By Gus Saltonstall
Results are in for the 2025 primary elections on Tuesday in New York City.
Starting with the most local to the Upper West Side, City Councilmember Shaun Abreu has won the Democratic nomination in District 7, New York 1 called on Tuesday night.
Here’s the voting breakdown as of 10:50 p.m. on Tuesday, according to New York 1:
- Shaun Abreu: 62.7 percent (18,232 votes) – Declared Winner
- Edafe Okporo: 25.1 percent (7,297 votes)
- Tiffany Khan: 11.7 percent (3,416 votes)
Also in the neighborhood, Upper West Side State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal is leading the Democratic primary race for Manhattan Borough President as of 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, according to New York 1.
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal: 48.7 percent (120,796 votes)
- Keith Powers: 38.2 percent (94,758 votes)
- Calvin Sun: 12.5 percent (30,913 votes)
Elsewhere across the city, current Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine is comfortably leading the Democratic race for Comptroller, incumbent Jumaane Williams has won the Democratic primary for Public Advocate, and incumbent Alvin Bragg has been declared the winner over Patrick Timmins in the Democratic primary race for Manhattan District Attorney, according to NY1.
And then there is the mayor’s race.
While the race has not yet officially been called as of Wednesday morning, Andrew Cuomo called Zohran Mamdani and conceded the race shortly before 11 p.m., according to multiple reports, including THE CITY.
“In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done,” Mamdani posted on X early Wednesday morning. “My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.”
With 93 percent of ballots counted as of 8:45 a.m.. on Wednesday morning, Mamdani has an 8 percentage point lead on Cuomo.
Here are the voting tallies as of 10:55 p.m., according to the New York Times.
- Zohran Mamdani: 43.5 percent
- Andrew Cuomo: 36.4 percent
- Brad Lander: 11.4 percent
- Adrienne Adams: 4.1 percent
- Scott Stringer: 1.7 percent
- Zellnor Myrie: 1 percent
- Whitney Tilson: 0.8 percent
- Michael Blake: 0.4 percent
- Jessica Ramos: 0.4 percent
The General Election still looms large in November, which will include Mayor Eric Adams and another possible Independent run by Cuomo.
You can follow along with the all the results on New York 1’s website — HERE.
Read More: Primary Election Day on the Upper West Side
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Wow. A tik tok nepo baby failed rapper who hasn’t been a citizen long enough to run for Congress, but he’s the guy to run the nation’s biggest city? I’ve lived in very blue nyc for over a decade now and I’m still stunned
Funny how someone calls Mamdani a “nepo baby” while ignoring that he beat a Mario Cuomo’s nepo baby. And no real NYC resident would call it “very blue.” This city is run by machine Democrats, challenged by progressives, and full of contradictions. If you’ve lived here for over a decade and still don’t get that, maybe you haven’t been paying attention.
Thanks Trump for electing MAMDANI last night! 💙 LOL 🤪
MAMDANI is the NEW look how we will look at the future !
And the Republicans are freaking out in Washington, they don’t know how to handle this!!!!
LOL!
This is a wake up call!
MAMDANI is our next “Barack Obama” 💙
Actually Dems are freaking out. Republicans know exactly how to handle it, as this guy’s claim to be “socialist” is going to play right into MAGA narrative. NYC is about to become a long running joke.
And, Mr Future, who’s going to pay for all his promises? Nothing is free. Nothing. Yet more things for tax payers like me who work hard for our money to subsidize while being taken advantage of by people who don’t know how the system works.
I’m so sad for my city. We deserved better, but then I guess we don’t, because this is what we got.
Republicans will call literally every Democrat a socialist, they aren’t exactly acting in good faith.
I don’t agree with all of ZM’s agenda but there are other actors who are able to check some of his worst ideas, lets see how it plays out.
LOL!
Sadly, I agree. As NYC deteriorates over the next 4 years, Mamdani will replace AOC as the face of failed socialist policies. I can already envision the TV ads.
What many of these comments below show is not only don’t they understand the wreckage that will exist if Mamdani is elected, but that it shows that “so called liberal Democrats” have no idea that unless they repudiate Socialist candidates, Trump and eventually Vance (and perhaps others) are going to continue in office for 12, 16 perhaps 20 years. Similar to FDR and Truman, 1932 to 1952.
We don’t want that to happen.
I want that to happen.
I’m confused with your logic- which socialists were president which then resulted in Trump? I think what you and the Democratic Party needs to accept is that pushing the party farther and farther to the center is actually what empowered a far right candidate like Trump to break through.
This is actually not true at all Jenna
Actually I believe it is true Christina
Similar to noted enactor of socialist policies FDR?
But you are missing one very important fact here – FDR”s “socialist” policies were not intended to usher in an era of socialism (in the modern sense) in the United States. FDR was not a socialist, he was a capitalist and his policies were a response to the depression and an effort to save capitalism, not destroy it. Some historians also argue that he knew that the only way to fight off extremism in the United States at the time (as communism was spreading through Europe) was to provide for Americans during the depression.
Today’s socialist politicians are, in my opinion, very different. They embody the true sense of the label – state owned production, wealth re-distribution, etc.
Correct. Not only is this a disaster for the city, but, like AOC, it is the gift that keeps on giving for Republicans nationally. They continue to laugh at us and use this theme of crazy liberal Democrats to energize their base. Fox News is going to see their ratings go through the roof as this will just be feeding them material.
And please note, those of us who oppose Mamdani are not Republicans. We are moderate, common sense Democrats. Please stop insulting us and calling us otherwise. Ironically, it makes you sound very MAGA.
Manhattan 💙 MAMDANI
CUOMO IS DAMAGED BAGGAGE! 👎
This reeks of boomerism.
He’s a nepo baby? I missed that, he came from money?
He’s on TikTok? You mean the most popular social media app in the US?
He has rap videos? Him posting hobbies and fun stuff (that translates to youth voters)?
They said Obama didn’t have enough experience when he ran for Senate, then again when he ran for President.
And Obama presidential failures led to Trump getting elected. Or do you not think he’s to blame?
Yes he came from money. His mother is award winning filmmaker Mira Nair.
