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

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest issue I have with Zohran is how performative and calculating it all is. Rich trust fund kid moves from manhattan to western queens for the voting base and uses his theater skills to land an easy job as a politician.

True, probably easier to win in Queens than in Manhattan whose political scene is dog-eat-dog. Agree that he is very telegenic and knows how to smile for the camera. How does that qualify him to be Mayor? Maybe he'll make some great tourism videos to lure the tourists and their money back!

Being telegenic and little more seems to be the qualification for most of Trumps cabinet. At least this guy has some ideas

Comparing someone favorably to the bottom of the barrel who fill Trump's Cabinet is not a ringing endorsement.

How would cuomo help NYc?

Do you post this whataboutism nonsense everywhere?

I don’t think you know what that expression means. But I’ll ask again, what are the ideas that Cuomo has that you like?

Um, I do know what it means, "yeah, what about Cuomo?"

Ok what do you like about Cuomo?

Huh days later and no response.

Btw your petition to prevent ZM from winning has a whopping 44 signatures

Thanks tough guy. Call me when the city is in the crapper because it is being run by an inexperienced child. Unlike the Mamdani kool-aid drinkers, the rest of us can admit the many flaws of the people we are "supporting" (and most of us aren't supporting them, we are just choosing the lesser evil). The Mamdani supporters are like Trump supporters - blindly follow and refuse to admit any flaws. There have been some in this thread who this does not apply to and I appreciate and respect their perspective. But the rest get so defensive and are so unrealistic about the realities of running a big, complicated city.

As if you even live in NYC…

I know you are but what am I.

You are demonstrating that the average Mamdani voter is a low class moron who has no understanding of how the real world works. Your repeated dumb comments and continued unwillingness to admit one flaw in his platforms is the height of ignorance and stupidity. It is ironic that those on the far left are behaving in a very Trumpy way. Those who are opposed to Mamdani are very willing to admit the flaws of the other candidates. And acknowledge strengths - I hated deBlasio but will give him credit for UPK. You will not.

Enjoy your rent freeze. I hope it makes you feel special.

Yes, this guy presumably is waiting for my response to his whatabout Cuomo line of questioning. Somehow I also started a petition against Mamdani, too, according to this guy.

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Read the column in NYT today about what an awful idea city-owned grocery stores are. It is basic economic logic. The city has no knowledge about running grocery stores and no scale, and grocery stores are all about scale. It is a horrible idea.

If there aren't grocery stores in neighborhoods, give tax breaks for existing companies to locate there. Don't try to do it yourself. It's not that hard to figure out.

Instead Mamdani is going to blow millions of taxpayer dollars that could be used to build homes, pay teachers, or whatever else on this dumb experiment.

But you keep blindly supporting him like a MAGA following Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest issue I have with Zohran is how performative and calculating it all is. Rich trust fund kid moves from manhattan to western queens for the voting base and uses his theater skills to land an easy job as a politician.

True, probably easier to win in Queens than in Manhattan whose political scene is dog-eat-dog. Agree that he is very telegenic and knows how to smile for the camera. How does that qualify him to be Mayor? Maybe he'll make some great tourism videos to lure the tourists and their money back!

Being telegenic and little more seems to be the qualification for most of Trumps cabinet. At least this guy has some ideas

Comparing someone favorably to the bottom of the barrel who fill Trump's Cabinet is not a ringing endorsement.

How would cuomo help NYc?

Do you post this whataboutism nonsense everywhere?

I don’t think you know what that expression means. But I’ll ask again, what are the ideas that Cuomo has that you like?

Um, I do know what it means, "yeah, what about Cuomo?"

Ok what do you like about Cuomo?

Huh days later and no response.

Btw your petition to prevent ZM from winning has a whopping 44 signatures

Thanks tough guy. Call me when the city is in the crapper because it is being run by an inexperienced child. Unlike the Mamdani kool-aid drinkers, the rest of us can admit the many flaws of the people we are "supporting" (and most of us aren't supporting them, we are just choosing the lesser evil). The Mamdani supporters are like Trump supporters - blindly follow and refuse to admit any flaws. There have been some in this thread who this does not apply to and I appreciate and respect their perspective. But the rest get so defensive and are so unrealistic about the realities of running a big, complicated city.

