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SocialDemocrat61

(5,185 posts)
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:19 AM Jun 30

New York Democrat says Mamdani is 'too extreme' to lead NYC

New York Democrat says Mamdani is ‘too extreme’ to lead NYC
by Julia Manchester

Rep. Laura Gillen (D-N.Y.) distanced herself from apparent New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday, calling him “the wrong choice for New York.”

“Socialist Zohran Mamdani is too extreme to lead New York City,” Gillen said in a statement. “His entire campaign has been built on unachievable promises and higher taxes, which is the last thing New York needs.”

“Beyond that, Mr. Mamdani has called to defund the police and has demonstrated a deeply disturbing pattern of unacceptable antisemitic comments which stoke hate at a time when antisemitism is skyrocketing. He is the absolute wrong choice for New York,” she said.

Gillen represents a highly competitive congressional district on Long Island outside of New York City. The district has a large Jewish population.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5369176-gillen-mamdani-new-york-choice/


I've never heard of Gillen before this and really don't know what her history is. If anyone does please fill us in.
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New York Democrat says Mamdani is 'too extreme' to lead NYC (Original Post) SocialDemocrat61 Jun 30 OP
What policies are too extreme? Stuckinthebush Jun 30 #1
I love when they mention these as if they're CRAAAAZY... Prairie Gates Jun 30 #21
As someone who has sat on a Municipal Council in the past Mossfern Jun 30 #24
Valid questions Stuckinthebush Jun 30 #31
We have free buses around here in NC unc70 Jun 30 #35
Here's a list of cities in the US that have some form of free public transport Nanjeanne Jun 30 #37
We did a feasibility study Mossfern Jun 30 #45
Tokens-I found a few while cleaning out drawers! Well other cities have figured it out so it's a worthwhile endeavor. Nanjeanne Jun 30 #46
Boston details TommyT139 Jun 30 #55
Albuquerque NM Clouds Passing Jun 30 #56
She should stay in her lane which is on the Long Island Expressway not NY city. Historic NY Jun 30 #2
You know the LIE starts in NYC SocialDemocrat61 Jun 30 #4
Another bought and paid for politician sticking to the script vanessa_ca Jun 30 #3
Yea, she needs to ask for more. aocommunalpunch Jun 30 #22
I wasn't the biggest Mamdani fan, but all this shit makes me hope he becomes a big voice in the party. Scrivener7 Jun 30 #5
Same here! yardwork Jun 30 #9
YES !! Some Dems are going harder after Mamdani than Trump!!! uponit7771 Jun 30 #47
Yep. And he has good plans. My lukewarm thoughts about him were because NYC is Taco's next Scrivener7 Jun 30 #50
At least he's a useful stalking horse Easterncedar Jun 30 #6
There will be more of this so it's best not to focus too much on it JI7 Jun 30 #7
Oh, he was a "defund the police" advocate? Really? Oopsie Daisy Jun 30 #8
Isn't that part of the DSA platform? Ace Rothstein Jun 30 #16
I cringed every time I heard it. I knew that when our side is busy explaining, then we're losing. Oopsie Daisy Jun 30 #23
He has a full policy paper on public safety. Nanjeanne Jun 30 #25
Why would mental health be characterized baddie Jun 30 #28
Because police now respond to many of these issues and the idea is to let the police focus on crime Nanjeanne Jun 30 #29
I call that a Third Amendment Originalist Prairie Gates Jun 30 #19
No. He supports keeping the police force at its current size Autumn Jun 30 #43
He's not, too many Dems are going more after Mamdani than Trump uponit7771 Jun 30 #48
Brad Lander interview NJCher Jun 30 #10
I'd love to see Lander run for higher office SocialDemocrat61 Jun 30 #11
This is why democratic leadership needs to put a stop to this! Emile Jun 30 #12
I just heard the litany on FOX News. Midnight Writer Jun 30 #13
Thinking it might be time for DEMs to SERIOUSLY consider libel suits Attilatheblond Jun 30 #14
She, like some others, are resurrecting the 1950's red scare and reintroduce the Black List and Loyalty Oaths. Ping Tung Jun 30 #15
Gillen represents one of the most conservative districts in NYC . . . markpkessinger Jun 30 #17
Mamdani is the Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City Prairie Gates Jun 30 #18
Serious question: Are there any exceptions to this rule? Polybius Jun 30 #59
Ask Earl G Prairie Gates Jun 30 #60
Laura Gellen 2022 Passages Jun 30 #20
Rice votes against lower drug costs -- and her party Celerity Jun 30 #26
Yep. Passages Jun 30 #36
We have a CENTRIST PROBLEM! Emile Jun 30 #27
Before everyone gets too upset at her fujiyamasan Jun 30 #30
Exactly! H2O Man Jun 30 #32
Well she could be primaried fujiyamasan Jun 30 #33
I said nothing H2O Man Jun 30 #34
Same here, I wasn't implying anything either way fujiyamasan Jun 30 #40
I see. H2O Man Jun 30 #42
"Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office Ping Tung Jun 30 #58
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 30 #38
Doesn't the NYC mayor represent the 5 boroughs --- NOT Long Island or Gillen's district. From my understanding, Nanjeanne Jun 30 #39
A lot of commuters from her district to NYC fujiyamasan Jun 30 #41
So what? He's not the mayor of her district and she really should keep out of a race that has nothing to do with Nanjeanne Jun 30 #44
Doubtful many of his ideas come to fruition madville Jun 30 #49
Follow the money. Emile Jun 30 #51
He's fairly far out there GladysKravitz Jun 30 #52
Link? fujiyamasan Jun 30 #57
I should have included it GladysKravitz Jun 30 #61
No worries, just check the "my posts" tab at the top fujiyamasan Jun 30 #62
Aren't we as a country already "far out there" though? ck4829 Jun 30 #64
As Fuji said above...Link? GladysKravitz Jun 30 #65
My parents came to the US fujiyamasan Jun 30 #66
We must do more to call out the extremism of thinking it is OK to go bankrupt from medical bills ck4829 Jul 4 #67
opinions are like ...you know stillcool Jun 30 #53
Weird how being OK with people going bankrupt from medical bills isn't considered "extreme" ck4829 Jun 30 #54
Of course she does Bettie Jun 30 #63
I hope she loses the primary...retire. You are worthless to us now. Demsrule86 Jul 4 #68

