# 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:** 40
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/782 "2025-11-26T13:24:59Z")
Heck, IME that’s not even particular to one culture, it’s what many people in many families and communities have been doing to keep things civil for ages. (What next, they’re going to say he used the Jedi Mind Trick?) ---
**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:** [November 26, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/783 "2025-11-26T15:24:17Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Heck, IME that’s not even particular to one culture, it’s what many people in many families and communities have been doing I’ll bet he also says “Jeet jet?” instead of “did you eat yet”? ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/784 "2025-11-26T19:40:32Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > [Here](https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/us/mamdani-trump-meeting-elder-uncle-cec)’s an interesting take from CNN on how Mamdani “won over” Trump . . . This much sounds right: > [@](#): > > One way of understanding all of these interactions might be that Trump is acting in his own political interest, and that striking a friendly tone with Mamdani last week was the most advantageous maneuver at the time. Trump wants drama. He’ll try to get it by first building up Mamdani and then tearing him down. Over the next year or two, Trump will start pushing a narrative where: a. Trump will say he gave Mamdani a chance. b. Trump will try to make out Mamdani to be the heart and soul of the Democratic Party. The model here is Jeremy Corbyn (temporarily) bringing down Labour. Ridiculous because Corbyn really was the leader of his party while Mamdani obviously is not? Yes. But I think this is the kind of move Trump makes. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/785 "2025-11-27T06:31:56Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Trump wants drama. He’ll try to get it by first building up Mamdani and then tearing him down. I think you’re ascribing to him strategic skills and self-control he doesn’t have. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2025, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/786 "2025-11-27T06:48:49Z")
I think @PhillyGuy is underestimating Mamdani. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/787 "2025-12-19T13:53:11Z")
Well, that’s not good: [https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/18/mamdanis-new-appointments-chief-resigns-over-anti-jewish-posts-00698710](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/18/mamdanis-new-appointments-chief-resigns-over-anti-jewish-posts-00698710) ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/788 "2025-12-19T14:02:35Z")
> [@Topologist](#): > > So I went to watch the video, and what’s available on the web didn’t seem to match this description at all. I watched only the first five minutes, but it was clear it wasn’t what Fanger was describing. Does anyone have a link to a video that does match this description, or was Fanger hallucinating the whole thing? Disappointing if so Well that was clearly an AI-written analysis, not Fanger’s own words - so I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some hallucination going on. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/789 "2025-12-19T19:15:07Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Well, that’s not good: What’s not good? Maybe a quote or a snippet? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/790 "2025-12-19T19:19:53Z")
Here: > [@](#): > > Newly minted Director of Appointments Catherine Almonte Da Costa tendered her resignation this afternoon just hours after her past comments came to light. > [@](#): > > In a series of social media posts, Da Costa fired off statements that included: “Money hungry Jews smh”; “Woo! Promoted to the upstairs office today! Working alongside these rich Jewish peeps.”; and “Far Rockaway train is the Jew train,” > [@](#): > > Mamdani has struggled to win over Jewish communities, which — uncomfortable with his past criticism of Israel and his failure to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada” — staunchly opposed his candidacy. The newly revealed tweets from a now-former top aide do little to help him mend those deep divisions, as evidenced by social media posts from the Anti-Defamation League > [@](#): > > Mamdani also condemned the remarks. > > “Catherine expressed her deep remorse over her past statements and tendered her resignation, and I accepted,” the mayor-elect said in a statement. > > The incident raises serious questions about the transition’s vetting process. > > For such an obvious thing to eyeball before hiring someone into one of the most highly scrutinized administrations in recent memory, Pekec said the transition was unaware of the posts when it brought Da Costa aboard. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/791 "2025-12-19T19:25:17Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > . The newly revealed tweets from a now-former top aide do little to help him mend those deep divisions, as evidenced by social media posts from the Anti-Defamation League Is Director of Appointments really a “top aide”? But yeah, that shit is not good at all at all. Thanks. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/792 "2025-12-19T19:26:29Z")
This is part of what a transition period is for. IIRC this kind of thing (dumb or even hateful statements from some appointee pop up and result in resignation) happened to Biden, Obama, and many more. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/793 "2025-12-19T22:53:43Z")
So: someone in their mid-thirties said some shitty antisemitic things when they were 20. In the past more-than-a-decade, there’s no sign that they’ve said similar shitty antisemitic things. On getting called on it, they gave an unreserved apology, and Mamdani “accepted her resignation” the same day the story came out. If she said these things two years ago, or if she gave a non-apology, or if Mamdani kept her on, I’d feel differently. But good grief, this is a scandalmonger in search of a scandal. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/794 "2025-12-19T23:11:47Z")
I mostly agree, but… when will people learn to keep their damn mouth shut? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/795 "2025-12-19T23:58:52Z")
When will 19-year-olds? That would be never, friend. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/796 "2025-12-20T01:33:43Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > If she said these things two years ago, or if she gave a non-apology, or if Mamdani kept her on, I’d feel differently. But good grief, this is a scandalmonger in search of a scandal. True, but those were some pretty nasty statements. They werent just some accidental blurtings. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/797 "2025-12-20T02:21:32Z")
Right, which is why I am glad she apologized and resigned. My point about the time difference is that people who have known her for a decade might never have heard her say such a thing, so I don’t think it is scandalous that she got hired for this position. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/798 "2025-12-20T03:38:09Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > so I don’t think it is scandalous that she got hired for this position. No, I agree. Mandani maybe needs to do better vetting. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/799 "2025-12-20T11:22:29Z")
I don’t know the vetting procedures–are we really expecting folks to go back and look at every social media post a person made when they were 19 and 20, for every position? That sounds unnecessary and inefficient. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/800 "2025-12-20T12:08:14Z")
His whole term is going to be like this. “Look at this picture of the brother in law of his deputy campaign finance director! See, he’s doing brownface!” “He’s three years old, messily eating a fudgsicle.” “Cancelled!” It’s going to be exhausting. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/801 "2025-12-20T13:35:39Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Right, which is why I am glad she apologized and resigned. My point about the time difference is that people who have known her for a decade might never have heard her say such a thing, so I don’t think it is scandalous that she got hired for this position. And the article also says that she said, “As the mother of Jewish children, I feel a profound sense of sadness and remorse at the harm these words have caused,” I’m guessing her views on Jews have changed since she was 19. > [@Cervaise](#): > > His whole term is going to be like this. > > “Look at this picture of the brother in law of his deputy campaign finance director! See, he’s doing brownface!” > > “He’s three years old, messily eating a fudgsicle.” > > “Cancelled!” > > It’s going to be exhausting. Yup. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085.md?page=41)