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

[Anonymous]

I'm excited for Mamdami. Time for real change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm excited for Mamdami. Time for real change.

Who is Mamdami and what are they running for? Think they can beat Mamdani?

I have been hearing that Trump is chomping at the bit to unleash a ton of his fury on NYC if/when Mamdani is elected. It will make Chicago and Portland look like child's play. I despise Trump and I think this childishness is horrible. And I'm not saying this is necessarily a reason to vote against Mamdani, particularly given the alternative. Just throwing it out there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm excited for Mamdami. Time for real change.

Who is Mamdami and what are they running for? Think they can beat Mamdani?

I have been hearing that Trump is chomping at the bit to unleash a ton of his fury on NYC if/when Mamdani is elected. It will make Chicago and Portland look like child's play. I despise Trump and I think this childishness is horrible. And I'm not saying this is necessarily a reason to vote against Mamdani, particularly given the alternative. Just throwing it out there.

Ok. At what point are we really going to stand up to an authoritarian regime?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm excited for Mamdami. Time for real change.

Who is Mamdami and what are they running for? Think they can beat Mamdani?

I have been hearing that Trump is chomping at the bit to unleash a ton of his fury on NYC if/when Mamdani is elected. It will make Chicago and Portland look like child's play. I despise Trump and I think this childishness is horrible. And I'm not saying this is necessarily a reason to vote against Mamdani, particularly given the alternative. Just throwing it out there.

Ok. At what point are we really going to stand up to an authoritarian regime?

Great question. I agree. I am tired of people rolling over for this clown. I don't like Mamdani but I agree that one should not vote based on fear of what Trump will do to him. But is Mamdani the guy to do it just from the general perspective of does he have the experience, gravitas and cleverness to handle it? This is not totally a knock at him - I'm not sure who does fit that bill. But I likely would prefer someone with more professional experience (I wish Bloomberg was running). The whole situation just stinks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm excited for Mamdami. Time for real change.

Who is Mamdami and what are they running for? Think they can beat Mamdani?

I have been hearing that Trump is chomping at the bit to unleash a ton of his fury on NYC if/when Mamdani is elected. It will make Chicago and Portland look like child's play. I despise Trump and I think this childishness is horrible. And I'm not saying this is necessarily a reason to vote against Mamdani, particularly given the alternative. Just throwing it out there.

Ok. At what point are we really going to stand up to an authoritarian regime?

Great question. I agree. I am tired of people rolling over for this clown. I don't like Mamdani but I agree that one should not vote based on fear of what Trump will do to him. But is Mamdani the guy to do it just from the general perspective of does he have the experience, gravitas and cleverness to handle it? This is not totally a knock at him - I'm not sure who does fit that bill. But I likely would prefer someone with more professional experience (I wish Bloomberg was running). The whole situation just stinks.

Mamdani is the guy we have. I don't understand why Democrats hold their breath and stomp their feet if the candidate is not Perfectly Perfect in every way. We did it in 2016, we did it in 2024, and we got Trump both times. Good enough is good enough if the other option is Trump and his minions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have been hearing that Trump is chomping at the bit to unleash a ton of his fury on NYC if/when Mamdani is elected. It will make Chicago and Portland look like child's play. I despise Trump and I think this childishness is horrible. And I'm not saying this is necessarily a reason to vote against Mamdani, particularly given the alternative. Just throwing it out there.

I mean personally I'd rather have a mayor who Trump hates than a mayor who Trump likes; I don't want to think of the horrible things Cuomo would have to do over the next 3 years to remain on Trump's good side.

I also think that at some point this question of "does the NYPD actually answer to democratically elected officials" that we've been grappling with for decades - and particularly since De Blasio - needs to be resolved, that Mamdani is brave/crazy enough to force that issue, and that he has a better chance than most of keeping enough of the public and the NYPD rank-and-file on his side to break the power of the union bosses in that standoff.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm excited for Mamdami. Time for real change.

Who is Mamdami and what are they running for? Think they can beat Mamdani?

I have been hearing that Trump is chomping at the bit to unleash a ton of his fury on NYC if/when Mamdani is elected. It will make Chicago and Portland look like child's play. I despise Trump and I think this childishness is horrible. And I'm not saying this is necessarily a reason to vote against Mamdani, particularly given the alternative. Just throwing it out there.

Ok. At what point are we really going to stand up to an authoritarian regime?

