meet-your-mayor-answer/

All of what you listed above is the reason I would never vote for him. But alas, he's going to be mayor.

That's the problem. The people voting for him have no idea what he stands for or what he has done. Some people like rent freezes (which are a horrible idea). Other than that they have no clue. But he is young, energetic, charismatic and doesn't have Cuomo and Adams' baggage. Kudos to him for capitalizing on that. But he is not qualified to be mayor at all. Hopefully he will rise to the occasion. Lander is not great either though at least he has some experience. What he did with the schools in Brooklyn is awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone feel differently now? I’m disgusted by all of the attacks on Zm.

Like ZM, my kids went to Bank Street---an institution that embraces diversity, encourages individuality, and approaches education as a means to strengthen communities and improve society. My voter-age grad ranked him first, as did I. I know he has been taught well.

Yep, for someone who needs to attend a private school in NYC in order to embrace diversity, he’s been taught well.