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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.

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Anonymous wrote:The DA Bragg has said he has no desire to put people in jail. He has actually done more than I expected but not much. There is very little deterrent to petty crime. Have you been to a CVS/Walgreen's lately? Everything is locked up.

I don't think someone should get life in prison for shoplifting. But there should be a consequence. And they should keep track so that if someone is a repeat offender, then the consequences start increasing. It is just common sense. But this is not what Mamdani and Bragg want.

And yes, I do live in NYC. Public school parent. Nasty storm tonight. Go Yanks!

Though I am not the only one posting in opposition to Mamdani here. And again, I'm not a big fan of the others for political and personal reasons. Just wish the Mamdani supporters would push back a bit more.

Your research is lacking. You do not live in NYC. No New Yorker would write these two sentences like this.

Not sure why I am wasting my time with you. I hope things are beautiful in your home in suburban DC or wherever you live that is not NYC.

Regarding CVS/Walgreen's - you clearly do not live in NYC. Do you see how much of their inventory is now locked up? You need someone to help you to get almost anything because they are constantly being robbed. How can you deny this?

Regarding Bragg, here is an article from CNN. This is not the NY Post which is full of exaggerated right wing garbage - I'm not dumb enough to fall for their extremist, scare-mongering garbage. This is CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/us/alvin-bragg-manhattan-district-attorney-crimes-prosecution

Following up on my own post. I was just at the CVS at 72nd and 2nd (see, I live in NY). A huge number of items were locked up. I needed one of them. I had to press a button and an employee came to help. Poor guy was super nice but exhausted. He is running all over the store helping people get locked items. I asked why. He said because people were shoplifting like crazy so this helps prevent that. There is still lots of shoplifting of unlocked items and they don't make much effort to stop them because they know nothing will be done - they have stopped the same people many times and they keep coming back.

I rest my case.

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Anonymous wrote:The DA Bragg has said he has no desire to put people in jail. He has actually done more than I expected but not much. There is very little deterrent to petty crime. Have you been to a CVS/Walgreen's lately? Everything is locked up.

I don't think someone should get life in prison for shoplifting. But there should be a consequence. And they should keep track so that if someone is a repeat offender, then the consequences start increasing. It is just common sense. But this is not what Mamdani and Bragg want.

And yes, I do live in NYC. Public school parent. Nasty storm tonight. Go Yanks!

Though I am not the only one posting in opposition to Mamdani here. And again, I'm not a big fan of the others for political and personal reasons. Just wish the Mamdani supporters would push back a bit more.

Your research is lacking. You do not live in NYC. No New Yorker would write these two sentences like this.

Not sure why I am wasting my time with you. I hope things are beautiful in your home in suburban DC or wherever you live that is not NYC.

Regarding CVS/Walgreen's - you clearly do not live in NYC. Do you see how much of their inventory is now locked up? You need someone to help you to get almost anything because they are constantly being robbed. How can you deny this?

Regarding Bragg, here is an article from CNN. This is not the NY Post which is full of exaggerated right wing garbage - I'm not dumb enough to fall for their extremist, scare-mongering garbage. This is CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/us/alvin-bragg-manhattan-district-attorney-crimes-prosecution

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Anonymous wrote:The DA Bragg has said he has no desire to put people in jail. He has actually done more than I expected but not much. There is very little deterrent to petty crime. Have you been to a CVS/Walgreen's lately? Everything is locked up.

I don't think someone should get life in prison for shoplifting. But there should be a consequence. And they should keep track so that if someone is a repeat offender, then the consequences start increasing. It is just common sense. But this is not what Mamdani and Bragg want.

And yes, I do live in NYC. Public school parent. Nasty storm tonight. Go Yanks!

Though I am not the only one posting in opposition to Mamdani here. And again, I'm not a big fan of the others for political and personal reasons. Just wish the Mamdani supporters would push back a bit more.

Your research is lacking. You do not live in NYC. No New Yorker would write these two sentences like this.

Anonymous wrote:The DA Bragg has said he has no desire to put people in jail. He has actually done more than I expected but not much. There is very little deterrent to petty crime. Have you been to a CVS/Walgreen's lately? Everything is locked up.