(Not Musk or Bezos money, but still quite comfortable).
His rap career was not a hobby, although it didn’t amount to much more. It is amazing that after the de Blasio era that so many New Yorkers (well really a lot of transplants) want to double down on those failed policies. I’m looking forward to the ruin of the city. It will lead to some incredible opportunities to invest on the dip.
I’ll take him over an out of touch nepo baby who resigned in disgrace because he couldn’t keep his hands off young women!
About 1/3 of New Yorkers are immigrants — so his immigration story is a strength! I’m stunned in a good way. He has 5 months to make his case and build a coalition that will help all New Yorkers get excited about him — I hope you’ll reach out to his campaign and let them know what you would like to see in his plan for a better New York City!
@Your Neighbor, Kay you act like there were no other options. Scott Stringer would have been an amazing mayor, and a wickedly good negotiator with the current federal administration. He served as Borough President and Comptroller, made the city a ton of money in pension reinvestments, has great values, loves this city, and has invested his entire career in public service – you know, the way it’s supposed to be.. And what about Adrienne Adams? You weren’t paying enough attention.
I ranked Adrienne Adams, Brad Lander, Zelnor Myrie, and Michael Blake as well. There were a lot of great options — but energy gathered around Mamdani, and so he prevailed.
You’ve got to be kidding. I will vote ANY republican or independent over this young inexperienced confused person. The press is making a big deal over him but there’s no chance he can stand up to Trump. Not to mention to running New York City. His voters need to return to their tents at Columbia.
So let me get this straight — you’ll vote for anyone other than Mamdani because they’ll stand up to Trump?
You’ll vote for Eric Adams, who has already demonstrated his fealty to Trump by letting ICE operate over the objections of his constituency (and decency) purely because Trump gave him a pardon? (Oh, and Adam’s was convicted of bribery that required a pardon to avoid prison)
You’ll vote for Sliwa, who is even less experienced than Mamdani having never been elected to anything, and who is far less likely to be motivated or effective standing up to Trump than Mamdani?
There are plenty of reasons to be concerned Mamdani’s agenda might be too ambitious. But I don’t mind a little ambition, especially when compared to a lot of grift.
How about do not raise tax’s and do not defund NYPD. I work in health care and have been in the city for 3 decades and have seen its decline.
One needs to be a life-long New Yorker to grasp NYC politics, this is why Kentuckians will never understand us.
Mandami and Bragg carry the day.
Plainly, Armageddon is now upon us and the city’s regressives will be heading for the hills — perhaps those of Texas — in droves. One can dream, anyhow.
You do realize your hero refused to sign an Assembly bill recognizing the Holocaust, right?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/16/new-york-city-mayoral-contender-israel-condemning-holocaust-00353123?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
I realize he did NOT sign it. Call that a refusal if you wish; the Politico story has it as “passed on signing”. Also from the story: “[…]Mamdani does not support the Israel measure due to language that says the country ‘continues to strive for peace with security and dignity for itself, its neighbors and throughout the world in order to fulfill the prophecy of becoming a light unto the nations.'” Mamdani is far from alone is regarding that verbiage as a tad hard to swallow.
Oh, and Mamdani is far from being my hero; if he were, I’d probably have spelled his name correctly! I merely voted for him and am pleased he, not Cuomo, won.
You seem proud that NYC will become unlivable.
Incidentally, while I don’t doubt that NYC will become unlivable, it will do so along with the rest of the nation and the world, and it will be very largely the doing of your hero, the Antipresident.
It’s remarkable how many counterfactuals you’re able to cram into one short sentence.
Bloomberg saw to that for a significant plurality of the population.
Patently false statement
Apparently, you know nothing about Texas these days.
I don’t know everything about Texas, but it often feels as if I know too much.
I know, for example, about its measles outbreaks & measles parties, its National Guard deployments and “mad moms in minivans”; its crusades against abortion, trans people, fluoride, protest, free speech, green energy, bookstores, anti-SLAPP laws, car safety inspections, red-flag gun laws, voting by married women, women who miscarry, drag shows, & “obscene” literature. I know about HB 229, HB 1375, HB 3817, SB 2, SB 10, SB 11, SB 16, SB 1976, & the FURRIES Act; about the incomparable Ken Paxton, the insufferable Gregg Abbott, Dan Patrick, James Rodden, Judge Mark Pittman, Judge Bryan Gantt, Matthew Kacsmaryk, Ronny Jackson, Cody Harris, Cuellar, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, Robert Morris, Connor Clegg, Tulsi Gabbard, Dr. Ben Edwards, & Elon Musk. I know about its dumpster babies, dissected corpses, soaring sepsis rates, 28% Level-3 literacy rate, & the urinary catheters scandal; about Starbase, Ascension Seton Williamson hospital, Annunciation House, Austin’s natalist conference & Tesla robotaxi experiment. And I know about Jocelynn Rojo Carranza.
So to say I know nothing about the state seems less than accurate.
Cut & paste from the Daily Kos much….?
No, although I do diligently record to URL and title of every current-events story I read daily, occasionally including a brief excerpt of the more salient parts as well as my own observations on the subject matter; this typically comes to 250–300 articles a day (excluding those on more uplifting matters such as science, technology, literature, the arts, etc.). What, doesn’t everyone do this?
But yes, Daily Kos stories are on the list. My knowledge of, and comments on, Texas were derived from dozens of sources. I was even there once, reluctantly.
You realize we’ll take our tax dollars with us, right? And then good luck paying for all of these state run programs he favors?
@Best Side: They’ll pay for them by raising taxes on the struggling middle-class, like they always do.
Ah, sacrifices!
Actually, I’m not expecting him to get very far with those; fiscal reality has a way of intruding.
Wait a minute — HIs platform was primarily based on “freebies” for NYers, you say you aren’t expecting many of these do come to fruition because of the cost and yet you voted for him? Can you explain why??
I’d be delighted to!
