NY Democrats to the NY Times: Get lost

[Renew Deal]

The NY Times somewhat famously issued an anti-endorsement, encouraging voters to not support Mamdani. It looks like NY Dems didn't buy it and voted for him anyway. It raises the question of whether the NY Times still holds sway with Democratic voters in the city and elsewhere.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/opinion/new-york-mayor-election-advice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PU8.0aCk.dpuGToauR2Vh&smid=bs-share

[msongs]

1. kinda sad that this is the best new york can come up with out of how many people, millions? nt

[MichMan]

2. People liked what he campaigned on

$30 per hour minimum wage, rent freezes, free child care, free bus fares, and City owned grocery stores.

All paid for by taxing the rich.

[Jack Valentino]

6. "Tax the rich, feed the poor, 'til there are no rich no more" !

($30 per hour minimum wage would be a lot in Michigan,
but not very much for those who live in New York City....)

After all those Republican tax cuts, the rich are swimming in money...
but want the poorest to starve so they can have a little more...

Fuck THAT, the French had the right idea in their revolution...

[BidenRocks]

18. But I Don't Know What To Do

[calimary]

22. LOVE LOVE LOVE that song!!!

…so I’ll leave it up to you-u-u-u-u-u-u…

I looked it up. 1971. No wonder I played the crap out of it during my college radio show! It was a VERY important song back then. Loved the guitar on it, too.

[rubbersole]

23. Awesome.

[Martin Eden]

25. I've loved that song more than 50 years. Saw TYA at Chicago Stadium in 1975

Of course, the lyrics were by no means intended to advocate any specific course of action. Alvin Lee was expressing what so many people both then and now feel -- a sense of being overwhelmed by so many problems that we don't know what to do, so we just hope somebody comes up with solutions.

I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I leave it up to you

The musical composition on this track is absolutely beautiful, and Lee's guitar playing is phenomenal. I'd Love to Change the World is beyond a classic rock song -- it is a masterpiece.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

9. Wow!

Utopia!

Somehow I doubt MAGAts will let any of that happen.

Maybe I've become too cynical, or, realistic. It seems like we move half a step forward and twenty steps back.

[JI7]

13. How much influence do maga have in New York City ?

[H2O Man]

17. Decades ago,

at a staff meeting at the mental health clinic, my supervisor told a story about fleas. If they are kept for a short time in a jar with a lid on it, after bumping into the top a few times, the fleas adjust. One can take the lid off the jar, no flea will fly high enough to be free. He was talking about some of the social stumbling blocks that people with mental illnesses face. and how our task was to help them remove that lid.

My older daughter lives with her husband and baby daughter in Europe. It is a country that cares about the well-being of human beings. This includes in areas like health care, child care, and education. Thus, it is possible that we could create a society that cares about the well-being and life satisfaction of human beings. That, of course, would require the opulently wealthy class to pay taxes. And that we all take the lid off.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

19. I sure do!! "We The People" have spoken... are you ready?!

[choie]

3. As one who lives in NYC

I think Mamdani is a fine candidate.

[markpkessinger]

16. This Manhattanite agrees! n/t

[David__77]

4. It sure seems like NYC Democrats sent a message. Turnout was up in key areas.

[Intractable]

10. He looks good to me!

Kinda sad you have that opinion.

[Passages]

26. Lots of very happy NYers

Link to tweet

Mamdani getting more than 1,600 votes in AD48 which is mostly the Orthodox neighborhoods of Borough Park and Midwood.

[lame54]

5. I hope not

[bamagal62]

7. My young 25 year old

Daughter voted for him! Let’s go!

[MorbidButterflyTat]

8. Probably won't be too difficult

for the MAGAts to demonize him and land themselves another win.

[Renew Deal]

11. They're running Sliwa, who is a joke.

But they might be able to squeeze out Cuomo.

[IbogaProject]

12. I live in Midtown.

I was against Coumo as he was in favor of an unnecessary land grab boondogle for a Penn Station expansion. We can do through running and not have trains stop and turn around in Manhattan.

Through-running - ReThinkNYC https://share.google/JCVaPS0MuoDwSmlVc

Penn Station Can Handle the Load: NY is ready for Through-Running — Effective Transit Alliance New York https://share.google/pmxozdKXRCSIHIiLP

[Rhiannon12866]

14. AOC was an enthusiastic supporter of Mamdani and campaigned for him

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

20. ANOTHER reason to love Mamdani... AOC is showin us the progressive, populist way forward!!

How refreshing, a politician who knows how to fight... it's called LEADERSHIP!!

[spooky3]

15. Congrats to NYC! Nt

[PortTack]

21. It holds ZERO sway with this dem!

[Martin Eden]

24. How much experience does Mamdani have in local government?

Worthy goals are great, but actually accomplishing them are something else altogether, especially in a huge city. Knowledge of budgets, competing priorities, experience working with the city council and multiple departments are essential.

I haven't looked into Mamdani's political career and previous government positions, but I hope he has enough of that to be successful.

[BannonsLiver]

27. It holds zero sway with me

But also, I don’t care who is mayor of NYC, like most people out in the hinterlands. When pushed I’ll say I’m glad it wasn’t Cuomo. But there’s an attitude that those of us in flyover country are hanging by the edge of our seats waiting for the results. Not really the case.