I don't think someone should get life in prison for shoplifting. But there should be a consequence. And they should keep track so that if someone is a repeat offender, then the consequences start increasing. It is just common sense. But this is not what Mamdani and Bragg want.

And yes, I do live in NYC. Public school parent. Nasty storm tonight. Go Yanks!

Though I am not the only one posting in opposition to Mamdani here. And again, I'm not a big fan of the others for political and personal reasons. Just wish the Mamdani supporters would push back a bit more.

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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.

You are missing that many people who support him are willing to try anything (even if it doesn’t succeed) and are sick of the status quo. Same reason Trump was elected and say gains in 2024.

Yup. And electing Trump has worked out really well. Do these people learn? People whine about how bad their lives are and don't realize how good they actually have it. It shows how bad our educational system is. And I don't think it will get any better under Mamdani.

What people? I didn’t vote for Trump but will vote for Mamdani

How will he reduce crime?

I think his plan is better than cuomos tbh. He supports retaining the same police force numbers (and I hope he keeps Tisch) but supporting more community engagement and mental health services. He wants police to be able to focus on serious crime, not the social service issues that seem to take up so much of their time.

Cuomo just wants to throw more police on the streets. Expensive and I don’t think it will efficiently address the city’s needs.

I and many others are very concerned with relatively minor (but not insignificant) quality of life, broken windows crimes. These offenses need to be fully prosecuted. This is admittedly somewhat limited by laws passed by Albany. But Mamdani has said that these crimes do not bother him. He also has said that he is not bothered by people who are very, very clearly not of sound mind walking the streets. I am not supportive of an ICE-like gestapo wandering the streets picking up anyone who might be a little off (on certain days they might get me!). But I do think that people who are very clearly not able to take care of themselves (after being evaluated by trained social service workers) should be taken off the streets so that they are not a threat to others, and, more importantly, so that they can receive services and not be a danger to themselves. Letting them rot away is not protecting their civil rights. It is taking awway their rights and dignity. But Mamdani is OK with this - it is a lose-lose.

Hmm, you’re simply wrong. He never said he was okay with mentally unwell people walking the streets. In fact, his community engagement plan indicates exactly the opposite. Unlike Cuomo, he seems to recognize that the police are not necessarily the best way to deal with the mentally unwell. And I agree. Let the police fight crime.

As far as broken windows, IME many of these quality of life crimes, or whatever you want to call them, are committed by the mentally unwell.

Fixes for these issues are beyond the abilities of any one person realistically, but at least he has some ideas. I’ll try it

Read the article posted a few above. It says completely different things from what you are saying. Release more people pre-trial and divert them from prosecution? That seems like a winning formula - put the criminals back on the streets - brilliant! He seems to love spending money that he doesn't have resources to pay for. One expense that I would support would be hiring more judges so that those in Riker's and elsewhere can be tried more quickly, so the innocent can be released more quickly and less jail space is needed.

Just looked at the article. It doesn’t say completely the opposite as you claim. Not at all.

You’re lying and twisting. Keep Israel out of our politics, thanks

When did I bring up Israel? Do you live in NYC? I am very scared about a total amateur who is just throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks running our very complicated city. I am honestly at a loss as I don't like the other candidates either so I don't know what to do. I am a realist - rich people and businesses pay for everything so you can't just treat them like the enemy. They should pay their fair share and can probably afford to pay more, but there are limits. And the adversarial tone towards them is not OK. I am also very worried about minor crime as it becomes major crime. The amount of repeat offenders on the streets are frightening. As I said, I understand that much of this is governed by Albany so is beyond the Mayor's purview, but the Mayor can still have an impact.

I think we can make things better for those who are poor without making things worse for the rich. Improve the bad schools without diluting the good ones. Create housing in the most economically efficient way possible, and respect the rights of landlords to make a living and make it financially worthwhile for people to want to build new housing.

Again - I am not looking to pick a fight. But I want the Mamdani supporters to be more realistic. I hope that when he gets into office he will learn to be practical. We shall see.

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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.