First, to be clear, when we talk about ‘voting for _____’ on a ranked-choice ballot, we mean listing _____ in the #1 position. It’s not as if Mamdani were the only candidate I voted for, and indeed I would have been happier had my #2 made the grade, an outcome we would likely have had to wait until July 1 to learn had Mamdani’s margin of victory over Cuomo not been so decisive. (Cuomo was NOT my #2 or for that matter anywhere on my list.) However, realizing that the prospect of my #2 winning was quite slim, and the prospect of a Cuomo win quite real, I ranked Mamdani — whose popularity had been growing rapidly in the final weeks — as my #1 in an effort to knock Cuomo down and, ideally, out. Strategic voting, in other words, which you’ll recall was also Silver Hammer’s approach. As When Will it End pointed out, there were several other candidates, but the problem with them was that only Mamdani was found by any recent polls to have overtaken Cuomo. (Yes, better candidates are always desirable.)
Second, I happen to believe both NYC politics and the Democratic party could use an infusion of fresh, young, noncentrist blood, and for that role Mamdani was the obvious choice. Even if none of his [pipe] dreams come to fruition, we’ll still have a mayor unbeholden to the usual suspects, ready to fight for the people, not the powerful and the special interests. In theory, anyhow. Not everyone believes this would be a good idea, of course, but to them I can only say, “That’s, like, your opinion, man.”
thank you for the thoughtful, non-hostile response it is certainly appreciated given the tone of many of these comments.
So you voted for him because he promised you all those freebies, but you now concede you won’t get said promised freebies. As the saying goes, you’re about to get what you voted for…. Good & hard!
Incorrect: I most assuredly did NOT vote for him because of any promise of freebies, and I defy you to point to any comment of mine, here or elsewhere, that states or suggests otherwise. For the true story, see Silver Hammer’s comment and my reply thereto, below.
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, bye!
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out! The truth is that New York is the greatest city in the world — rich people will always want to live here even if they pay an additional 2% in taxes. It’s the center of the cultural universe.
Really 2% ? As long as you live more than 1/2 year outside of NYC you don’t have to be taxed to death
LOL you really should do some travelling
If you hate it here why do you live here?
The secret is a lot of these people don’t! They moved to FL or the suburbs years ago but can’t get the UWS off their minds
The truth is that the city and the state of NY together spend over $350 billion annually. We need to use that money better, not raise taxes even more. NYC is already the highest tax jurisdiction in the US.
Correct – Simply raising taxes is never the answer and hardly works. You need to couple increased taxes with cuts to some entitlements. The problem is the desire to continue to increase spending without cuts to anything…..
Free buses? wait until service is cut because there isn’t enough revenue to fund the service.
Free CUNY education? wait until faculty and programs are cut and young professors are not granted tenure.
More affordable housing? Who is building it without serious tax incentives?
$30 minimum wage? what happens when small business employees are laid off because owners can’t afford to pay unskilled employees $30 per hour.
City funded grocery stores? I don’t even know how that will work..
Call me a skeptic, but I don’t think raising the taxes will be enough to pay for any of this….
I’m still stuck on the free buses thing…last I read, probably in the NYT, there was some ridiculous number like 44% of people getting on the bus without paying, while I am refilling my Metrocard every week as I was raised to do, as in not cheat. How is anyone thinking that the MTA is going to be like sure, come on in, the more the merrier, no payment necessary. How will this help anything? Already the wait for buses can be downright laughable at times, and getting a seat or not doesn’t bother me but I have the privilege of being able to stand for long periods of time without problems. Seriously can somebody enlighten me so I can move on (no pun intended) to all of the other issues raised here which are also proving difficult to think about in actual reality, no matter how attractive they might sound in fantasy land? I would like to give just about anyone a chance to lead our incredible city, yes, for all people, but can’t figure out how this could work at all.
Just what we need. A socialist to raise them even more for people who don’t even know where the money is coming from. If they did, not as many people would have voted for him, because they would have understood it’s going to come out of their pocketbook.
Look at what happened when Mario Procaccino and John Marchi lost to John V. “Lindlay,” as Mike Quill used to pronounce that name. OMG death, destruction, default!!
Oh, well, we’ll all have plenty of time to get used to spelling “Mamdani” correctly….
Congrats to our next mayor! Proud of the UWS for showing up for Mamdani!
I feel like I didn’t vote FOR Mamdani. I voted AGAINST Cuomo by not ranking him and putting the guy who was polling 2nd in my top slot simply to defeat Cuomo.
I think a lot pf people voted this way. In my opinion, the candidates from top to bottom were terrible. It says a lot about the state of NYC democrats when people are picking someone because they want to vote against someone else. In a city this big, can’t we find anyone better? We keep recycling the same has beens over and over again but in different roles.
There were several other candidates!
Likewise.
regardless of how you “feel” you in fact contributed to Mamdani winning
Thank you for doing so — I hope you will find something to be excited about as Mamdani makes his case in the general!
Also, thx Brad Lander.
We are so happy!!!!
So you want a lawless, high tax city?
That’s what it is now
I want a city with laws made to help people and taxes that are used to also help people! That’s why I voted for Mamdani.
How is NYC’s $116.5B budget not used to “help people?” We spend $40B a year on schools. $10B a year on social services. $7.5B on migrants since 2022. $167M a year on pre-K. After School For All is budgeted at $755 million. $298M a year on school support nurses. $47M a year for mobile mental health teams. $50M a year supporting cultural groups. $251M this year on Medicaid. $100M this year for “shelter needs alignment.” $43.1M this year for HIV assistance. $130M this year for Cash Assistance. LGBTQ legal services. The list goes on and on and on and on.
And the capital budget is separate from all that. The 10-year capital plan includes $24 billion for low income housing. NYC does NOT have a revenue problem and it does not practice fiscal austerity. The problem is the money isn’t spent efficiently.
Wow, didn’t think there would be a billionaire in these comments. I’m sure you’ll survive the extra 2% tax on your billions.
Everyone is so cavalier with other peoples money.
They sure are that.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-lies-tax-cuts-rich-increase-poor-1235341367/
ecm is quite generous . . . With other people’s money, of course!
You seem to have confused me somehow with Donald John Trump, rather remarkably so considering our entirely dissimilar initials and that fact that I don’t paint myself orange, among other telling differences. Care to elaborate on how I’m allegedly so generous with other people’s money, if that’s not asking for too much (money)?
