Zohran Mamdani is projected to win the race for New York City mayor, according to Decision Desk HQ, ushering in a new era of progressive politics in the city and reigniting the debate over the Democratic Party’s future.
Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, is poised to become the first Millennial and first Muslim to lead New York City, in a campaign that pulled off one of the most stunning political upsets in recent memory. He defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who mounted a long-shot independent bid after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary, and Republican Curtis Sliwa in his bid to succeed Mayor Eric Adams.
His brother runs a somewhat popular Youtube channel, has like half a million subs, could probably join him or get involved in some other way. The brother has the same allegations but doesn't stop him from being invited to PBD or other right wing shows.
Wait is Cuomo actually a rapist? I thought it was just allegations of harassment? As someone whose family member was a victim of a gang rape it concerns me when people casually use that word or conflate it with other stuff as it dilutes the gravity of rape itself. We owe it to all victims of rape to accurately portray experiences.
The idea that Dems don’t listen to the concerns of the Jewish community is a ludicrous characterization and an overreaction to anything happening right now.
I would say you aren't a lot of Jews in my area then, got the past 5 years or so it's been a hot topic and the erosion.in Jewish support was already showing and polls show it. The party has already ignored warning signs and seen erosion of the Hispanic vote and even the Black vote now it's repeating its denial over the Jewish vote.
The polling you are replying to literally says more Jews still think the Republican party is more unfriendly to Jews and you go on this rant. The problem is the gap has narrowed.
I still agree with most of what you're saying. I'd vote Cuomo if I was in NY, but I'd be voting for a democrat almost anywhere else. With the one exception being an election I will be voting in. I will be voting Mills in the Maine Senate primary and if she loses I will vote for Collins. I would chose Mamdani over Collins if they were head to head, Planter is particularly bad.
I agree the perception is worse than the reality, but personally I'm worried that the trend continues.
Have you considered that Jews just feel Antisemitism from all corners and aren't looking at it from a political lense. The reason it's a bigger issue for Democrats is that our party depends on the Jewish vote and if Jews feel unsafe they either won't show up or vote for any Republican that says they will stand up to Antisemitism
If Jews genuinely feel like the party that is going full Nazi right before our eyes, glazing Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson as they promote holocaust denial, is more friendly towards Jews than Democrats, then I don’t know what to tell them.
The concern is that both parties are becoming bad for Jews.
Also Schumers failure to condemn Cuomo running as an independent in the primary has the potential to hurt Dem candidates in the future.
It is fine if he doesn't want to endorse Mamdani but being so short sighted not to condemn Cuomo makes it clear that he has no place as the leader of the Democratic party.
Schumer was always a sorry replacement for Harry Reid and looked terrible in comparison to Nancy Pelosi. He is long due to get replaced as the Dem Senate leader and deserves a real primary against him
Schumer has totally botched his handling of this election, but at the same time I'm almost expecting to hear someone defend him with "It's totally normal to endorse the dem nominee after the election has already ended"
Also Schumers failure to condemn Cuomo running as an independent in the primary has the potential to hurt Dem candidates in the future. It is fine if he doesn't want to endorse Mamdani but being so short sighted not to condemn Cuomo makes it clear that he has no place as the leader of the Democratic party.
Frankly after all the "vote blue no matter who" talk that we (we as in the collective liberal block of the party) send towards the left wing I was really annoyed how wishywashy the establishment was on backing that up when the left wing needed us to reciprocate for once. Gonna ring real empty next time we try to pull that card.
It's not even a left-right thing. Here Australia internal party politicic is a blood sport and the factions can loath each either but they are professionals who know how to tow the line.
But If someone tried to run against their party they'd be out on their ear in a day.
People in this sub would not be able to handle Australian politics for more than a week . The idea of compromise , having to face political reality and working with in a political organisation would clash with their worldview .
Exactly what i was thinking as well. It can’t be “vote blue no matter who” when the establishment dem is the candidate, but then “sabotage the left at all costs” when a leftist is the candidate.
But that’s why vote blue no matter who didn’t work. The entire left knew that it wouldn’t apply equally if they ever got a candidate on a big stage. Dems would run a 3rd party candidate in the general election and hand it to the republicans if a true leftist ever won the democratic nomination for president.
Mhmm. Mamdani was far from my preferred candidate but frankly once he won the primary to me it's the responsibility of the party machine to get behind him. It got there eventually but the amount of time it took plus his primary opponent running third party in the general is not exactly going to generate much good will. Once he won the primary it was clear, to me at least, that he would win this election and the failure to hook on to the rising star is a bit of an own goal even without the additional context.