As if you even live in NYC…

Living in NY isn’t an accomplishment or a personality. Pro tip, you live in NY or the city. Born and bred city residents don’t say NYC.

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Yup. If mamdani wins he will be underwater for four years. Unpopular, inexperienced, ineffective, and sleazy. I’m glad I left Manhattan after 50 years (born and raised there).

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Yup. If mamdani wins he will be underwater for four years. Unpopular, inexperienced, ineffective, and sleazy. I’m glad I left Manhattan after 50 years (born and raised there).

Feels like a stretch to say Mamdami is sleazier than Cuomo

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Yup. If mamdani wins he will be underwater for four years. Unpopular, inexperienced, ineffective, and sleazy. I’m glad I left Manhattan after 50 years (born and raised there).

Feels like a stretch to say Mamdami is sleazier than Cuomo

Cuomo at least got something out of his sleaze

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So they released the final numbers a few days ago and it turns out that both Lander and (Adrienne) Adams were on enough ballots that they would have also beaten Cuomo if people had ranked them ahead of Mamdani.

% of ballots ranking each candidate (from https://pathgolden.substack.com/p/insane-rcv-outcome-adrienne-adams which has dreadful analysis but good data):

Zohran Mamdani 60%
Brad Lander 59%
Adrienne Adams 54%
Andrew Cuomo 46%
Zellnor Myrie 40%

So in other words, if all of the anti-Mamdani forces had united around somebody less awful than Cuomo, that person probably would have won; with the race reduced to a two-way fight between Mamdani and Cuomo, voters picked Mamdani by a sizable margin.

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Anonymous wrote:So they released the final numbers a few days ago and it turns out that both Lander and (Adrienne) Adams were on enough ballots that they would have also beaten Cuomo if people had ranked them ahead of Mamdani.

% of ballots ranking each candidate (from https://pathgolden.substack.com/p/insane-rcv-outcome-adrienne-adams which has dreadful analysis but good data):

Zohran Mamdani 60%
Brad Lander 59%
Adrienne Adams 54%
Andrew Cuomo 46%
Zellnor Myrie 40%

So in other words, if all of the anti-Mamdani forces had united around somebody less awful than Cuomo, that person probably would have won; with the race reduced to a two-way fight between Mamdani and Cuomo, voters picked Mamdani by a sizable margin.

Nope

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest issue I have with Zohran is how performative and calculating it all is. Rich trust fund kid moves from manhattan to western queens for the voting base and uses his theater skills to land an easy job as a politician.

True, probably easier to win in Queens than in Manhattan whose political scene is dog-eat-dog. Agree that he is very telegenic and knows how to smile for the camera. How does that qualify him to be Mayor? Maybe he'll make some great tourism videos to lure the tourists and their money back!

Being telegenic and little more seems to be the qualification for most of Trumps cabinet. At least this guy has some ideas

Comparing someone favorably to the bottom of the barrel who fill Trump's Cabinet is not a ringing endorsement.

How would cuomo help NYc?

Do you post this whataboutism nonsense everywhere?

I don’t think you know what that expression means. But I’ll ask again, what are the ideas that Cuomo has that you like?

Um, I do know what it means, "yeah, what about Cuomo?"

Ok what do you like about Cuomo?

Huh days later and no response.

Btw your petition to prevent ZM from winning has a whopping 44 signatures

Thanks tough guy. Call me when the city is in the crapper because it is being run by an inexperienced child. Unlike the Mamdani kool-aid drinkers, the rest of us can admit the many flaws of the people we are "supporting" (and most of us aren't supporting them, we are just choosing the lesser evil). The Mamdani supporters are like Trump supporters - blindly follow and refuse to admit any flaws. There have been some in this thread who this does not apply to and I appreciate and respect their perspective. But the rest get so defensive and are so unrealistic about the realities of running a big, complicated city.

As if you even live in NYC…

I know you are but what am I.

You are demonstrating that the average Mamdani voter is a low class moron who has no understanding of how the real world works. Your repeated dumb comments and continued unwillingness to admit one flaw in his platforms is the height of ignorance and stupidity. It is ironic that those on the far left are behaving in a very Trumpy way. Those who are opposed to Mamdani are very willing to admit the flaws of the other candidates. And acknowledge strengths - I hated deBlasio but will give him credit for UPK. You will not.