From the same magazine that glorified the Boston Marathon bomber. Quality journalism!
“Rolling Stone” ran a cover featuring a head shot of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and on this cover, just below his face, referred to him as “a monster”; the corresponding story developed this theme. The ensuing foofaraw centered on the cover, not the article, suggesting that the indignant might have been predominantly the sort who respond more to images than to words and stumbled over the “a monster” part. Maybe they felt Tsarnaev’s visage should have been Photoshopped into something uglier?
Now, to return to the pertinent, why not tell us all what’s wrong with the linked-to article?
NYC Dems have doubled down on the De Blasio wing of the party, which may lead to an interesting 3 way race come November.
4 way with Sliwa, Cuomo and Adams.
I’m crushed.
Not a huge fan of Cuomo but he was the most moderate while Mamdani most radical.
Under Mamdani with his pipe dreams the city will spiral down very quickly.
“radical”?
He was backed by big money from Bloomberg and other media and philanthropists with their own ideas. Trumps hedge fund guy Loeb donated to Cuomo too. Regular NYers want different things to those rich people. Yes Cuomo would fix the city whatever that means while he’s at the donors beck and call, but he would make it more expensive for regular folk. Let’s hope the donors and the President are not bitter and twisted and ruin everything for the people’s choice Mamdani , the not Coumo.
Wait till all those rich New Yorkers move to south Florida and join the hundreds of thousands of their former neighbors who have already done so. Who’ll be paying the bills then?
Funny how people forget the thousands of seniors he sent to death by sending covid positive patients back to nursing homes.
Cuomo is a sex pest who resigned office in disgrace less than four years ago. In no universe is he the most moderate.
At least Cuomo doesn’t want to globalize the intifada.
The continued negative vitriol about Mamdani will propel him into the mayors office. Keep it coming you nay sayers!
Wow. Just because you don’t want to hear opposition, you label it “naysaying?” The theme is this: the guy made a ton of promises of free rides and most people understand “free” means tax payer dollar. That’s not a criticism, that’s a fact. And we don’t want to pay more taxes! I’m not a billionaire. I’m just a regular lower middle class person trying to hold on to what I have while inflation, taxes, tariffs are all chipping away at it. That is the reality for most of us.
My comment was posted much earlier when I was reading negative vitriol. Tax the rich.
He won fair and square and will likely win in November. The point people are making is likely this will cause companies to invest less in the city (look at how Seattle raised taxes causing companies to move away). This will lead to a lower tax base and ironically fewer state services. Ultimately people will become disillusioned by these false promises that have been made and pivot back to the center/right.
At this point the left wing of the party needs to get their hand burnt (similar to the Trump wing) in order to understand that populist solutions sound easy and good on paper (state run groceries!) until you hit the economic reality (a grocery store run like the DMV is not great).
I just hope the pivot back to the center doesn’t take too long. Having 3 extremely subpar mayors in a row is really playing with fire, especially with the looming threat of more banks (and therefore jobs, taxes, and social services) moving to Dallas. Los Angeles failed to realize they were in a competition until it was too late and has now accidentally killed their central industry. I hope we don’t sleep walk into the same.
There was a stint where banks were moving jobs to Dallas or Miami but they were mostly low level back office jobs and there hasn’t been much traction to move the high profile client facing roles anywhere else.
The democratic base is veering left because moderate policies have not worked. The gap between the haves and have nots is a big problem.
Agreed. And how painful it is to have to live through other people getting the memo.
Economic inequality is the problem. Moderate policies not working.
There’s a reason banks and companies will always stay in NY. The NYSE is the largest stock exchange in the world and will not move to Dallas.
What everyone else said. The NYSE building is more of a symbol now, as the majority of trading is online. This was pretty well proven when those Occupy Wall Street kids thought camping in a park would impact global trade (spoiler alert, it didn’t, trading is online)
They’ll go to Miami instead. Always stay? That’s the attitude that has caused so many fortune 500 companies to leave.
Ha! Very little trading actually occurs at the NYSE. It’s basically a museum / TV set. And while many banks have kept their HQ here (for now) their NY employee count has shrunken severely All their new growth is in friendlier states.
It would be good if you learned that the NYSE has very little relevance today. Very little is done on “the floor.”
Before you state “facts” it would be good if you learned the “real facts.”
no one needs to physically be there anymore. the big trading is all electronic
Who wants to live in a world where everything is digital? The whole point of a floor is the live interaction.
I’m loving it!! Get it all out, folks. It’s going to be a long general election!
I hope Andrew Cuomo runs in the general. Just a million people voted in the primary. We need more participation. Cuomo lead on the UWS. This can’t just be about Astoria and Bushwick.
That’s a mistake in my opinion. If Cuomo runs, he and Adams will end up splitting the moderate vote and then they can hand the keys to Gracie Mansion to Mamdani.
lol Cuomo ONLY won the Upper East and West Side of Manhattan. Mamdani won every other district.
Zohran won Manhattan by several points! We can’t just be governed by the Upper East Side, either.
“Several points“? 🤪 LOL!
…yeah. He was ahead by 5% in manhattan, it wasn’t a squeaker.
You’re right, it’s not just Astoria and Bushwick. It’s the entire city:
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/mayor-election-map-results-cuomo-mamdani-lander-adams-new-york-city/
The UWS is not the center of the world.
I take exception to that, I think we can all agree the UWS is certainly the center of the world.
With the exception of the UWS’ wealthiest areas, upper Manhattan from 100th street to inwood went for mamdani, with big votes for lander
yes, but it’s pathetic these candidates are the best NYC can do. Cuomo, and Sliwa and a bunch of deluded socialists.
I actually thought the field had great candidates, unfortunately Cuomo took up way too much of the conversation. Lander, Adrienne Adams, and the very overlooked Zellnor Myrie were all strong candidates who would make solid mayors. Cuomo held up Mamdani as a boogey man, complete with racist ads, and NYers didn’t fall for it.
