# 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:** 29
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/561 "2025-09-05T20:52:10Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Maybe progressive populism, up to and including some socialist policies, could be the same. At this point, it seems to me that our only hope is that they are, the right keeps getting worse and “centrists” keep moving to the right to compensate. Worse, when they get to govern they don’t do much because that would require a certain radicalism that they abhor, in consequence after their terms expire the right (now worse after 4 years of stewing in hate) gets back in government and keeps the handbasket (whose slide the centrists merely stopped) on its merry way to hell. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/562 "2025-09-05T21:14:37Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Trump Administration officials are [discussing giving Mayor Eric Adams a position in the government if he drops out of the Mayoral race.](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/nyregion/trump-adams-sliwa-quit-nyc-mayor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jE8.Te4G.15y-1TYtsgx0&smid=url-share) (NYT free gift link) Reporting suggests they are considering the same for the GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa. This is all in an effort to help Cuomo’s independent run and stop Mamdani. > > If this happens It seems unlikely to turn out the way the want it to. Lol WTF? Why does Trump even care? Is he afraid Mamdani’s going to tax Trump Tower or something? People have been saying it would be _good_ for the GOP if Mamdani is elected, since they can say the Dems are OMG SOCIALISTS and scare people into voting against them. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/563 "2025-09-05T21:30:38Z")
People are saying? ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/564 "2025-09-05T21:41:11Z")
I guess the Fat Orange Monster thinks Cuomo will be more willing to do his will. After all, sexual assaulters all hang together, right? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/565 "2025-09-05T21:48:21Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Thinking of NYC as a political microcosm of the country is a huge mistake. If the party thinks what works in NYC is going to play across the country, hello President Vance. Sure, but the media is always going to try to read the tea leaves (or maybe it’s more of a haruspicy, considering the media) from whatever elections the talking heads can run into the ground in an off year election. State legislature and state court seats. The NYC mayoralty. The Virginia gubernatorial. It’s all pretty pointless until we get to at least this time a year from now, at which point we’ll have a better idea on how Congress will shake out. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/566 "2025-09-05T22:05:06Z")
Adams isn’t quitting, anyway: > **[Eric Adams insists he is not exiting the NYC mayoral race](https://www.nbcnews.com/video/eric-adams-insists-he-is-not-exiting-the-nyc-mayoral-race-246863941622)** > > New York City Mayor Eric Adams spoke to reporters on Friday and dispelled rumors that he was ending his re-election bid to pursue a role in the Trump administration. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/567 "2025-09-09T12:29:19Z")
Latest Mamdani post: **A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons** > **[Reddit - The heart of the internet](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1ncbbk0/mamdanis_campaign_presents_a_dramatic_reading_of/)** This is delightful. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/568 "2025-09-09T13:27:51Z")
Took me a moment to recognize him from _The Gilded Age_ but that was excellent. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/569 "2025-09-09T13:33:20Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > This is delightful. It needed a stronger finish, but overall quite enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/570 "2025-09-09T13:51:25Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Why does Trump even care? Is he afraid Mamdani’s going to tax Trump Tower or something? You know, I’m i think this is it. Trump is a New Yorker, and has lots of property in NYC, and probably has a personal interest in how it’s run. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/571 "2025-09-09T16:03:11Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > It needed a stronger finish Felt a bit like he was veering into [Our Product Sucks](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurProductSucks) territory. > Don’t buy our product. No really, don’t. It costs a lot, looks like the back end of a geriatric warthog, guzzles fuel by the gallon, tastes of stale cardboard and will make you look like a fool in front of the ladies. This might well be the worst product ever. > > At least, that’s what _these_ people say. Do you agree? Perhaps you should [try it for yourself and see what the controversy is about](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ReversePsychologyMarketing "/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ReversePsychologyMarketing")! ---
**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:** [September 14, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/572 "2025-09-14T15:29:59Z")
MD Senator Van Hollen endorses Mamdani and criticizes the cowardice of the senior NY Dems who are refusing to endorse their party’s candidate for mayor: > **[Murshed Zaheed (@murshedz.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/murshedz.bsky.social/post/3lyrdmqyees2v)** > > 🚨👀 Seems like a BFD - Sen Van Hollen calls out New Yorkers like Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Hakeem Jeffries for “spineless politics” bc of not endorsing Mamdani. > > Great to see CVH speaking w moral clarity w/o fear. More of this please.... Good for him. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/573 "2025-09-14T15:39:00Z")
Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin endorsed Mamdani, too. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/574 "2025-09-14T16:03:20Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > No way anyone with his politics wins a national election. As opposed to the establishment candidates, who have such a great record of beating Trump? I think that a candidate who can convince voters that they actually stand for something would fare a lot better in a national election than the status-quo candidates. OK, sure, they’d get called Socialists! by the right-wing noise machine. That happens to the establishment candidates, too. ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/575 "2025-09-16T02:20:10Z")
NY Gov Kathy Hochul has endorsed Mamdani, in a NY Times editorial on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/576 "2025-09-17T16:17:38Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > No way anyone with his politics wins a national election. > > As opposed to the establishment candidates, who have such a great record of beating Trump? I think that a candidate who can convince voters that they actually stand for something would fare a lot better in a national election than the status-quo candidates. OK, sure, they’d get called _ **Socialists!** _ by the right-wing noise machine. That happens to the establishment candidates, too. I think you were very wrong and will be for the foreseeable future. On a smaller scale sure but pulling has showed that on national basis being a socialist is death. Certainly amongst Republicans, but also doesn’t look good with Democrats and independents either. As for Trump, there won’t be another election against him. Biden beat him when the nations memory of how bad Trump was with clearer and his health wasn’t as much of an issue. Trump wasn’t undefeatable and there’s no current Republicans that look undefeatable either. You just can’t put a weak ass candidate up against them. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/577 "2025-09-17T16:22:10Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Certainly amongst Republicans, but also doesn’t look good with Democrats and independents either. I’m not so sure. Trump has partially nationalized Intel (the largest stock holder is now the U.S. government) and there’s been very little complaint. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/578 "2025-09-17T16:25:17Z")
Being openly hateful and corrupt polls pretty terribly as well, but somehow Trump overcame it, twice. Things can change pretty fast in politics, and I’m still amused that anyone can feel anything close to certainty about a political prediction these days. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/579 "2025-09-17T16:27:54Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Being openly hateful and corrupt polls pretty terribly as well, but somehow Trump overcame it, twice. > > Things can change pretty fast in politics, and I’m still amused that anyone can feel anything close to certainty about a political prediction these days. The fact that I’ve been right a lot over the past ten years makes me more certain. That’s not the same as feeling good about it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/580 "2025-09-17T16:42:41Z")
In New Jersey the Republican candidate is using Mikie Sherrill‘s endorsement of Mamdani as a weapon against her. It’s not the only factor but since the endorsement the race continues to tighten. I have a very bad feeling about that election. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085.md?page=30)