Right now, it looks like New York City residents had best get ready for “Mr. Mamdani’s Wild Ride.”
Fox News reports according to the latest Siena poll of registered voters Mamdani is leading in a field of four. Mamdani has 44%; former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who lost the Democrat primary to Mamdani, is the closest at 25%; perennial Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa breaks into double digits at 12%; and incumbent mayor Eric Adams trails the field at 7%.
[…]Mamdani’s 44%, less than a majority, is more than enough to win.
Bad for the Big Apple, but good for those of us who are curious to see just how far left voters can go and stand to live with the results.
— Michael Reagan, Aug. 18 Newsmax column
But even in the crowded field, a Mamdani victory is not inevitable. The American Pulse Research poll done on Aug. 14 points to Mamdani’s vulnerability: crime.
When voters are reminded of Mamdani’s negative views on policing and incarceration, his voter approval wavers.
[…]Under a Mayor Mamdani, New York City would become a hellhole of bedlam and criminal chaos.
If in the coming months New Yorkers witness a crime that puts public safety at the top of voters’ concerns, the American Pulse Research poll suggests support for Mamdani will fall short.
Some 469,000 Democrats ranked Mamdani their first choice in the primary. In a low-turnout general election that would be a winning number.
But with turnout hitting 50% or more — a reasonable expectation in a race that is already receiving national attention —Mamdani’s 469,000 is no longer a winning number, and the issue of crime puts a ceiling on his support.
— Betsy McCaughey, Aug. 28 Newsmax column
We quoted Blaze Media columnist Auron MacIntyre who accurately asserted, “The liberal mind identified cause and effect as an existential threat and decoupled the two long ago.”
There is no other way to explain New York socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s proposal to abolish misdemeanor crime enforcement. Other than brain damage.
— Michael Reagan, Sept. 6 Newsmax column
“Tenants are a majority, it’s time we had a mayor who acted like it,” says Zohran Mamdani, the frontrunner in the New York City mayoral race.
When Mamdani says it, believe him.
If he wins, tenants will be favored, and homeowners will be in his crosshairs.
They already are.
Mamdani is vowing to fully enforce Local Law 97, a law that clobbers condo and co-op owners with costly mandates to reduce their building’s carbon emissions at their own expense.
If Mamdani wins, middle- and working-class people who saved and bought a co-op or condo in a high-rise complex will be facing huge cost increases.
[…]These co-op and condo owners likely number more than 1 million voters.
The issue is who will turn out: these homeowners or the 1.7 million tenants Mamdani is promising rent freezes. Middle-income co-op owners slamming Local Law 97 can turn this election, predicts Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf.
Protecting the Earth against climate damage and preparing New York City for climate changes are worthy goals. But Mamdani and the extremists’ push to enforce Local Law 97 ignores the facts and treats New York City homeowners with utter disrespect.
— Betsy McCaughey, Sept. 9 Newsmax column