I agree that Cuomo’s ads were incredibly off-putting but disagree about Lander. His cross-endorsement of Mamdani screamed of opportunism and finding a place in Mamdani’s administration. Rather than fight for his own campaign, he cross-endorsed once he knew he was going to lose. That’s cowardly, in my opinion (others may say politically smart).
Plus, Lander should have called out costly how Mamdani’s proposals were – after all he is the City’s comptroller. Instead, he sat quietly. He also said nothing as “globalize the intifada” was supported by Mamdani’s campaign. Lander proved to me that he is not a leader. At least Adams refused to cross-endorse anyone.
Mamdani’s ads and Cuomo’s ads dominated the airwaves the last few weeks of the campaign. No one else stood a chance.
It’s not JUST about Astoria and Bushwick. Mamdani won ALL OVER this city, including Washington Heights, Harlem, Hells Kitchen, Chelsea, West Village, East Village…need I go on?
The only tax’s the Socialist can raise without approval from the state is property tax’s. If he wins the general election they will have to double for all his free stuff.
And then how will landlords survive the rent freeze in addition to the increased property taxes?
They won’t. Increase in taxes and expenses and no increase in rent is a disaster. Lots of properties will be neglected or the owners will walk away . NYC is on the same place as the late 1960s. Now the city elects the new Lindsay. Increased taxes and crime. Drive out the tax base. Watch the housing stock deteriorate. Downsize the NYPD.
Maybe the city can provide remedial grammar lessons!
Punctuation lessons at the very least.
Amazing !
NEW YOUNG BLOOD!
Zohran Mamdani: 43.5 percent
MAMDANI not just for the young!
MAMDANI is for all New Yorkers
Our next Mayor👍
Yes and a lot of us young bloods are in our 70s ! 😆 💕
Yes!
The Woodstock Generation
Peace, love, and music ☮️✌️
And anti-semitism?
Curious about why Levine had more recognition/votes than Brannon in a citywide race?
They have similar views anyway.
Levine did a ton of excellent work during COVID, so people may remember him from that.
I never in a. million years thought I’d hear myself say this, but if Mamdani wins in November, I will vote for Elise Stefanik for Governor. I am as anti-MAGA as one can get, but the Mamdamis/AOCs/Bernies of the world are pushing my envelope.
You may well be as anti-MAGA as YOU can get, but I for one am several megaparsecs farther along.
Uh-huh, a Gov. Stefanik would fix just everything, no doubt. She may yet attain an office suitable to her unique qualifications, but that’s not it.
I am convinced that this poster is some foreign actor. To say “I am as anti-MAGA as one can get,” and then say that votes for progressives will cause her to vote FOR A MAGA CANDIDATE, makes no sense. Stefanik has supported MAGA policies and the president, sometimes at his worst.
Something doesn’t match up with the logic of these comments.
Trolls don’t need logic.
Agreed. The product of Artificial Idiocy, perhaps? That or it’s all-natural.
Yes I hate how the Mamdanis/AOCs/Bernies of the world have totally taken over American politics. They are bombing Iran and deputizing bounty hunters to grab people off the streets and into unmarked cars. They are defunding USAID and firing thousands of federal employees. They are filling vaccine panels with anti vaxxers who will ensure children die of preventable diseases in this, the richest country in the world. Only Elise Stefanik can end this madness! Only she can stand up to President Mamdani!
You know Obama deported millions and was sued by the ACLU multiple times? Or that he dropped tens of thousands of bombs ? And USAID was a scam.
You know that Jefferson kept (and did other things with) slaves, and that this is the year 2025, right?
Omg wow you’re so right!! And also Hillary used an unsecured email server. So everything that Trump is doing now is good! What a well reasoned argument!! Thank you so much for setting me straight.
Well said.
That would mean you are pro-MAGA, sorry. Sometimes the envelope needs to be pushed to address urgent crises, like the affordability of this city! Mamdani will build a big coalition because he’ll need it to get things done. Who would you like to see him hire?
You can not get affordability with increased tax’s , rents increase in a high tax city!
Taxes will only increase for billionaires and rents will be frozen for rent stabilized tenants. Billionaires aren’t worried about affordability, they’re worried about what color the interior of their next private jet should be. I’m fine if they need to go with American leather over Italian.
Taxes will increase for everyone. With everything that Mamdani campaigned on, taxes on billionaires alone won’t be sufficient. Real Estate taxes will also be increased and that impacts all homeowners, not just those living on Billionaire’s Row.
There are currently thousands of rent stabilized apartments sitting vacant and uanavailable because landlords can no longer afford repairs on these apartments. Freezing rents is not going to bring these units back on line any quicker.
I don’t mind increasing taxes on the wealthiest NYers but there have to be cuts to some entitlements. The problem with most NYC politicians is they want to spend, spend and spend some more but not look to cut anything.
And when those billionaires relocate, who will pay the bills? Serious question
I was born when Eisenhower was President, Dewey was Governor and Impelleteri was Mayor. I continue to be amazed by election results. I had better get used to the way things are now. They ain’t the way they used to be.
Congrats, no one will go to jail now unless you bite a Chihuahua.
Is that you, Joseph Columbus? There’s a warrant for your arrest…
God help us.
He wasn’t helping us last week. Maybe he’ll show up.
I did not rank Mamdani. But against the fear of the wealthy and corporations moving out because of higher taxes, there is the reality that already, thousands of middle-income people have moved out because the city is not affordable. Whether Democratic Socialist policies will help the generality of New Yorkers flourish or whether they will bring more crime and declining govt services remains to be seen.
It’s hard to see Cuomo, Adams or Sliwa winning in November.
I have hope that they will! Mamdani has shown that he can build coalitions with other hardworking Dems in our city and if they are able to work together we could finally see some positive change.
It’s weird you’re celebrating that the people who fund the city with their taxes will leave. Who, I ask, will pay for all these freebies promised?
Billionaires don’t pay taxes. The people who make this city that we love are the normal hardworking people who are getting pushed farther out to the edges of the boroughs because they cannot afford to stay. They are not billionaires who park their money in huge empty residential towers in midtown. They are not the people who fled to the hamptons or Palm Beach when the pandemic started. Everyone who turned up and voted for Mamdani yesterday wants a new vision for this city which is not just pouring money into the NYPD and saying it will make the city safer.