You are missing that many people who support him are willing to try anything (even if it doesn’t succeed) and are sick of the status quo. Same reason Trump was elected and say gains in 2024.

Yup. And electing Trump has worked out really well. Do these people learn? People whine about how bad their lives are and don't realize how good they actually have it. It shows how bad our educational system is. And I don't think it will get any better under Mamdani.

What people? I didn’t vote for Trump but will vote for Mamdani

How will he reduce crime?

I think his plan is better than cuomos tbh. He supports retaining the same police force numbers (and I hope he keeps Tisch) but supporting more community engagement and mental health services. He wants police to be able to focus on serious crime, not the social service issues that seem to take up so much of their time.

Cuomo just wants to throw more police on the streets. Expensive and I don’t think it will efficiently address the city’s needs.

I and many others are very concerned with relatively minor (but not insignificant) quality of life, broken windows crimes. These offenses need to be fully prosecuted. This is admittedly somewhat limited by laws passed by Albany. But Mamdani has said that these crimes do not bother him. He also has said that he is not bothered by people who are very, very clearly not of sound mind walking the streets. I am not supportive of an ICE-like gestapo wandering the streets picking up anyone who might be a little off (on certain days they might get me!). But I do think that people who are very clearly not able to take care of themselves (after being evaluated by trained social service workers) should be taken off the streets so that they are not a threat to others, and, more importantly, so that they can receive services and not be a danger to themselves. Letting them rot away is not protecting their civil rights. It is taking awway their rights and dignity. But Mamdani is OK with this - it is a lose-lose.

Hmm, you’re simply wrong. He never said he was okay with mentally unwell people walking the streets. In fact, his community engagement plan indicates exactly the opposite. Unlike Cuomo, he seems to recognize that the police are not necessarily the best way to deal with the mentally unwell. And I agree. Let the police fight crime.

As far as broken windows, IME many of these quality of life crimes, or whatever you want to call them, are committed by the mentally unwell.

Fixes for these issues are beyond the abilities of any one person realistically, but at least he has some ideas. I’ll try it

Read the article posted a few above. It says completely different things from what you are saying. Release more people pre-trial and divert them from prosecution? That seems like a winning formula - put the criminals back on the streets - brilliant! He seems to love spending money that he doesn't have resources to pay for. One expense that I would support would be hiring more judges so that those in Riker's and elsewhere can be tried more quickly, so the innocent can be released more quickly and less jail space is needed.

Just looked at the article. It doesn’t say completely the opposite as you claim. Not at all.

You’re lying and twisting. Keep Israel out of our politics, thanks

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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.

You are missing that many people who support him are willing to try anything (even if it doesn’t succeed) and are sick of the status quo. Same reason Trump was elected and say gains in 2024.

Yup. And electing Trump has worked out really well. Do these people learn? People whine about how bad their lives are and don't realize how good they actually have it. It shows how bad our educational system is. And I don't think it will get any better under Mamdani.

What people? I didn’t vote for Trump but will vote for Mamdani

How will he reduce crime?

I think his plan is better than cuomos tbh. He supports retaining the same police force numbers (and I hope he keeps Tisch) but supporting more community engagement and mental health services. He wants police to be able to focus on serious crime, not the social service issues that seem to take up so much of their time.

Cuomo just wants to throw more police on the streets. Expensive and I don’t think it will efficiently address the city’s needs.

I and many others are very concerned with relatively minor (but not insignificant) quality of life, broken windows crimes. These offenses need to be fully prosecuted. This is admittedly somewhat limited by laws passed by Albany. But Mamdani has said that these crimes do not bother him. He also has said that he is not bothered by people who are very, very clearly not of sound mind walking the streets. I am not supportive of an ICE-like gestapo wandering the streets picking up anyone who might be a little off (on certain days they might get me!). But I do think that people who are very clearly not able to take care of themselves (after being evaluated by trained social service workers) should be taken off the streets so that they are not a threat to others, and, more importantly, so that they can receive services and not be a danger to themselves. Letting them rot away is not protecting their civil rights. It is taking awway their rights and dignity. But Mamdani is OK with this - it is a lose-lose.