Great question. I agree. I am tired of people rolling over for this clown. I don't like Mamdani but I agree that one should not vote based on fear of what Trump will do to him. But is Mamdani the guy to do it just from the general perspective of does he have the experience, gravitas and cleverness to handle it? This is not totally a knock at him - I'm not sure who does fit that bill. But I likely would prefer someone with more professional experience (I wish Bloomberg was running). The whole situation just stinks.

Lol. I’ll remind everyone that Bloomberg had no political experience when he ran for mayor. He greatly increased wealth disparity in NY and we are still dealing with it now. He also dismissed the opinions of teachers and parent groups, and appointed an education chancellor who had zero experience in education.
He also targeted Muslims as ‘terrorists’. He was an obnoxious billionaire and his presidential run showed how unpopular he is.

Whatever you want to say about Mamdani, he is a gifted politician and he isn’t beholden to the billionaire class. To me, that’s worthy of a vote.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm excited for Mamdami. Time for real change.

Who is Mamdami and what are they running for? Think they can beat Mamdani?

I have been hearing that Trump is chomping at the bit to unleash a ton of his fury on NYC if/when Mamdani is elected. It will make Chicago and Portland look like child's play. I despise Trump and I think this childishness is horrible. And I'm not saying this is necessarily a reason to vote against Mamdani, particularly given the alternative. Just throwing it out there.

Ok. At what point are we really going to stand up to an authoritarian regime?

Great question. I agree. I am tired of people rolling over for this clown. I don't like Mamdani but I agree that one should not vote based on fear of what Trump will do to him. But is Mamdani the guy to do it just from the general perspective of does he have the experience, gravitas and cleverness to handle it? This is not totally a knock at him - I'm not sure who does fit that bill. But I likely would prefer someone with more professional experience (I wish Bloomberg was running). The whole situation just stinks.

Lol. I’ll remind everyone that Bloomberg had no political experience when he ran for mayor. He greatly increased wealth disparity in NY and we are still dealing with it now. He also dismissed the opinions of teachers and parent groups, and appointed an education chancellor who had zero experience in education.
He also targeted Muslims as ‘terrorists’. He was an obnoxious billionaire and his presidential run showed how unpopular he is.

Whatever you want to say about Mamdani, he is a gifted politician and he isn’t beholden to the billionaire class. To me, that’s worthy of a vote.

Bloomberg grew and ran a gigantic, complex organization. That is a very relevant transferable skill to being mayor and a skill that Mamdani lacks and will become very obvious very quickly. He was the best mayor this city has had in ages (not to set the bar too low). The city would have collapsed during the financial crisis if not for him. All of the super progressives (and I am a left of center Democrat so don't call me MAGA) don't have any understand of a) how hard it is to effectively run the giant bureaucracy that is NYC, and b) how important making nice to the business and real estate community is to funding all of your pet projects - money doesn't grow on trees and raising taxes on the rich, while not an awful idea, will not solve all problems.

People who immediately hate on Bloomberg just show how little understanding of the real world they have. And no, I do not think he was perfect - he made plenty of mistakes. But he was still very good. I thought deBlasio was generally really bad, but give him a lot of credit for universal pre-k. It is very simplistic to view someone as all good or all bad and solely harp on one side of the ledger.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm excited for Mamdami. Time for real change.

Who is Mamdami and what are they running for? Think they can beat Mamdani?

I have been hearing that Trump is chomping at the bit to unleash a ton of his fury on NYC if/when Mamdani is elected. It will make Chicago and Portland look like child's play. I despise Trump and I think this childishness is horrible. And I'm not saying this is necessarily a reason to vote against Mamdani, particularly given the alternative. Just throwing it out there.

Ok. At what point are we really going to stand up to an authoritarian regime?

Great question. I agree. I am tired of people rolling over for this clown. I don't like Mamdani but I agree that one should not vote based on fear of what Trump will do to him. But is Mamdani the guy to do it just from the general perspective of does he have the experience, gravitas and cleverness to handle it? This is not totally a knock at him - I'm not sure who does fit that bill. But I likely would prefer someone with more professional experience (I wish Bloomberg was running). The whole situation just stinks.

Lol. I’ll remind everyone that Bloomberg had no political experience when he ran for mayor. He greatly increased wealth disparity in NY and we are still dealing with it now. He also dismissed the opinions of teachers and parent groups, and appointed an education chancellor who had zero experience in education.
He also targeted Muslims as ‘terrorists’. He was an obnoxious billionaire and his presidential run showed how unpopular he is.