“Billionaires don’t pay taxes”! I don’t think you know how the economy works
They won’t actually leave — I’m tired of being threatened. Billionaires don’t own us. If they want to live in Indiana or whatever to dodge taxes, go for it. There are enough rich people who won’t give up living in the greatest city in the world over a 2% tax.
Wow you are seriously uninformed.
The typical Mamdani voter!
All a rich person has to do is live 183 days per year in his (already existing) Florida mansion. He can live the other 182 days in NYC, and won’t have to pay a penny in income tax to NY.
Watch the Adams campaign come roaring back out of the cave it’s been in.
LMAOOOOOOOOO! Did you see how he voted??? Wrote himself in 5 times. He’s a joker!
God help me, I think I’m voting for Eric Adams lol
You prefer a cop and a criminal to an actual good-government politician?
I prefer anyone centrist over Mamdani. Eric Adams can hop on all the business class flights he wants. I don’t care. I do care about who is funding Mamdani and the many batty ideas he’s already cycled through. Remember when he was going to eliminate the specialized HS test? lol. He’s a joke but attractive to the aging liberals in rent stabilized units and the the young workers who think socialism will give them things they want.
Well that’s hilariously hypocritical and shows a real poor judgement of character
MAGA.
Very informative response. It’s kind of hard to have a conversation when one party just wants to call the other names. But, this is part of the problem with today’s society. No one wants to have a conversation. It’s all about being right and you being wrong.
Again, just because someone disagrees with your position doesn’t give you the right to slander them. I happen to agree with Uwsgal, are you going to accuse me of being MAGA too? For the record, I’m a democrat and work in affordable housing. Not exactly the MAGA type.
Why would you do that when you could just reach out to the Mamdani campaign and tell them what plans you’d like to see? We deserve more than a corrupt mayor who will cut a deal with a fascist to save his own ass — he sold us all out and he’ll do it again at every turn. While Adams was at the club, Zohran Mamdani was in the streets creating the most exciting campaign I’ve seen in decades — he was out there doing the work. And he’ll keep doing the work to earn your vote, and to convince you that hoping for more from our government is not a sin! Keep an open mind, I hope he impresses you.
He created an exciting campaign about things that he won’t be able to deliver. Sadly, he has the support of low information voters who won’t be able to replace the higher tax base that leaves the City.
Very well said.
My most politically in-tune and engaged friends all volunteered for Mamdani. The people I know who are tuned out keyboard warriors were vaguely for Cuomo but were largely checked out. You’ve got the wrong narrative, and you’re going to be pretty surprised by how November goes if this is what you think.
The promise of a chicken in every pot is always compelling no matter how unrealistic.
Yeah, sorry, not voting for “Globalize the Intifada” mayor. It’s a very dire day for Jewish New Yorkers.
He never said those words or endorsed them — he just supports free speech and said he isn’t in charge of what other people say. Would him saying that phrase is bad actually change anything for you? I’m sorry if the phrase is hurtful or frightening, but know that it isn’t something that Mamdani has ever said.
Rather than worrying about what people say about what other people say and whether they should be allowed to say it, even if they have no power to stop them from saying it — worry about what he will do. He has worked alongside many respected Jewish elected officials, a huge portion of his volunteers were young Jewish people, and he has spoken his support for the Jewish community countless times, and will continue to do so. Are there specific policies you’d like to see him adopt that would help you feel more comfortable with him?
and he never came out and repudiated that phrase. He didn’t even come out and say that he could understand how harmful that phrase is for a certain segment of the population of NYC.
He also refused to condemn the Holocaust. Please go ahead and defend that too:
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/16/new-york-city-mayoral-contender-israel-condemning-holocaust-00353123?utm_source=substack&utm
I honestly don’t think Mamdani himself is an anti-semite. But there are a lot of them out there and he shares a lot of opinions with them. If he’s the mayor in charge of the police and public safety how is he going to react when they throw red paint on Effy’s Cafe again or chase Jewish Columbia students through campus or chant terrorist slogans in Times Square? These things are already happening without him being mayor.
Kay by any chance do you work for the Mamdani campaign?
Glad someone asked this question.
Nope, and I didn’t even volunteer or donate. I have a new baby at home — I’m just passionate about the candidate. You see, campaigns don’t have to pay people when they have good ideas!
Someone should call ACS
And you consider promising you tons of free stuff, paid for by other people, which by the way is never going to materialize, a good idea? ‘Nuff said!
It’ll be interesting to see whether Cuomo wants to subject himself to another humiliation in November. If he drops out that would help Adams.
Cuomo needs to drop and the city needs to rally around Adams. He needs to come out strong on more police and go after some of the pet projects of the lefr like bike lanes and enact ebike regs.
Mamdani got a well deserved win after spending time hitting the pavement and speaking to real New Yorkers on the street and not going to benefits. Regardless of politics, you have to respect for someone who wants to speak to his constituents. It’s time for change in this city and a young perspective, most / all of us come from immigrants into this city and it’s what makes it great. The people have spoken and we are eager for change and a fresh viewpoint. Lets hope he avoids corruption and be excited for our city
All the candidates hit the pavement. That is literally the job description.
It is the job description but Cuomo avoided speaking with voters whenever possible, didn’t turn out great for him
I didn’t think it could ever get worse than DeBlasio and yet here we are.
The fact that Mamdani is a fan of the grifting DeBlasios (so corrupt they could be stealth Republicans) tells me he’s either an idiot or equally shady.
The vote will be split between Dems so I think Sliwa could win, I’m a Republican but Sliwa is a cheap fraud and always has been. Plus they will never get the smell of cat pee out of Gracie mansion.
It’s actually projected that Cuomo and Adams will split the moderate/conservative Dem votes. Hopefully Zohran will be able to sway some of this to his side come November.
Sliwa is a non-starter as some moderate GOP voters will probably choose Cuomo over him. Not one democrat will vote for Sliwa. NYC will always be blue.
