America
Only Huge Turnout Can Stop N.Y.
Electing Socialist Mayor
Far-left Zohran Mamdani cruising to victory, unless rival candidates unite against him.
A BY LISA SCHIFFREN
merica’s largest city seems intent on electing a hard-left Democratic Social- ist as its mayor next month.
Despite eff orts to get rival candi-
dates to drop out of the race, New York still seems likely to hand Zohran Mamdani, 33, the keys to City Hall. His election would be a disaster for
Gotham, the nickname fi rst given to New York City in 1807 by Washing- ton Irving to denote the foolishness of its inhabitants, and later represented as the dark, crime-ridden, corrupt metropolis of Batman movies. Critics fear that under a Mamdani
administration, it will take more than Batman to save New York City. Mamdani supports a variety of hard-
left policies that, critics charge, would bankrupt the city, send crime soaring, and force the middle class to fl ee. In a late August Siena poll, Mam-
dani, at 44%, came in 19 points ahead of second place former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, at 25%. Republican Curtis Sliwa was at
12%, and current mayor Eric Adams, whose administration has been embroiled in numerous scandals, polled at a pathetic 7%. Local politicians, as well as Presi- dent Donald Trump, have suggested
Critics Charge He’s Antisemitic I
n his quest to become the first Muslim mayor of a
city that’s home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, Zohran Mamdani has come under repeated attacks for being antisemitic. Oct. 7: The day after the
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Hamas attack, he blasted Israel for its “occupation and apartheid” policies while off ering no criticism of Hamas. Globalize the intifada:
He repeatedly defended the term, which many Jews see as a call to globalize
44% 25% 12% Mamdani
Cuomo Sliwa
RACE SOURCE: Gotham/AARP poll, August
HEAD- TO-HEAD
Mamdani vs. Cuomo 42% 31% Mamdani vs. Sliwa 44% 21% Mamdani vs. Adams 44% 20%
Mayor Adams and Curtis Sliwa drop out. That would make it a head-to- head contest between Mamdani and Cuomo and avoid splitting the anti- Mamdani vote. But in a Gotham-AARP poll the following week, likely voters told pollsters that in a direct head-to- head contest — if Adams and Sliwa dropped out — they would still choose Mamdani. That poll had Mamdani at 42, Cuomo at 23, Sliwa at 16, and Adams at 9. The survey was taken before the post-Labor Day TV ad blitz by the campaigns that would likely tighten the race.
violence against Israelis. Boycott, divestment, and
sanctions: He has long called for consumers, companies, and governments to cut ties with Israel. Refuses to disavow Hasan
Piker:Defended appearance on the controversial streamer’s show despite him having
called Jews “inbred.” Holocaust: He was one of
five New York state Assembly members who did not sign resolutions condemning the Holocaust and honoring Israel. Says he’s not antisemitic. Mamdani says these accusations are political eff orts to censor him.
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