Whatever you want to say about Mamdani, he is a gifted politician and he isn’t beholden to the billionaire class. To me, that’s worthy of a vote.

I miss Bloomberg and wish he could run again. But I will vote for Mamdami. Agree with OR that we have to move on from Perfectly Perfect and embrace realistic candidates.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm excited for Mamdami. Time for real change.

Who is Mamdami and what are they running for? Think they can beat Mamdani?

I have been hearing that Trump is chomping at the bit to unleash a ton of his fury on NYC if/when Mamdani is elected. It will make Chicago and Portland look like child's play. I despise Trump and I think this childishness is horrible. And I'm not saying this is necessarily a reason to vote against Mamdani, particularly given the alternative. Just throwing it out there.

Ok. At what point are we really going to stand up to an authoritarian regime?

Great question. I agree. I am tired of people rolling over for this clown. I don't like Mamdani but I agree that one should not vote based on fear of what Trump will do to him. But is Mamdani the guy to do it just from the general perspective of does he have the experience, gravitas and cleverness to handle it? This is not totally a knock at him - I'm not sure who does fit that bill. But I likely would prefer someone with more professional experience (I wish Bloomberg was running). The whole situation just stinks.

Lol. I’ll remind everyone that Bloomberg had no political experience when he ran for mayor. He greatly increased wealth disparity in NY and we are still dealing with it now. He also dismissed the opinions of teachers and parent groups, and appointed an education chancellor who had zero experience in education.
He also targeted Muslims as ‘terrorists’. He was an obnoxious billionaire and his presidential run showed how unpopular he is.

Whatever you want to say about Mamdani, he is a gifted politician and he isn’t beholden to the billionaire class. To me, that’s worthy of a vote.

Bloomberg grew and ran a gigantic, complex organization. That is a very relevant transferable skill to being mayor and a skill that Mamdani lacks and will become very obvious very quickly. He was the best mayor this city has had in ages (not to set the bar too low). The city would have collapsed during the financial crisis if not for him. All of the super progressives (and I am a left of center Democrat so don't call me MAGA) don't have any understand of a) how hard it is to effectively run the giant bureaucracy that is NYC, and b) how important making nice to the business and real estate community is to funding all of your pet projects - money doesn't grow on trees and raising taxes on the rich, while not an awful idea, will not solve all problems.

People who immediately hate on Bloomberg just show how little understanding of the real world they have. And no, I do not think he was perfect - he made plenty of mistakes. But he was still very good. I thought deBlasio was generally really bad, but give him a lot of credit for universal pre-k. It is very simplistic to view someone as all good or all bad and solely harp on one side of the ledger.

No one was hating on Bloomberg. Only pointing out that he also wasn’t perfect, and somehow managed to do some good things. Just as Mamdani will likely do

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm excited for Mamdami. Time for real change.

Who is Mamdami and what are they running for? Think they can beat Mamdani?

I have been hearing that Trump is chomping at the bit to unleash a ton of his fury on NYC if/when Mamdani is elected. It will make Chicago and Portland look like child's play. I despise Trump and I think this childishness is horrible. And I'm not saying this is necessarily a reason to vote against Mamdani, particularly given the alternative. Just throwing it out there.

Ok. At what point are we really going to stand up to an authoritarian regime?

Great question. I agree. I am tired of people rolling over for this clown. I don't like Mamdani but I agree that one should not vote based on fear of what Trump will do to him. But is Mamdani the guy to do it just from the general perspective of does he have the experience, gravitas and cleverness to handle it? This is not totally a knock at him - I'm not sure who does fit that bill. But I likely would prefer someone with more professional experience (I wish Bloomberg was running). The whole situation just stinks.

Lol. I’ll remind everyone that Bloomberg had no political experience when he ran for mayor. He greatly increased wealth disparity in NY and we are still dealing with it now. He also dismissed the opinions of teachers and parent groups, and appointed an education chancellor who had zero experience in education.
He also targeted Muslims as ‘terrorists’. He was an obnoxious billionaire and his presidential run showed how unpopular he is.

Whatever you want to say about Mamdani, he is a gifted politician and he isn’t beholden to the billionaire class. To me, that’s worthy of a vote.