Don’t forget about those of us who are registered democrats only to have a say in the key primaries. I voted for Cuomo last night in an effort to keep nyc more centrist. In my dreams we’d be fiscally conservative, not a sanctuary city and also not care about anyone’s sexuality. Sadly that party doesn’t exist so I’m a democrat on paper so as not to disenfranchise myself in this going-crazy city.
The outcome must have been rather dismaying for you.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/andrew-cuomo-scumbag-centrism/
On the bright side, I doubt Mamdani gives a hoot about anyone’s sexuality, other than that it be respected.
pathetic. he os grossly unqualified. he has literally done nothing. he is just good at telling people what they want to hear. Free stuff for everyone, with no downside!
i blame low turnout in primaries. people just don’t vote, and Mamdani was great at appealing to young people with social media.
far left polices pushed by newbies in large cities have done nothing but harm. look at San Fran and Chicago.
“low turnout” – it was actually one of the highest cases of primary turnout in recent history. but please keep making excuses.
@Anthony: I agree on all points.
And don’t forget the rich celebrities who urged people to vote for Mamdani. That group were selling their NYC homes (2nd, 3rd, or 4th homes probably) in droves while the city declined due to soft-on-crime policies, and they’ll leave again once Mamdani gets going.
If you want to hold up Ilana Glazer and Cynthia Nixon as “rich celebrities” please don’t forget Bill Ackman and his billionaire friends who poured 25 million into Cuomo’s campaign. Cuomo doesn’t even live in NYC he took over the lease from one of his daughters.
I don’t see Cuomo running in the general. Say what you want, but his speedy concession and accompanying words were the old school way of taking the political L. This is now Mamdani’s to lose, which he won’t.
I’m a lifelong Democrat but will vote for Sliwa over Mamdami.
That’s OK, you probably voted for Cuomo anyway. Or did you write in Eric Adams five times as well?
If you don’t support democratic policies why are you a democrat?
I support many Democratic policies. But I’m not a robot that simply votes for a party. It’s actually quite liberating to vote according to one’s conscience and not how others insist.
If your conscience would let you vote for Sliwa it’s not serving you very well.
If your conscience thinks that you deserve unlimited free stuff, paid for by other people, it’s not serving you very well either.
You do you. Please don’t tell me what my conscience tells me.
The voters have spoken and the would rather have a socialist as the mayoral candidate than a disgraced ex governor who was forced to resign .Let the games begin!
The ads that Cuomo run against Mamdani were racist. I was shocked to see that from a democratic candidate.
It’s racism that plays right into the MAGA/genocidal agenda. Cuomo is” not so much” a Democrat; his attack strategy includes deliberate misinformation and fearmongering.
And non-stop from the last 2 weeks. It was disgusting to see that much money spent on political ads by a PAC.
who the heck is still voting for Bragg????????? havent these past few years taught you guys anything
@Tara: I wondered that too. I guess people have short memories about the constant assaults by repeat offenders and the criminal gangs sweeping through stores until a lot of them gave up and closed.
This is what comes of young voters dominating our elections: they aren’t old enough to have been aware of these things when they were happening (they may not even have been living in NYC then), and they’re extremely susceptible to unrealistic campaign promises. The rest of us have seen it all before, and some of us learned from the experience.
He’ll get re elected
This election is far from over but what I can comfortably write at this point is there are indeed “Fools to the left of me jokers to the right”. And yes, I’m stuck in the middle.
Bank Street Boy beats sex pest! How can you not love that???
crazy times! I never thought I’d see my fellow New Yorkers vote to “globalize the Intifada”!
I was born in 1950 at the much lamented late St. Vincent’s. I’ve lived in the City all my life. My condo fees have skyrocketed due to the excessive “progressive” never ending stream of nonsense from the City Council (Local Law 11, composting (it stinks literally and figuratively), mandated trash hours that increase the labor expenses in our building, gas monitors, etc etc. The dystopian landscape that is New York 2025 has worn me down (not to mention traipsing up the stairs at the Columbus Circle Subway stop for 18 months and counting while they replace an escalator (fun fact…Carneige Hall was built in 13 months yet it takes years to replace an escalator). NYC has ceased to work for me despite my love of the many things it has to offer. I am not a billionaire…far from it. Putting Mamdami in charge of NYC is like putting my 2 yo grandson at the controls of a 747. The lights are out for this native New Yorker.
Andrew Cuomo looted millions from the MTA and is to blame for a lot of its dysfunction! Unfortunately quality of life improvements like reducing the amount of trash on the street sometimes require rule changes and costs.
If you don’t like the state of the MTA, blame Cuomo who absolutely gutted its budget and then fired Andy Byford for doing too good of a job. Let’s see what Mamdani can do. I personally think a candidate who actually uses the subway is a good start.
Just because he may use it doesn’t mean he’ll be able to negotiate with the state over funding.
The state runs the MTA, you’ve made common mistake — its especially common for people who barely reside in NYC, whatever their condo fees.
Jay,
Seems odd to me that any of us – total strangers- would dub someone else?
“people who barely reside in NYC”
What’s up?
Columbus Circle subway station maintenance (or lack of) is not something the City is responsible for. Those who live here most of the year, and vote here, know that.
This primary smelled to high Heaven. From Mamdani being listed at the top of the ballot among more than a half dozen candidates to the ranked-voting collusion against Cuomo to Cuomo’s utterly vapid campaign and quick concession (he could have at least waited till next week). I can’t fathom what the Dems are up to, but I doubt it’s good.
You and Trump would get along great – complaining about stolen elections. Maybe you should storm Gracie mansion.
Their waving tentacles are vast in number — and reaching out toward you NOW!
Yes, “collusion” is when a lot of people decide to do something you don’t like.
With all the celebration of Mamdani’s victory here, let us not forget to applaud Bragg’s!
Hurray for lawlessness.
Lawlessness is what our First Felon is still getting away with daily on a massive and growing scale. At least Bragg did his part to fight it.
What is the thinking about Brad Lander not getting many votes?
Also strange – saw a few comments on NYT articles that there were some younger Mamdani voters who had supported Trump for president?