Enjoy your rent freeze. I hope it makes you feel special.

What are you going on about? Any sane reasonable person gives De Blasio credit for UPK, as I did above. People like Mamdani, including many educated people. The people who don’t like him primarily are - bigots who hate all Muslims (sound familiar?) and pro Zionist wealthy boomers.


And you’re claim above that people from NYC don’t say ‘NYC’ is just bizarre…

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest issue I have with Zohran is how performative and calculating it all is. Rich trust fund kid moves from manhattan to western queens for the voting base and uses his theater skills to land an easy job as a politician.

True, probably easier to win in Queens than in Manhattan whose political scene is dog-eat-dog. Agree that he is very telegenic and knows how to smile for the camera. How does that qualify him to be Mayor? Maybe he'll make some great tourism videos to lure the tourists and their money back!

Being telegenic and little more seems to be the qualification for most of Trumps cabinet. At least this guy has some ideas

Comparing someone favorably to the bottom of the barrel who fill Trump's Cabinet is not a ringing endorsement.

How would cuomo help NYc?

Do you post this whataboutism nonsense everywhere?

I don’t think you know what that expression means. But I’ll ask again, what are the ideas that Cuomo has that you like?

Um, I do know what it means, "yeah, what about Cuomo?"

Ok what do you like about Cuomo?

Huh days later and no response.

Btw your petition to prevent ZM from winning has a whopping 44 signatures

Thanks tough guy. Call me when the city is in the crapper because it is being run by an inexperienced child. Unlike the Mamdani kool-aid drinkers, the rest of us can admit the many flaws of the people we are "supporting" (and most of us aren't supporting them, we are just choosing the lesser evil). The Mamdani supporters are like Trump supporters - blindly follow and refuse to admit any flaws. There have been some in this thread who this does not apply to and I appreciate and respect their perspective. But the rest get so defensive and are so unrealistic about the realities of running a big, complicated city.

As if you even live in NYC…

Living in NY isn’t an accomplishment or a personality. Pro tip, you live in NY or the city. Born and bred city residents don’t say NYC.

On a dc focused board, it is perfectly normal to say NYC

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest issue I have with Zohran is how performative and calculating it all is. Rich trust fund kid moves from manhattan to western queens for the voting base and uses his theater skills to land an easy job as a politician.

True, probably easier to win in Queens than in Manhattan whose political scene is dog-eat-dog. Agree that he is very telegenic and knows how to smile for the camera. How does that qualify him to be Mayor? Maybe he'll make some great tourism videos to lure the tourists and their money back!

Being telegenic and little more seems to be the qualification for most of Trumps cabinet. At least this guy has some ideas

Comparing someone favorably to the bottom of the barrel who fill Trump's Cabinet is not a ringing endorsement.

How would cuomo help NYc?

Do you post this whataboutism nonsense everywhere?

I don’t think you know what that expression means. But I’ll ask again, what are the ideas that Cuomo has that you like?

Um, I do know what it means, "yeah, what about Cuomo?"

Ok what do you like about Cuomo?

Huh days later and no response.

Btw your petition to prevent ZM from winning has a whopping 44 signatures

Thanks tough guy. Call me when the city is in the crapper because it is being run by an inexperienced child. Unlike the Mamdani kool-aid drinkers, the rest of us can admit the many flaws of the people we are "supporting" (and most of us aren't supporting them, we are just choosing the lesser evil). The Mamdani supporters are like Trump supporters - blindly follow and refuse to admit any flaws. There have been some in this thread who this does not apply to and I appreciate and respect their perspective. But the rest get so defensive and are so unrealistic about the realities of running a big, complicated city.

As if you even live in NYC…

I know you are but what am I.

You are demonstrating that the average Mamdani voter is a low class moron who has no understanding of how the real world works. Your repeated dumb comments and continued unwillingness to admit one flaw in his platforms is the height of ignorance and stupidity. It is ironic that those on the far left are behaving in a very Trumpy way. Those who are opposed to Mamdani are very willing to admit the flaws of the other candidates. And acknowledge strengths - I hated deBlasio but will give him credit for UPK. You will not.

Enjoy your rent freeze. I hope it makes you feel special.