Bloomberg grew and ran a gigantic, complex organization. That is a very relevant transferable skill to being mayor and a skill that Mamdani lacks and will become very obvious very quickly. He was the best mayor this city has had in ages (not to set the bar too low). The city would have collapsed during the financial crisis if not for him. All of the super progressives (and I am a left of center Democrat so don't call me MAGA) don't have any understand of a) how hard it is to effectively run the giant bureaucracy that is NYC, and b) how important making nice to the business and real estate community is to funding all of your pet projects - money doesn't grow on trees and raising taxes on the rich, while not an awful idea, will not solve all problems.

People who immediately hate on Bloomberg just show how little understanding of the real world they have. And no, I do not think he was perfect - he made plenty of mistakes. But he was still very good. I thought deBlasio was generally really bad, but give him a lot of credit for universal pre-k. It is very simplistic to view someone as all good or all bad and solely harp on one side of the ledger.

I’m going to call you out on this. Every time someone says this it usually means they are a wealthier voter who doesn’t think there should be much, if any, social safety nets for anyone but themselves… they’re fine with bailing out big banks and tax breaks for big business and large real estate developers, and in my anecdotal world, many of the people I know who say things like this are themselves the children of police, teachers and other unionized employees- but they want to pull the ladder up behind them, although they never say that, they just claim that others don’t ’understand the real world’ like they do. Many of them also don’t seem to have much issue supporting and funding countries like Israel who have the sort of social supports they claim are not ‘possible in the real world’ in the US. Funny how that works

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm excited for Mamdami. Time for real change.

Who is Mamdami and what are they running for? Think they can beat Mamdani?

I have been hearing that Trump is chomping at the bit to unleash a ton of his fury on NYC if/when Mamdani is elected. It will make Chicago and Portland look like child's play. I despise Trump and I think this childishness is horrible. And I'm not saying this is necessarily a reason to vote against Mamdani, particularly given the alternative. Just throwing it out there.

Ok. At what point are we really going to stand up to an authoritarian regime?

Great question. I agree. I am tired of people rolling over for this clown. I don't like Mamdani but I agree that one should not vote based on fear of what Trump will do to him. But is Mamdani the guy to do it just from the general perspective of does he have the experience, gravitas and cleverness to handle it? This is not totally a knock at him - I'm not sure who does fit that bill. But I likely would prefer someone with more professional experience (I wish Bloomberg was running). The whole situation just stinks.

Lol. I’ll remind everyone that Bloomberg had no political experience when he ran for mayor. He greatly increased wealth disparity in NY and we are still dealing with it now. He also dismissed the opinions of teachers and parent groups, and appointed an education chancellor who had zero experience in education.
He also targeted Muslims as ‘terrorists’. He was an obnoxious billionaire and his presidential run showed how unpopular he is.

Whatever you want to say about Mamdani, he is a gifted politician and he isn’t beholden to the billionaire class. To me, that’s worthy of a vote.

Bloomberg grew and ran a gigantic, complex organization. That is a very relevant transferable skill to being mayor and a skill that Mamdani lacks and will become very obvious very quickly. He was the best mayor this city has had in ages (not to set the bar too low). The city would have collapsed during the financial crisis if not for him. All of the super progressives (and I am a left of center Democrat so don't call me MAGA) don't have any understand of a) how hard it is to effectively run the giant bureaucracy that is NYC, and b) how important making nice to the business and real estate community is to funding all of your pet projects - money doesn't grow on trees and raising taxes on the rich, while not an awful idea, will not solve all problems.

People who immediately hate on Bloomberg just show how little understanding of the real world they have. And no, I do not think he was perfect - he made plenty of mistakes. But he was still very good. I thought deBlasio was generally really bad, but give him a lot of credit for universal pre-k. It is very simplistic to view someone as all good or all bad and solely harp on one side of the ledger.

I’m going to call you out on this. Every time someone says this it usually means they are a wealthier voter who doesn’t think there should be much, if any, social safety nets for anyone but themselves… they’re fine with bailing out big banks and tax breaks for big business and large real estate developers, and in my anecdotal world, many of the people I know who say things like this are themselves the children of police, teachers and other unionized employees- but they want to pull the ladder up behind them, although they never say that, they just claim that others don’t ’understand the real world’ like they do. Many of them also don’t seem to have much issue supporting and funding countries like Israel who have the sort of social supports they claim are not ‘possible in the real world’ in the US. Funny how that works

Not sure what circles you travel in but you couldn't be more wrong. I am fully supportive of social safety nets and I am horrified by what Trump is doing to them. The NYC government was not responsible for the bailouts and I think some tax breaks are good but the city has generally gone overboard on them. But thanks for generalizing and guessing completely wrong.