Lander may have accomplished a great deal in his years in office but he doesn’t understand TikTok, Instagram and rap, which are what attracted digital-age voters to Mamdani. Their generation thinks with their thumbs; facts and logic are beyond their meme-clogged brains.
The beginning of the new era in politics, finally, the younger people are into it, and have expanded in their thoughts.
Live and learn?
MAMDANI is a wake up call for the Democrats in DC …
NOW! take the bone and run!!!!
What wake up call? I saw the country taken over by low information voters and now my city has been taken over by the same. There is no difference. Just people who don’t want to think or read.
Since CUOMO is officially out, does this mean he has to return the $5 million to Bloomberg or did he take the money and ran?🤑
Isn’t he allowed to run as an independent in November?
He’s out! No one likes him. It’s quite obvious.
Per the Gothamist, “He has registered to run on the Fight and Deliver [whatever that is] ballot line and said Tuesday that he is still considering staying in the race.”
Thanks for the update! I looked online but there was so much conflicting info.
MAMDANI is the new era of politics, I met him walking down West 80th Street on the way to the AMNH museum to met the kids last week, shaking hands with everybody on the block, he sure won me out!
Gosh did you think he was the kind of guy you’d like to have a beer with?
You’re won over by seeing someone shaking hands?! Lol
This was clearly a low-information voter victory!
Are you more impressed by Cuomo driving by in a taxi on his way to meet with his billionaire donors?
LOL! That is a good one….👍
When there’s one guy who is pounding the pavement and meeting people and another circling the block in his car to avoid talking to anyone…yeah, shaking hands can make a difference.
I hope a lot of these contentious issues get hashed out with more clarity before November. As it stands I may vote for Adams, despite how much I think he falls short.
Why didn’t you post my last comment?
From Matt Taibbi, my favorite independent journalist:
Et voila! New York City’s mayoral race has been won by Zohran Mamdani, no Bernie Sanders-style imitator but the real thing — son of a famed socialist scholar and Marvel superhero to every Jacobin-reading, keffiyeh-wearing student activist huddled in Judean People’s Front-type confabs, between bell hooks readings and visits to Mom and Dad on the Upper West Side. In this country, it’s the most significant movement victory in a century, almost certainly presaging in the near future an epic clash at the summit of American politics between socialism and, well, anything else. As Michael Buffer would say, “Let’s get ready to rum-m-m-ble!”
In a comet-like ascent Mamdani has become a bête noire for conservatives, many Jewish New Yorkers, and moderates thanks to a list of controversial statements, including a quasi-defense of the phrase “globalize the intifada” (in fairness, after a gotcha question), not signing a State Assembly resolution recognizing the Holocaust, and leading efforts to boycott Israel and slow Israeli charities. If it’s your thing, feel free to flip out over those, but the true red flag is Mamdani’s economic platform.
It’s a yummy pu-pu platter of rent freezes, free bus rides, free child care, and subsidized city-owned grocery stores that will “buy and sell at wholesale prices” and “centralize warehousing and distribution,” clamping down on those evil bodega owners and private supermarkets that force overpriced Fritos and soda on the poor. This will be the AOC theory of inflation caused by “price gouging” deployed in life, via a program to reverse ongoing harms of colonialism by liberating humans and non-human food animals from industry-driven food myths that compel us to harm our bodies, and — have you stabbed yourself in the face yet? ¡Viva la revolución!
Colleges used to subtly pull students back from this ledge before graduation so as not to freak out actual tuition-payers, but now the parents are socialists, leading here. Anyone tempted to laugh shouldn’t. This is the flip side of Trumpism, inevitable for similar reasons, and absent full catastrophe in coming Mamdani-ruled Gotham (not impossible), the electoral mainstreaming of dingbat campus socialism has only begun
I never thought I’d see the day where my fellow UWSers would vote for a proud anti-Semite who refuses to condemn the Holocaust and the very day after Oct. 7th, made statements condemning Israel and tacitly defending Hamas. What the hell is wrong with you people?
Oh brother, here comes the slander. Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism!
The accusations of antisemitism aren’t credible, just tired mudslinging from the NYPost and the Cuomo campaign, thats why.
I might say it a bit differently than most and I am Jewish.
Do I know if Mamdani is an antisemite? No, I do not know what he believes and I do not think that label should be thrown around lightly.
Do I think some of things he has “said” may be taken out of context or are framed as antisemitic when in reality they are anti-zionism? Yes, I do.
What I do know is this. He has had plenty of opportunity to set the record straight and he has not. I believe that he has aligned himself with people that are in fact, antisemitic. He is a proud member of Students for Justice in Palestine. While the majority of SJP chapters and members protest (as is their right) Israeli policy, other chapters have targeted Jewish life on some college campuses in the name of anti-zionism. It’s one thing to protest Israel’s policy toward Gaza, it’s another to yell and scream in the faces of Jewish students on their way to class or Shabbat dinner. I have not heard him condemn these actions. He has spoken at rallies under the “Within our Lifetime” banner. This organization routinely holds protests at synagogues and other Jewish life institutions (not at political sites). Their argument is that Jews living in the US are rightful targets of protest because they won’t condemn Israel (or divest) or conform their views to those of the protestors. And this is how anti-zionism turns into Antisemitism. Why should Jews in NYC have to conform to the wants of an organization so that they aren’t protested going into synagogue or a local JCC?
So, either (a) he is ok with these actions or (b) he won’t condemn these actions so that he can preserve his voting base. In my opinion, both are bad and that’s just one of the reasons I won’t vote for him.
Then let Mamdani come out and condemn the Holocaust and Hamas definitively.
Please stop it with the lies.
Wild how many people with zero connection to New York City feel compelled to weigh in like they’re on a national talk show.
If you’ve never voted here, lived here, or even ridden the subway, maybe don’t act like you understand what this election meant to actual New Yorkers. This wasn’t a TikTok contest or a cable news segment—it was a local race, decided by people who live with the consequences.
NYC doesn’t need lectures from keyboard pundits in Iowa or Florida. We don’t need outsiders reducing our politics to memes. You don’t know the issues, the candidates, or the stakes—so maybe sit this one out.
Let New Yorkers handle New York. You’ve got your own elections to worry about.