#new-york-mayoral-race

#new-york-mayoral-race

New York's billionaires have been working to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor of New York, and their effort got an unexpected boost when sitting NYC mayor Eric Adams announced that he would drop out of the race. Now the field has narrowed to Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa. (In a fun twist that will surely not confuse voters, Adams's name will still appear on the ballot in November.) According to the Mamdani campaign- and political strategists-Adams dropping out changes nothing: The democratic socialist is still going to trounce the former governor in the general election, just like he did during the primaries. Yet wealthy New Yorkers are cheering the news-and seeing a path to victory for their candidate of choice (which, sorry to the Cat Daddy of New York politics, is not Curtis Sliwa).

"We've had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family. I heard a leader who is focused on making New York City affordable - a goal I enthusiastically support," Hochul wrote. "I also shared with him my priorities, making it very clear that our police officers should have every resource to keep our streets and subways safe. I urged him to ensure that there is strong leadership at the helm of the N.Y.P.D. - and he agreed," she said.

Piker has been hailed as "the left's answer to Joe Rogan," a charismatic Gen Z streamer who broadcasts nearly every waking hour and who has 4.5 million viewers across Twitch and YouTube. Piker has been a fierce critic of American foreign policy, but previously acknowledged that his comments about 9/11 were inappropriate. Still, the effort to tie those comments to Mamdani, who in June became the first Muslim major party nominee for mayor, brought a ferocious response from his campaign.

For months I have been steadfast in my view that, unless there is a one-on-one race in November, a Trojan Horse will take control of City Hall, Walden said. For those still trailing in the polls by month's end, I implore each to consider how history will judge them if they allow vanity or stubborn ambition to usher in Mr. Mamdani.

As the housing crisis and wealth inequality emerge as top issues for voters in New York City, mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani has called for higher taxes on the rich to pay for services and famously suggested that billionaires should not exist. Mamdani's viral campaign handily defeated Andrew Cuomo, New York's former governor, in a Democratic primary earlier this year. As expected, billionaires and billionaire-owned companies such as Airbnb and DoorDash are now spending big to defeat Mamdani and influence the race.

Zohran Mamdani pulled in almost double the funds of his nearest rivals for New York City mayor between early July and mid-August, as the candidates prepare for the crucial post Labor Day push to the November poll. New York's City's campaign finance board said on Saturday that the democratic socialist, who won the Democratic party nomination in June against former state governor Andrew Cuomo, raised $1,051,200, with an average donation of $121 recorded equally from donors in and outside the state.

I'm thankful for the support of New Yorkers and for the fact that we continue to show that we are the choice of people across the five boroughs,

They love their city, but most described it as "dysfunctional," "anxious," even "schizophrenic."

Candidates in Gotham's mayoral race are calling on each other to drop out to stop the Democratic nominee, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, whom they all see as a threat.

Pressure is mounting from business leaders, MAGA world influencers, independents, and moderate Democrats for Mr. Sliwa to quit the race so the anti-Zohran Mamdani vote can coalesce around one candidate and have at least a shot at beating the 33-year-old Democratic Socialist state assemblyman in November.

“There are many people in New York who don't want to support you because of the Jewish community's fear of the true and rising antisemitism.”