As usual, so many people see the world as being binary. One can be pro-business but also embrace traditional Democrat values of helping the less fortunate, having safety nets, etc. The problem is those who support those values but completely demonize businesses and treat them like they are completely evil. It is narrow-minded and short-sighted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm excited for Mamdami. Time for real change.

Who is Mamdami and what are they running for? Think they can beat Mamdani?

I have been hearing that Trump is chomping at the bit to unleash a ton of his fury on NYC if/when Mamdani is elected. It will make Chicago and Portland look like child's play. I despise Trump and I think this childishness is horrible. And I'm not saying this is necessarily a reason to vote against Mamdani, particularly given the alternative. Just throwing it out there.

Ok. At what point are we really going to stand up to an authoritarian regime?

Great question. I agree. I am tired of people rolling over for this clown. I don't like Mamdani but I agree that one should not vote based on fear of what Trump will do to him. But is Mamdani the guy to do it just from the general perspective of does he have the experience, gravitas and cleverness to handle it? This is not totally a knock at him - I'm not sure who does fit that bill. But I likely would prefer someone with more professional experience (I wish Bloomberg was running). The whole situation just stinks.

Lol. I’ll remind everyone that Bloomberg had no political experience when he ran for mayor. He greatly increased wealth disparity in NY and we are still dealing with it now. He also dismissed the opinions of teachers and parent groups, and appointed an education chancellor who had zero experience in education.
He also targeted Muslims as ‘terrorists’. He was an obnoxious billionaire and his presidential run showed how unpopular he is.

Whatever you want to say about Mamdani, he is a gifted politician and he isn’t beholden to the billionaire class. To me, that’s worthy of a vote.

Bloomberg grew and ran a gigantic, complex organization. That is a very relevant transferable skill to being mayor and a skill that Mamdani lacks and will become very obvious very quickly. He was the best mayor this city has had in ages (not to set the bar too low). The city would have collapsed during the financial crisis if not for him. All of the super progressives (and I am a left of center Democrat so don't call me MAGA) don't have any understand of a) how hard it is to effectively run the giant bureaucracy that is NYC, and b) how important making nice to the business and real estate community is to funding all of your pet projects - money doesn't grow on trees and raising taxes on the rich, while not an awful idea, will not solve all problems.

People who immediately hate on Bloomberg just show how little understanding of the real world they have. And no, I do not think he was perfect - he made plenty of mistakes. But he was still very good. I thought deBlasio was generally really bad, but give him a lot of credit for universal pre-k. It is very simplistic to view someone as all good or all bad and solely harp on one side of the ledger.

I’m going to call you out on this. Every time someone says this it usually means they are a wealthier voter who doesn’t think there should be much, if any, social safety nets for anyone but themselves… they’re fine with bailing out big banks and tax breaks for big business and large real estate developers, and in my anecdotal world, many of the people I know who say things like this are themselves the children of police, teachers and other unionized employees- but they want to pull the ladder up behind them, although they never say that, they just claim that others don’t ’understand the real world’ like they do. Many of them also don’t seem to have much issue supporting and funding countries like Israel who have the sort of social supports they claim are not ‘possible in the real world’ in the US. Funny how that works

Not sure what circles you travel in but you couldn't be more wrong. I am fully supportive of social safety nets and I am horrified by what Trump is doing to them. The NYC government was not responsible for the bailouts and I think some tax breaks are good but the city has generally gone overboard on them. But thanks for generalizing and guessing completely wrong.

As usual, so many people see the world as being binary. One can be pro-business but also embrace traditional Democrat values of helping the less fortunate, having safety nets, etc. The problem is those who support those values but completely demonize businesses and treat them like they are completely evil. It is narrow-minded and short-sighted.

Umm, aren’t you the one assuming things are binary?

So you are aware that there are functional societies that are both capitalist and have social safety nets, right? I don’t see anyone who has ‘completely demonized business’ on this chain, or anywhere really, including Mamdani obviously. Are you someone who is trying to paint M and his supporters as ‘communists’ who ‘demonize business’? It seems to me that those people are the ones who don’t understand the real world, as you claimed about others.

[Anonymous]

Very flattering article on Mandani in the NYT today!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very flattering article on Mandani in the NYT today!

Ugh, do people still take the NYT seriously?