by Emma Davey Most of the ballots have been tallied after last nightās contentious and historic primary election, and the results are in.Ā
Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old Queens assemblymember, pulled off a stunning upset and claimed victory over former governor Andrew Cuomo, earning 43.5% of the Democratic primary votes. It doesnāt meet the 51% threshold needed to officially qualify as the nominee, but Mamdani commands enough of a lead that no other candidate likely has a pathā¦
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For better or worse, the democrats are sending a message to the leaders, get rid of the old guard and bring in the new guard. Ironically this guy is even far left than the other candidates but he resonated with the public re things like more housing, taxing the rich, etc. etc. not saying one thing and kissing both Trump’ backside and big RE like the rest of the candidates.
Another key factor that people overlook. He was the only candidate to condemn both Hamas and Israel leaders for war crimes ie all the other democrats said our war criminals do not stink.
Time will tell whether if elected he will change NYC for the better or turn it into a welfare state a la 1960s that almost destroyed it.
It was the ā60’s welfare state” of JFK & Lyndon Johnson that gave senior citizen the crucial lifeline of Medicare. Mamdani’s focus on the affordability crisis of everyday New Yorkers is labeled as āsocialismā by the very same self-serving politicians who work for the rich and powerful at our expense, and the same people who pumped 30 million dollars into Cuomo’s failed campaign of scare tactics.. We need a change from that kind of failed & stale politics, and Mamdani has the energy, ideals & potential to inspire that change.