What are you going on about? Any sane reasonable person gives De Blasio credit for UPK, as I did above. People like Mamdani, including many educated people. The people who don’t like him primarily are - bigots who hate all Muslims (sound familiar?) and pro Zionist wealthy boomers.


And you’re claim above that people from NYC don’t say ‘NYC’ is just bizarre…

Not PP: I don't hate all Muslims, I am not wealthy, and I'm not a boomer and I don't like Mamdani. Stereotype much? Is it so difficult to treat people the way you want to be treated?

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest issue I have with Zohran is how performative and calculating it all is. Rich trust fund kid moves from manhattan to western queens for the voting base and uses his theater skills to land an easy job as a politician.

True, probably easier to win in Queens than in Manhattan whose political scene is dog-eat-dog. Agree that he is very telegenic and knows how to smile for the camera. How does that qualify him to be Mayor? Maybe he'll make some great tourism videos to lure the tourists and their money back!

Being telegenic and little more seems to be the qualification for most of Trumps cabinet. At least this guy has some ideas

Comparing someone favorably to the bottom of the barrel who fill Trump's Cabinet is not a ringing endorsement.

How would cuomo help NYc?

Do you post this whataboutism nonsense everywhere?

I don’t think you know what that expression means. But I’ll ask again, what are the ideas that Cuomo has that you like?

Um, I do know what it means, "yeah, what about Cuomo?"

Ok what do you like about Cuomo?

Huh days later and no response.

Btw your petition to prevent ZM from winning has a whopping 44 signatures

Thanks tough guy. Call me when the city is in the crapper because it is being run by an inexperienced child. Unlike the Mamdani kool-aid drinkers, the rest of us can admit the many flaws of the people we are "supporting" (and most of us aren't supporting them, we are just choosing the lesser evil). The Mamdani supporters are like Trump supporters - blindly follow and refuse to admit any flaws. There have been some in this thread who this does not apply to and I appreciate and respect their perspective. But the rest get so defensive and are so unrealistic about the realities of running a big, complicated city.

As if you even live in NYC…

I know you are but what am I.

You are demonstrating that the average Mamdani voter is a low class moron who has no understanding of how the real world works. Your repeated dumb comments and continued unwillingness to admit one flaw in his platforms is the height of ignorance and stupidity. It is ironic that those on the far left are behaving in a very Trumpy way. Those who are opposed to Mamdani are very willing to admit the flaws of the other candidates. And acknowledge strengths - I hated deBlasio but will give him credit for UPK. You will not.

Enjoy your rent freeze. I hope it makes you feel special.

What are you going on about? Any sane reasonable person gives De Blasio credit for UPK, as I did above. People like Mamdani, including many educated people. The people who don’t like him primarily are - bigots who hate all Muslims (sound familiar?) and pro Zionist wealthy boomers.


And you’re claim above that people from NYC don’t say ‘NYC’ is just bizarre…

I am the person you are responding to, though I appreciate the support from the other poster. As they noted, there are many of us for whom the religion stuff has very little part of why we don't like him. There are many people who recognize that running a big city is a huge tax and requires some level of maturity and experience which he lacks. His platform of wish list items demonstrates that. The rent freeze and city run grocery stores are just plain dumb. Yet the masses fell for it.

I work for a giant company based in NYC - if we hired someone like Mamdani to run it I would be extremely worried (and again, that has nothing to do with religion, race, etc. - solely based on age, experience and attitude). And our stock price would go to zero overnight. Wall Street is giving Mamdani a chance for now, but if he is actually elected and tries to follow through on this, the city's bond rating will drop. The only saving grace is there are hopefully limitations as to how much of this he can enact.

The NYC comment was not me. I actually agree with you - I don't use the term when speaking by when writing I use it as it is easier than writing "New York City" but I want to differentiate the city from the state.

I wish there was a way to identify us (while maintaining anonymity) so it was more clear who is replying to who.

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest issue I have with Zohran is how performative and calculating it all is. Rich trust fund kid moves from manhattan to western queens for the voting base and uses his theater skills to land an easy job as a politician.

True, probably easier to win in Queens than in Manhattan whose political scene is dog-eat-dog. Agree that he is very telegenic and knows how to smile for the camera. How does that qualify him to be Mayor? Maybe he'll make some great tourism videos to lure the tourists and their money back!

