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.

Anonymous wrote:(the Israel stuff at this point I think is just a convenient excuse - even in NYC it has a lot less salience among the party base than it used to, but nobody wants to *admit* they're protecting their shitty incumbents so they latch onto that instead)

Oh interesting

(the Israel stuff at this point I think is just a convenient excuse - even in NYC it has a lot less salience among the party base than it used to, but nobody wants to *admit* they're protecting their shitty incumbents so they latch onto that instead)

"He has also sought assurances from Mr. Mamdani that he would not endorse primary challengers pushed by the Democratic Socialists."

This is what it boils down to with endorsements; neither Heastie nor Schumer nor Jeffries wants to be involved in elevating somebody who's going to support primary challenges to their members, however much those members might deserve them.

Next year's primary cycle is going to be *incredibly* ugly and I expect Mamdani will be a leading figure in elevating new voices in the party. This is good and necessary, but the existing members are not going to take it well.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like Adams may drop out and take a job with Trump.

Surprised?

What does that mean for the election? Could Cuomo win?

I don't know but I think people arw looking to vote against Cuomo more than being pro-Mandami. It's not like he is some unknown. Been there, done that, and not well.

I’ll admit I ranked Cuomo first but I won’t vote for him in the general. I’m disgusted by him sucking up to wealthy special interests

Cuomo you ranked first?
Brain cells dead?

Cuomo is Trump the US is more important than this utter shit.

I really don’t think Cuomo was Trump at all. Not sure what that even means? Can you explain?

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


Thoughts?

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like Adams may drop out and take a job with Trump.

Surprised?

What does that mean for the election? Could Cuomo win?

I don't know but I think people arw looking to vote against Cuomo more than being pro-Mandami. It's not like he is some unknown. Been there, done that, and not well.

I’ll admit I ranked Cuomo first but I won’t vote for him in the general. I’m disgusted by him sucking up to wealthy special interests

Cuomo you ranked first?
Brain cells dead?

Cuomo is Trump the US is more important than this utter shit.

Write in Tisch. Or Garcia. Let's unify behind one of them.

Anonymous wrote:Cuomo Cuomo Cuomo
Cuomo Cuomo

NO NO NO NO NO
Who votes for a trump anti american shit.

Agree on Adams. Trash cans and good in education. Shut down the efforts to kill the SSHAT.

That said I was hoping his announcement yesterday was that he was dropping out. Those who don’t want Mamdani will be split between 3 and then we are screwed.

The reading curriculum change is happening basically everywhere, Connecticut passed a law on it a couple of years ago to (and dragged a bunch of Gold Coast districts away from Calkins kicking and screaming).

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Adams is an idiot. Too bad. I didn’t vote for him, but I had hopes when he was elected.

Adams was not the worst mayor. He takes crime seriously. His "city of yes" plan is actually good for housing (while freezing rent in rent stabilized apartments is a useless populist move). He promoted phonics and got rid of balanced literacy in public schools. He rolled out trash collateralizatoin and appointed a very competent "rats czar".

I did not agree with some of his moves and obviously he is corrupt but I have to admit he has been a decent mayor in comparison to most of the alternatives.

Who was worse? Every mayor has done some decent things

Other than UPK Billy D did very little.

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Adams is an idiot. Too bad. I didn’t vote for him, but I had hopes when he was elected.

Adams was not the worst mayor. He takes crime seriously. His "city of yes" plan is actually good for housing (while freezing rent in rent stabilized apartments is a useless populist move). He promoted phonics and got rid of balanced literacy in public schools. He rolled out trash collateralizatoin and appointed a very competent "rats czar".

I did not agree with some of his moves and obviously he is corrupt but I have to admit he has been a decent mayor in comparison to most of the alternatives.

Who was worse? Every mayor has done some decent things

Anonymous wrote:Edit to the previous post - I meant trash *containerization*. Getting rid of horrible plastic bags on sidewalks is long overdue.

True. But he was such an idiot. The trash thing was good though.

Edit to the previous post - I meant trash *containerization*. Getting rid of horrible plastic bags on sidewalks is long overdue.