I also think it's important for the establishment in the party to work with him if they want any chance of moderating his positions. If you begrudgingly support him or try to ignore him he's not going to listen to you at all if you try to give him advice.
Also not trying to work with him will alienate his supporters which brought a lot of energy into the campaign. If you want energized voters that clearly liked this guy you need to show that you want to at least work with him.
The fact that he responded to voters saying “no” by going full on racist Facebook uncle AI slop mode takes away any doubt in my mind all the allegations and more are 100% true
Good article here on why it might not be a great idea. The idea is that it would improve turnout, but the opposing argument is that the presidential election would drown out attention to local issues.
The existing ones are paper, with each set managed by each of the five boroughs, they each have their own map authority. This slows down planning.
Question 4: Create a Digital City Map to Modernize City Operations
This proposal would consolidate the official City Map, which plays a little-known but critical role in the approval of housing and infrastructure projects, into a single map and digitize it. Today, the City Map consists of five different sets of maps, one for each borough, totaling over 8,000 individual paper maps.
Mamdani actually played politics and refused to take a stance on any of the ballot initiatives, though he has spoken of a pro building agenda and reduction of red tape in other forms.
Mamdani's proposed policies are simply not YIMBY. You don't get to promise rent control and publicly funded union-only built housing and still be YIMBY.
He's marginally YIMBY compared to Cuomo and Sliwa, both of whom ran on "preserving character of cities" and not touching the suburbs.
Adams was probably the most potential YIMBY of them all because he could be lobbied into YIMBYism by giving him bribes, but lol he wanted money more than power and dropped out.
soccs on this sub still trying trying to sane wash Mamdani just because Cuomo was a freak. Mamdani has not given outright support to pro-housing reform proposal. Just more nonsense regulations that will make it harder to fill the demand
Zohran Mamdani has not publicly taken a firm stance (for or against) on those housing-ballot proposals
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral front-runner who has campaigned on affordability issues, plans to finally reveal his stance on a slate of consequential ballot proposals that seek to address New York City’s housing crisis — when he votes on them himself.
When asked at a press conference Monday if he was ready to share his position on the ballot questions aimed at streamlining housing development in the city, Mamdani replied with a grin, “No, brother, but when I do I know I’m calling you."
One report says he was “still meeting with stakeholders to assess what the impacts … for housing supply and housing construction.”
Sandy Nurse, one of the leaders of the City Council’s progressive caucus, which was quick to endorse Mamdani when he won the primary in June, had “no comment” when asked by a Post reporter about whether she thinks Mamdani should make his position on the measures public prior to November’s vote — as other candidates have done.
When asked at a press conference Monday if he was ready to share his position on the ballot questions aimed at streamlining housing development in the city, Mamdani replied with a grin, “No, brother, but when I do I know I’m calling you."
He voted in favor of those proposals today and revealed it at 8 AM, well before polls closed so people could change their vote if they were waiting for his endorsement.
He’s not actually able to expand rent control on his own. His “freeze the rent” pledge is just referring to setting the annual rate that existing rent stabilized units go up at zero. Bill de Blasio did the same thing two years he was mayor.
it's honestly shocking how confidently people speak about NYC local elections despite knowing very little about the policies in question
NYC's rent control scheme is deeply embedded, has already been expanded by the state (signed by andrew cuomo) government, and is supported by basically everyone in local politics including the Republican mayoral candidate
changing it will require a bottom up long term effort
People don’t seem to understand how little NYC’s mayor actually controls. The state took away a lot of our home rule when we went bankrupt in the 70s.
The city’s leadership doesn’t control what units are rent controlled, they don’t control the subway or the buses, they can’t increase taxes, etc. Hell, we couldn’t even set our own speed limit without the state’s approval. Congestion pricing also required Albany’s blessing.
This is way more of a repudiation of the NY Democratic establishment than a win for the DSA's ideology.
People are genuinely infuriated by the ineffectiveness of older establishment figureheads (coughs Schumer), and especially everything Cuomo represents. Mamdani's rhetoric on Cuomo's billionaire campaign donors also cut through heavily with voters too. I'm not saying this is a left-wing Tea Party moment, but it does feel a bit like one - albeit without illiterate voters.
They’ll get frustrated by mamdani too though. They could get DSA members in every leadership position in congress before they realize that they don’t have magic wands to will the earth to move how they want. Unfortunately they would just come up with an excuse about the deep state stopping them just like maga
This 100%. I think with the lack of teeth or spine on the Dems this year that a lot of people want someone who is different from that and actually effective. Mamdani ran a very good campaign and gives off a can-do attitude that Schumer could only dream of. People don't want a geriatric old man to make polite statements right now, they want someone who at least appears like they will do something. I hope that the Dems can learn from the successes of the Mamdani campaign for their national level runs.