Being telegenic and little more seems to be the qualification for most of Trumps cabinet. At least this guy has some ideas

Comparing someone favorably to the bottom of the barrel who fill Trump's Cabinet is not a ringing endorsement.

How would cuomo help NYc?

Do you post this whataboutism nonsense everywhere?

I don’t think you know what that expression means. But I’ll ask again, what are the ideas that Cuomo has that you like?

Um, I do know what it means, "yeah, what about Cuomo?"

Ok what do you like about Cuomo?

Huh days later and no response.

Btw your petition to prevent ZM from winning has a whopping 44 signatures

Thanks tough guy. Call me when the city is in the crapper because it is being run by an inexperienced child. Unlike the Mamdani kool-aid drinkers, the rest of us can admit the many flaws of the people we are "supporting" (and most of us aren't supporting them, we are just choosing the lesser evil). The Mamdani supporters are like Trump supporters - blindly follow and refuse to admit any flaws. There have been some in this thread who this does not apply to and I appreciate and respect their perspective. But the rest get so defensive and are so unrealistic about the realities of running a big, complicated city.

As if you even live in NYC…

Living in NY isn’t an accomplishment or a personality. Pro tip, you live in NY or the city. Born and bred city residents don’t say NYC.

On a dc focused board, it is perfectly normal to say NYC

Yes, because people on a DC focused board aren’t from NYC

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest issue I have with Zohran is how performative and calculating it all is. Rich trust fund kid moves from manhattan to western queens for the voting base and uses his theater skills to land an easy job as a politician.

True, probably easier to win in Queens than in Manhattan whose political scene is dog-eat-dog. Agree that he is very telegenic and knows how to smile for the camera. How does that qualify him to be Mayor? Maybe he'll make some great tourism videos to lure the tourists and their money back!

Being telegenic and little more seems to be the qualification for most of Trumps cabinet. At least this guy has some ideas

Comparing someone favorably to the bottom of the barrel who fill Trump's Cabinet is not a ringing endorsement.

How would cuomo help NYc?

Do you post this whataboutism nonsense everywhere?

I don’t think you know what that expression means. But I’ll ask again, what are the ideas that Cuomo has that you like?

Um, I do know what it means, "yeah, what about Cuomo?"

Ok what do you like about Cuomo?

Huh days later and no response.

Btw your petition to prevent ZM from winning has a whopping 44 signatures

Thanks tough guy. Call me when the city is in the crapper because it is being run by an inexperienced child. Unlike the Mamdani kool-aid drinkers, the rest of us can admit the many flaws of the people we are "supporting" (and most of us aren't supporting them, we are just choosing the lesser evil). The Mamdani supporters are like Trump supporters - blindly follow and refuse to admit any flaws. There have been some in this thread who this does not apply to and I appreciate and respect their perspective. But the rest get so defensive and are so unrealistic about the realities of running a big, complicated city.

As if you even live in NYC…

I know you are but what am I.

You are demonstrating that the average Mamdani voter is a low class moron who has no understanding of how the real world works. Your repeated dumb comments and continued unwillingness to admit one flaw in his platforms is the height of ignorance and stupidity. It is ironic that those on the far left are behaving in a very Trumpy way. Those who are opposed to Mamdani are very willing to admit the flaws of the other candidates. And acknowledge strengths - I hated deBlasio but will give him credit for UPK. You will not.

Enjoy your rent freeze. I hope it makes you feel special.

What are you going on about? Any sane reasonable person gives De Blasio credit for UPK, as I did above. People like Mamdani, including many educated people. The people who don’t like him primarily are - bigots who hate all Muslims (sound familiar?) and pro Zionist wealthy boomers.


And you’re claim above that people from NYC don’t say ‘NYC’ is just bizarre…

Not PP: I don't hate all Muslims, I am not wealthy, and I'm not a boomer and I don't like Mamdani. Stereotype much? Is it so difficult to treat people the way you want to be treated?

Tons of black people and low class outer borough whites voted for Cuomo. There aren’t actually that many rich Zionist boomers in the voting population

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest issue I have with Zohran is how performative and calculating it all is. Rich trust fund kid moves from manhattan to western queens for the voting base and uses his theater skills to land an easy job as a politician.

True, probably easier to win in Queens than in Manhattan whose political scene is dog-eat-dog. Agree that he is very telegenic and knows how to smile for the camera. How does that qualify him to be Mayor? Maybe he'll make some great tourism videos to lure the tourists and their money back!

