# NYC Mayor election thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 24, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085 "2025-06-24T17:40:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/461 "2025-08-19T18:44:26Z")
Bullshit. Greenblatt is a Trump and Netanyahu stooge, and he’s happy to lie about Mamdani for politics. The primary was all of 6-7 weeks ago, and Mamdani had visited plenty of Jewish orgs prior. His excuse for lying is beyond bullshit. Fuck lying stooges like Greenblatt. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/462 "2025-08-19T18:57:26Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Greenblatt is a Trump and Netanyahu stooge, He is a registered democrat. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/463 "2025-08-19T19:09:04Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > “_A spokesperson for the ADL said, “Jonathan was talking about engagement after the primary, when voters now have their options before them and it matters most. To our knowledge, the candidate hasn’t gone to a mainstream synagogue or Jewish organization since the primary ended.”_ Yes, a quibble answer, but it could explain the mistake. This is a total quibble, given that the primary ended on June 24, and Mamdani went to a major synagogue on June 6. He’s basically talking about a seven-week period. Meanwhile, he talks about Mamdani visiting mosques–how many, specifically, has he visited in that same time period? It’s technically untrue what Greenblatt said. His cavilling correction may be technically true, but it’s highly misleading. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/464 "2025-08-19T19:26:38Z")
Who gives a fuck? He’s still a Trump and Netanyahu stooge. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/465 "2025-08-19T19:50:42Z")
I think you’re making fun of me here. I wouldn’t say either of our countries has succeeded in eliminating racism. And I wouldn’t describe someone who put themself through college working part time jobs as either stupid or lazy. But I do think it’s important to make a society that’s fair for and works for ordinary people, not just those who are extraordinarily talented or driven. And on the subject of the thread, Mamdani’s platform seems to be trying to do this: it’s all about helping ordinary New Yorkers with their biggest problems. I’m skeptical his plans will work, but he’s correct about what issues to focus on. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/466 "2025-08-19T22:13:51Z")
And also, Greenblatt defended Elon Musk’s Nazi salutes, of all things. He’s only interested in fighting “anti-semitism” (I use quotes to emphasize how dishonest an arbiter he is of what is and isn’t actual anti-semitism) when it aligns with those in power with which he politically supports. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/467 "2025-08-20T14:45:23Z")
Yes, the ADL is an organization that has built up tremendous goodwill over a century of doing good works, and has now been captured by right-wing trolls who are busily destroying it. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/468 "2025-08-20T14:47:17Z")
No, not making fun at all. “Eliminated” should read “partially alleviated”, though. And my point was precisely that people who _don’t_ have the motivation or ability to put themselves through college should also be able to find jobs that support a decent standard of living. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/469 "2025-08-20T21:02:13Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > No, not making fun at all. Glad to hear it! > [@Thing.Fish](#): > > And my point was precisely that people who _don’t_ have the motivation or ability to put themselves through college should also be able to find jobs that support a decent standard of living. Yeah. I mean we want to incentivise everyone to work hard and use their talents, but none of us get to choose how we’re born. “There but for the grace of God” and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/470 "2025-08-21T04:48:59Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > He is a registered democrat. Cuomo is also a registered Democrat and yet [he is on record saying Trump’s help is on the way](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/nyregion/cuomo-trump-nyc-mayor-hamptons.html?unlocked_article_code=1.f08.tD9D.wBpYVEAaA3Wk&smid=url-share) to seal his win. Mamdani has made enough of the Democratic Party establishment lose their minds I don’t think their registration counts for much anymore. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/471 "2025-08-21T12:10:03Z")
> **[Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag...](https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/winnie-greco-eric-adams-aide-attempted-cash-katie-honan-reporter/)** > > THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office. An Adams advisor gave a reporter a potato chip bag filled with cash. The flailing and incompetence against Mamdani is both pathetic and hilarious. I hope this is the first of many dominoes to fall for inept and even malevolent (Cuomo reaching out to Trump, Adams openly corrupt, and _still_ bigwig NY Dems won’t endorse the Democratic nominee for mayor??) current Democratic party leadership. The old folks (Schumer, Pelosi, etc.) need to go. It’s not about age - it’s about being unable to recognize the moment we live in and how to respond. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/472 "2025-08-21T12:20:48Z")
> [@](#): > > “I can see how this looks strange,” Brill said. “But I assure you that Winnie’s intent was purely innocent. In the Chinese culture, money is often given to others in a gesture of friendship and gratitude. Winnie is apologetic and embarrassed by any negative impression or confusion this may have caused.” Does Chinese culture also involve handing the money over in a potato chip bag? ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/473 "2025-08-21T12:41:58Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > An Adams advisor gave a reporter a potato chip bag filled with cash. WTF? Lmao How are the other candidates so terrible? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/474 "2025-08-21T12:45:47Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > How are the other candidates so terrible? Have you _seen_ America lately? ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/475 "2025-08-21T12:51:19Z")
The Supreme Court will call it a gratuity and it will be fine. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/476 "2025-08-21T12:53:28Z")
Yes, actually. It seemed surprisingly normal and prosperous, it’s a shame about the insane political problems. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/477 "2025-08-21T12:59:21Z")
Many, maybe most, Americans don’t believe that we are a corrupt country because they don’t have to slip the DMV clerk a fitty to complete a routine transaction. Our corruption instead is baked into the very top of the system and now, under an openly grifting presidential administration, is quickly filtering down into the lower ranges of daily life. The acceptance of it is yet another nail in our democracy’s coffin. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/478 "2025-08-21T12:59:40Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Does Chinese culture also involve handing the money over in a potato chip bag? I believe the traditional method is a red envelope. There’s even an Emoji:🧧 Were they flaming hot chips? [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51VW5Df8ZJL._UF350,350_QL80_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51VW5Df8ZJL._UF350,350_QL80_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/479 "2025-08-21T13:09:26Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > I believe the traditional method is a red envelope. There’s even an Emoji:🧧 > > Were they flaming hot chips? No, but the money was in a red envelope inside the chip bag: > The failed payoff — a wad of cash in a red envelope stuffed inside an opened bag of Herr’s Sour Cream & Onion ripple potato chips ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/480 "2025-08-21T13:12:04Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > I believe the traditional method is a red envelope. There’s even an Emoji:🧧 Whereas we patriotic Americans use one of these: 💰 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085.md?page=25)