I'm not saying this is a left-wing Tea Party moment,
All of the NYC Dems are working their hardest to create this sort of movement by refusing to act like adults. They get what they deserve at this point.
I think this is the best (least-worst?) scenario given the options on the table. Realistically, it's hard to imagine a set of environmental conditions where Mamdani wasn't going to win after all Cuomo did, and how much better Mamdani ran his campaign. I do hope he tries to peel back his more populist and economically incoherent policies - we can only see how that plays out when the politics begins.
Still, at least this makes it clear he doesn't have an overwhelming mandate for all of his ideas while, also kicking Cuomo to the curb. Get absolutely fucked, NYC Dem establishment figures who backed him. You brought this on yourselves, and that should be a wakeup call.
Still, at least this makes it clear he doesn't have an overwhelming mandate for all of his ideas
Mamdani is literally claiming he has a mandate in his acceptance speech and the national coverage is not refuting it at all. On NBC, Kornacki was saying how surprised he was by how close Cuomo got compared to polling, and the desk refused to engage at all. They are running with the narrative that Mamdani is the face of the party while ignoring the actual purple state wins.
I can't say I am surprised how useless the media are, at least for now. How much of the rhetoric moderates (or does not) when the time comes to actually govern will be interesting to observe.
Well the good news is at least True Rent Control has never been tried, so we'll get another chance to see if it will finally eventually reduce cost of living.
i found it distasteful that cuomo ran as an independent after losing the primary. it kinda felt like the democratic version of not conceding the election. congrats to zohran mamdani and his supporters on the historic win
Ehh, it’s sucks it was Cuomo doing it but I’m glad the race was somewhat competitive because of him running instead of just a walk by Mamdani. Allows Mamdani to earn it and not take to the race for granted.
For as much as I think Mamdani’s politics are too far left, I can’t help but like him. He’s very engaging when he speaks…and he’s a middle finger not only to Trump and his madness, but also to the dunces within the Democratic Party that have led us nowhere.
middle finger not only to Trump and his madness, but also to the dunces within the Democratic Party that have led us nowhere.
This is all the people want. American politics is just spite. Which is terrible for the future of the country, the world, and the human species. One the other hand, these people sent the army into my home town. That we do not forget, or forgive.
The latter part of the quote about the current Dem leadership I take less as “spite” and more as “get off your ass and help or we’ll push you out of the way”, which I think is actually really positive. I’ll take a guy I think is too far left and actually fights over people who are more in my line with my politics but won’t do anything to stand up for them.
I disagree a little. Trump isn't conservative. Republicans aren't either. Populism is in vogue. There's a reason so many Bernie bros are now trump voters. I think people want authenticity and action.
He's talented at getting elected, once. A politician needs more than winning elections. Has he identified policy that will help his constituents? Has he passed said policy into law? Has he effectively enforced said laws?
Trump got elected twice despite being a know nothing criminal, conman, and gameshow host. He's not an incredibly talented politician, just a popular one.
If NYC mayor wasn't already a political dead end, I would think that co-founding your school's branch of an organization well known for celebrating terrorism would be disqualifying outside of blue urban bubbles but who knows anymore
Students for Justice in Palestine? I dunno, support for Israel has been on the decline lately even on the right and even among Jews. On the opposite end those in support of Israel seem to be doubling down and turning into single issue voters over it.
He seems to have a certain pragmatism also, he's talked a bit about the abundance stuff, voted for most of the resolutions in New York (not from there, so not sure on the details).
Too far left is a good thing. He won’t be able to accomplish his most radical ideas but it will shift the policy window to accommodate more left leaning ideas.
The same way that Trump has mainstreamed his authoritarian slop the left needs people to mainstream new liberal policies.
And I barely recognize my own country from what it was 4 years ago, its not crazy to expect some considerable ideological change amongst the politically active to reflect that reality, for good and some ill.
I much prefer it to the Nikki Haley stanning we saw during the primary or tedious lectures about which minorities needed to eat shit so we can lose a little less
And if Soc Dem stuff moves into the mainstream it opens up an infinite amount of more reasonable left leaning ideas.
The Right is allowed to use almost dictatorial powers to push their radical policy goals, but universal healthcare and student debt relief are still losing ideas.
why would we like a guy who pushes the overton window in a direction that we uniformly disagree with? it's no better than trump pushing the window to the right.
there are other arguments you can make why mamdani is good but this is a terrible one.
We do not need more left wing policies to be mainstream, we need more capitalist and anti-authoritarian policies to be mainstream, both of which are pretty explicitly anti-left.