Being telegenic and little more seems to be the qualification for most of Trumps cabinet. At least this guy has some ideas

Comparing someone favorably to the bottom of the barrel who fill Trump's Cabinet is not a ringing endorsement.

How would cuomo help NYc?

Do you post this whataboutism nonsense everywhere?

I don’t think you know what that expression means. But I’ll ask again, what are the ideas that Cuomo has that you like?

Um, I do know what it means, "yeah, what about Cuomo?"

Ok what do you like about Cuomo?

Huh days later and no response.

Btw your petition to prevent ZM from winning has a whopping 44 signatures

Thanks tough guy. Call me when the city is in the crapper because it is being run by an inexperienced child. Unlike the Mamdani kool-aid drinkers, the rest of us can admit the many flaws of the people we are "supporting" (and most of us aren't supporting them, we are just choosing the lesser evil). The Mamdani supporters are like Trump supporters - blindly follow and refuse to admit any flaws. There have been some in this thread who this does not apply to and I appreciate and respect their perspective. But the rest get so defensive and are so unrealistic about the realities of running a big, complicated city.

As if you even live in NYC…

I know you are but what am I.

You are demonstrating that the average Mamdani voter is a low class moron who has no understanding of how the real world works. Your repeated dumb comments and continued unwillingness to admit one flaw in his platforms is the height of ignorance and stupidity. It is ironic that those on the far left are behaving in a very Trumpy way. Those who are opposed to Mamdani are very willing to admit the flaws of the other candidates. And acknowledge strengths - I hated deBlasio but will give him credit for UPK. You will not.

Enjoy your rent freeze. I hope it makes you feel special.

What are you going on about? Any sane reasonable person gives De Blasio credit for UPK, as I did above. People like Mamdani, including many educated people. The people who don’t like him primarily are - bigots who hate all Muslims (sound familiar?) and pro Zionist wealthy boomers.


And you’re claim above that people from NYC don’t say ‘NYC’ is just bizarre…

I am the person you are responding to, though I appreciate the support from the other poster. As they noted, there are many of us for whom the religion stuff has very little part of why we don't like him. There are many people who recognize that running a big city is a huge tax and requires some level of maturity and experience which he lacks. His platform of wish list items demonstrates that. The rent freeze and city run grocery stores are just plain dumb. Yet the masses fell for it.

I work for a giant company based in NYC - if we hired someone like Mamdani to run it I would be extremely worried (and again, that has nothing to do with religion, race, etc. - solely based on age, experience and attitude). And our stock price would go to zero overnight. Wall Street is giving Mamdani a chance for now, but if he is actually elected and tries to follow through on this, the city's bond rating will drop. The only saving grace is there are hopefully limitations as to how much of this he can enact.

The NYC comment was not me. I actually agree with you - I don't use the term when speaking by when writing I use it as it is easier than writing "New York City" but I want to differentiate the city from the state.

I wish there was a way to identify us (while maintaining anonymity) so it was more clear who is replying to who.

Finance is an industry that is in secular decline and stagnating in terms of employment. This is why the city fought so hard to attract tech jobs over the last decade and why losing the Amazon campus was a major L.

The city doesn’t need many Citadels to move to FL before it feels excruciating pain. It will happen, it will start with the small 5-10 investment professional shops. Then the big four accountants and law firms and more back office functions moving out of town, too. Eventually, JPM or GS or another BB bank will take the plunge. Their mid levels hate commuting from Cold Spring Harbor and the crappier parts of Greenwich anyway. Your favorite candidate will be on his hands and knees, begging like a dog, for them to stay while he tweets about how much he disdains them. I will celebrate their move if Mamdani wins and the damage they will inflict on his city because voters get the government they deserve.

All the incredible cultural and educational offerings the city extends its residents cannot paper over taxes that cross the line into extortion, a flippant attitude to crime, and rhetoric that irritates (and infuriates some) many important people who allow the city to operate. “What about Cuomo” has been answered many times, he will not unleash termites on New York and lay it to waste.

Keep on attributing horrible motives to those who disagree with you. Most people opposed to Mamdani didn’t serve in the IDF and many are appalled at the conflict. They know Cuomo is a creep and Adams is flawed.