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

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/nyregion/mamdani-heastie-endorsement-mayor.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Thoughts?

Great article - thanks for sharing. This explains why many of us are hesitant about Mamdani. It isn't all about Israel. It is a lot of other issues. Heastie is a lifelong Democrat - no one can accuse him of being MAGA. But he can see the forest for the trees. I have posted many times here trying to explain my hesitations with Mamdani and this article does it really well.

Unfortunately, it looks like we are stuck with Mamdani as the other candidates are awful. But hopefully he will listen to what others are saying and stop trying to be a revolutionary.

Maybe I missed it. Other than Israel, why is Heastie not supporting Mandani?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/nyregion/mamdani-heastie-endorsement-mayor.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Thoughts?

Great article - thanks for sharing. This explains why many of us are hesitant about Mamdani. It isn't all about Israel. It is a lot of other issues. Heastie is a lifelong Democrat - no one can accuse him of being MAGA. But he can see the forest for the trees. I have posted many times here trying to explain my hesitations with Mamdani and this article does it really well.

Unfortunately, it looks like we are stuck with Mamdani as the other candidates are awful. But hopefully he will listen to what others are saying and stop trying to be a revolutionary.

Maybe I missed it. Other than Israel, why is Heastie not supporting Mandani?

Read the article. It was very well written.

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If I lived in NYC I would be voting Cuomo. Adams needs to drop out.

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Anonymous wrote:If I lived in NYC I would be voting Cuomo. Adams needs to drop out.

Why are you posting here?

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So if all the others consolidate they can beat Mamdani. I don't think there is much chance that realistically happens, even if two of them drop out. But it is possible.

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Anonymous wrote:So if all the others consolidate they can beat Mamdani. I don't think there is much chance that realistically happens, even if two of them drop out. But it is possible.

But wouldn’t some of those voters switch to Mamdani?

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Anonymous wrote:But wouldn’t some of those voters switch to Mamdani?

Yes, NYT had him leading 48-44 in a 2-way race and Emerson has him leading 47-40. But Sliwa gets more votes than Adams and Sliwa has unequivocally denied he's even thinking about dropping out, so even if Adams does the race will likely remain a blowout.

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Anonymous wrote:So if all the others consolidate they can beat Mamdani. I don't think there is much chance that realistically happens, even if two of them drop out. But it is possible.

But wouldn’t some of those voters switch to Mamdani?

Yes, that's why I said that there wasn't much chance of them all consolidating.

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I’m not sure why Mamdani made that statement about arresting Bibi if he comes to NYC.

Thoughts?

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Netanyahu's been indicted for war crimes by the ICC; honestly, given that NYC sees lots of visiting war criminals I'd be OK with a blanket policy of arresting anyone so indicted.

If he's innocent of those charges then let him demonstrate that in court, but the charges are serious.

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Anonymous wrote:Netanyahu's been indicted for war crimes by the ICC; honestly, given that NYC sees lots of visiting war criminals I'd be OK with a blanket policy of arresting anyone so indicted.

If he's innocent of those charges then let him demonstrate that in court, but the charges are serious.

Was he asked about this or did he just bring it up on his own? It seems like an odd topic to bring up, particularly seeing as he already isn't very popular with many Jews. I'm Jewish and I don't like Mamdani but not really for reasons related to Jewish issues - I was kind of feeling bad that people keep obsessing about that when he is running to be mayor of NYC, not Tel Aviv. But he seems unable to let it die. He should just be saying "I'm running for mayor of NY. I think Jewish people are great. It is not for me to opine on anything related to Israel." He needs to just STFU.

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He was asked about it in an NYT interview, which was following up on a comment he'd made - also when asked, not spontaneously - in an interview with Mehdi Hasan. And he specifically tied that position to the ICC warrant.

So no, not randomly poking at Jews, just responding to a question.

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Anonymous wrote:He was asked about it in an NYT interview, which was following up on a comment he'd made - also when asked, not spontaneously - in an interview with Mehdi Hasan. And he specifically tied that position to the ICC warrant.

So no, not randomly poking at Jews, just responding to a question.

Thanks. Then he needs better people advising him on how to address these questions. I don't really like the guy but he is generally quite good at this. But he is just completely off on this.