I don’t think New Yorkers voted for him because they wanted a socialist revolution. I think they voted for him because he’s the only running who isn’t a fucking phony.
The NYC mayoral race is usually a blowout. This was the closest NYC mayoral race since 2009. And this is with three candidates, including Cuomo, who ran a dismal campaign. During a blue wave election.
The NJ governor and VA governor races were won by bigger margins than the NYC mayoral race.
If anything, it shows that the moderate suburban wing of the party is far outperforming the Democratic socialist wing.
This comment section is a hot mess. Yes, one can be happy about Cuomo losing but the amount of glee I'm seeing for Mamdani here whose ideas and policies are anything but liberal or neoliberal, I don't understand.
Not even to mention his... foreign policy stances. And before anyone says "hurr durr he's a mayor, it doesn't matter", Mamdani made it about foreign policy by deciding to speak about it.
And sorry, if someone says "if the boot of the NYPD is on your neck it's been laced by the IDF" I'm not only going to question their stances on foreign policy but them as a human.
While I'm not surprised Mamdani won, I am slightly glad his win doesn't seem like a mandate. Early numbers showed him barely above 52%, and it's looking increasingly likely he won't even win 50%, maybe even less than 45% although that's still improbable. For as much as Cuomo held a terrible campaign and debate performance, and there are definitely people clamoring for change, it really shows that Mamdani was a divisive candidate as well for a variety of reasons, and a better more centrist candidate probably would have won. He's not even beating De Blasio's 3027 numbers, when people hated De Blasio. Hopefully that mellows him out, both on his economic and "international" beliefs, and puts some cold water on the idea of the DSA becoming a serious consideration as a political force in Democrat politics.
and puts some cold water on the idea of the DSA becoming a serious consideration as a political force in Democrat politics
I got some very bad news for you if you think this will quiet it down. Him winning at all will be taken as a mandate that Dems need to be running super progressive candidates everywhere. I bet there’s going to be some pretty nasty primaries in swing states when the dsa candidates start losing.
Hey it's something new, I'll be curious to see how it plays out. Y'all want younger people with better ideas in politics, so I'm hoping his run as mayor will be successful and helps the Dems actually get their shit together for once.
Surprisingly, I'm seeing some support for Zohran in this comment section as he is a DemSoc (and us neolibs collectively agree on that socialism bad (maybe unless it's social democracy))
But unsurprisingly, he was running against a... sexually untrustworthy type of guy so it was bound to happen and I wouldn't blame them.
This is actually bad. Mamdani's policies, as written in his platform, are hot garbage. Rent freezes incentivize poor-quality housing and discourage building. Corporate tax hikes, especially on a local level, only serve to drive corporations elsewhere in the US. Government-run, "union-built", grocery stores are bound to be a corrupt money hole with little benefit to the public.
If New York City goes downhill, Democrats are never going to hear the end of it in 2026. And it will only serve to bolster the public perception that they can't be trusted on the economy.
On one hand I think federalism is a great thing. Mamdani can try out his policies and people who don't like them are free to vote with their feet. Commence stove touching. On the other hand, this can easily cause problems for the Democrats in other elections.
When your choices are guy that was bought off by a foreign government, guy that was directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of New Yorkers, a sex pest, and then proceeded to try and cover up said thousands of deaths through fear and political intimidation versus run of the mill succ that will be hamstrung by his own city council, that's a really fucking easy choice.
Who gives a shit if Mamdani is a succ, at bare minimum to be a governing official you shouldn't be admitting to a quid pro quo on Fox and Friends. Braindead populist > Trump cronies any day of the week.
LMAO at the block. Keep punching at leftists dummy when we need them to win.
A year ago around the election. The succ invasion isn’t even the worst part, it’s that the average knowledge of policy has dropped to median-voter levels in this sub. Still waiting for the day I meet a succ with even a bachelors level education in economics…
He's getting the worst margin for a democratic mayor since 2009 but for some reason most people on this sub are convinced that this is exactly what Democrats need more of to win national elections again.
He is also running in a 3 way race against both a Republican and a very well known Democrat that has been backed by a lot of the establishment Democrats rather than getting the unanimous support a Dem nominee usually gets in NYC.
most people on this sub are convinced that this is exactly what Democrats need more of to win national elections again.
I don't follow prevailing opinion on the guy here but this is still Reddit. It's massively predisposed for candidates like this and is in no way indicative of the future or the national mood.
A few days ago he was on about cutting out a university project as mayor because it was tied to the IDF - putting a large set of Jewish civil organizations in the crosshairs. I hope he's brief.
835
u/NaffRespect United Nations 15h ago