Hmm, you’re simply wrong. He never said he was okay with mentally unwell people walking the streets. In fact, his community engagement plan indicates exactly the opposite. Unlike Cuomo, he seems to recognize that the police are not necessarily the best way to deal with the mentally unwell. And I agree. Let the police fight crime.

As far as broken windows, IME many of these quality of life crimes, or whatever you want to call them, are committed by the mentally unwell.

Fixes for these issues are beyond the abilities of any one person realistically, but at least he has some ideas. I’ll try it

Read the article posted a few above. It says completely different things from what you are saying. Release more people pre-trial and divert them from prosecution? That seems like a winning formula - put the criminals back on the streets - brilliant! He seems to love spending money that he doesn't have resources to pay for. One expense that I would support would be hiring more judges so that those in Riker's and elsewhere can be tried more quickly, so the innocent can be released more quickly and less jail space is needed.

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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.

You are missing that many people who support him are willing to try anything (even if it doesn’t succeed) and are sick of the status quo. Same reason Trump was elected and say gains in 2024.

Yup. And electing Trump has worked out really well. Do these people learn? People whine about how bad their lives are and don't realize how good they actually have it. It shows how bad our educational system is. And I don't think it will get any better under Mamdani.

What people? I didn’t vote for Trump but will vote for Mamdani

How will he reduce crime?

I think his plan is better than cuomos tbh. He supports retaining the same police force numbers (and I hope he keeps Tisch) but supporting more community engagement and mental health services. He wants police to be able to focus on serious crime, not the social service issues that seem to take up so much of their time.

Cuomo just wants to throw more police on the streets. Expensive and I don’t think it will efficiently address the city’s needs.

I and many others are very concerned with relatively minor (but not insignificant) quality of life, broken windows crimes. These offenses need to be fully prosecuted. This is admittedly somewhat limited by laws passed by Albany. But Mamdani has said that these crimes do not bother him. He also has said that he is not bothered by people who are very, very clearly not of sound mind walking the streets. I am not supportive of an ICE-like gestapo wandering the streets picking up anyone who might be a little off (on certain days they might get me!). But I do think that people who are very clearly not able to take care of themselves (after being evaluated by trained social service workers) should be taken off the streets so that they are not a threat to others, and, more importantly, so that they can receive services and not be a danger to themselves. Letting them rot away is not protecting their civil rights. It is taking awway their rights and dignity. But Mamdani is OK with this - it is a lose-lose.

Hmm, you’re simply wrong. He never said he was okay with mentally unwell people walking the streets. In fact, his community engagement plan indicates exactly the opposite. Unlike Cuomo, he seems to recognize that the police are not necessarily the best way to deal with the mentally unwell. And I agree. Let the police fight crime.

As far as broken windows, IME many of these quality of life crimes, or whatever you want to call them, are committed by the mentally unwell.

Fixes for these issues are beyond the abilities of any one person realistically, but at least he has some ideas. I’ll try it

Read the article posted a few above. It says completely different things from what you are saying. Release more people pre-trial and divert them from prosecution? That seems like a winning formula - put the criminals back on the streets - brilliant! He seems to love spending money that he doesn't have resources to pay for. One expense that I would support would be hiring more judges so that those in Riker's and elsewhere can be tried more quickly, so the innocent can be released more quickly and less jail space is needed.

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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.

You are missing that many people who support him are willing to try anything (even if it doesn’t succeed) and are sick of the status quo. Same reason Trump was elected and say gains in 2024.

Yup. And electing Trump has worked out really well. Do these people learn? People whine about how bad their lives are and don't realize how good they actually have it. It shows how bad our educational system is. And I don't think it will get any better under Mamdani.

What people? I didn’t vote for Trump but will vote for Mamdani

How will he reduce crime?

I think his plan is better than cuomos tbh. He supports retaining the same police force numbers (and I hope he keeps Tisch) but supporting more community engagement and mental health services. He wants police to be able to focus on serious crime, not the social service issues that seem to take up so much of their time.

Cuomo just wants to throw more police on the streets. Expensive and I don’t think it will efficiently address the city’s needs.

I and many others are very concerned with relatively minor (but not insignificant) quality of life, broken windows crimes. These offenses need to be fully prosecuted. This is admittedly somewhat limited by laws passed by Albany. But Mamdani has said that these crimes do not bother him. He also has said that he is not bothered by people who are very, very clearly not of sound mind walking the streets. I am not supportive of an ICE-like gestapo wandering the streets picking up anyone who might be a little off (on certain days they might get me!). But I do think that people who are very clearly not able to take care of themselves (after being evaluated by trained social service workers) should be taken off the streets so that they are not a threat to others, and, more importantly, so that they can receive services and not be a danger to themselves. Letting them rot away is not protecting their civil rights. It is taking awway their rights and dignity. But Mamdani is OK with this - it is a lose-lose.

Hmm, you’re simply wrong. He never said he was okay with mentally unwell people walking the streets. In fact, his community engagement plan indicates exactly the opposite. Unlike Cuomo, he seems to recognize that the police are not necessarily the best way to deal with the mentally unwell. And I agree. Let the police fight crime.

As far as broken windows, IME many of these quality of life crimes, or whatever you want to call them, are committed by the mentally unwell.

Fixes for these issues are beyond the abilities of any one person realistically, but at least he has some ideas. I’ll try it

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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.

You are missing that many people who support him are willing to try anything (even if it doesn’t succeed) and are sick of the status quo. Same reason Trump was elected and say gains in 2024.

Yup. And electing Trump has worked out really well. Do these people learn? People whine about how bad their lives are and don't realize how good they actually have it. It shows how bad our educational system is. And I don't think it will get any better under Mamdani.

What people? I didn’t vote for Trump but will vote for Mamdani

How will he reduce crime?

I think his plan is better than cuomos tbh. He supports retaining the same police force numbers (and I hope he keeps Tisch) but supporting more community engagement and mental health services. He wants police to be able to focus on serious crime, not the social service issues that seem to take up so much of their time.

Cuomo just wants to throw more police on the streets. Expensive and I don’t think it will efficiently address the city’s needs.

I and many others are very concerned with relatively minor (but not insignificant) quality of life, broken windows crimes. These offenses need to be fully prosecuted. This is admittedly somewhat limited by laws passed by Albany. But Mamdani has said that these crimes do not bother him. He also has said that he is not bothered by people who are very, very clearly not of sound mind walking the streets. I am not supportive of an ICE-like gestapo wandering the streets picking up anyone who might be a little off (on certain days they might get me!). But I do think that people who are very clearly not able to take care of themselves (after being evaluated by trained social service workers) should be taken off the streets so that they are not a threat to others, and, more importantly, so that they can receive services and not be a danger to themselves. Letting them rot away is not protecting their civil rights. It is taking awway their rights and dignity. But Mamdani is OK with this - it is a lose-lose.

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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.

You are missing that many people who support him are willing to try anything (even if it doesn’t succeed) and are sick of the status quo. Same reason Trump was elected and say gains in 2024.

Yup. And electing Trump has worked out really well. Do these people learn? People whine about how bad their lives are and don't realize how good they actually have it. It shows how bad our educational system is. And I don't think it will get any better under Mamdani.

What people? I didn’t vote for Trump but will vote for Mamdani

How will he reduce crime?

I think his plan is better than cuomos tbh. He supports retaining the same police force numbers (and I hope he keeps Tisch) but supporting more community engagement and mental health services. He wants police to be able to focus on serious crime, not the social service issues that seem to take up so much of their time.

Cuomo just wants to throw more police on the streets. Expensive and I don’t think it will efficiently address the city’s needs.

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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.

You are missing that many people who support him are willing to try anything (even if it doesn’t succeed) and are sick of the status quo. Same reason Trump was elected and say gains in 2024.

Yup. And electing Trump has worked out really well. Do these people learn? People whine about how bad their lives are and don't realize how good they actually have it. It shows how bad our educational system is. And I don't think it will get any better under Mamdani.

What people? I didn’t vote for Trump but will vote for Mamdani

How will he reduce crime?