Stuckinthebush

(11,163 posts)
1. What policies are too extreme?
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:22 AM
Jun 30

Honest question. I keep hearing this but then I hear "free bus rides!" That sounds very not extreme in a city as expensive as NYC.

Or is this more of a situation where voters didn't back the establishment candidate and so the politicians who rely on big money donors are reflecting those donors views and not the citizens views?

Prairie Gates

(5,706 posts)
21. I love when they mention these as if they're CRAAAAZY...
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:58 PM
Jun 30

Municipal grocery stores, primarily for underserved food deserts. I'm supposed to think this is a crazy idea? Why? The supermarket chains are explicitly saying that they cannot make a profit in those areas, which is why they don't have stores there.

Free bus rides? New York City already gives free bus passes to tens of thousands of public school students and reduced fare metro cards for seniors and people with disabilities ($1.45 per ride). I get that the MTA is already a sustainability problem, but we're talking about buses that will especially help those in the outer boroughs get to jobs and events if they don't have cars. Large parts of NYC are what we used to call "two fare zones," which means you have to take a bus to even get to the subway. If he can make the math work, what's the problem with free bus rides? They will help people work at jobs, for goodness sake!

Some of these ideas sound great, not crazy at all.

Mossfern

(4,101 posts)
24. As someone who has sat on a Municipal Council in the past
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:01 PM
Jun 30

and also served as Mayor (albeit a small town) I ask:
How does the city plan to fund free busses? Maybe it was explained?

As far as rent freezes on grocery stores - great idea.

Are the property taxes on those establishments also going to be frozen?
I ask that question a a landlord myself - again only a 4 unit property, but the concept is the same. My tenants are understanding and know that I increase rent when my expenses increase considerably.

Stuckinthebush

(11,163 posts)
31. Valid questions
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:26 PM
Jun 30

I look forward to hearing the proposals. But I still don't see them as extreme compared to what we've seen from the MAGA right.

unc70

(6,437 posts)
35. We have free buses around here in NC
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 02:42 PM
Jun 30

We switched to no fares decades ago. Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Durham went fare free several years ago.

The financing is easier than you might think. First, most bus systems are heavily subsidized with fares maybe covering 25% of costs. Eliminating fares saves the costs for collecting fares, selling passes, etc. It also makes the buses more efficient: no delay collecting fares, boarding allowed through both doors, etc. Ridership increases dramatically.

Nanjeanne

(6,294 posts)
37. Here's a list of cities in the US that have some form of free public transport
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 02:51 PM
Jun 30

Akron, Ohio
Alexandria, Virginia
Avon, Colorado
Baltimore City, Maryland
Boston, Massachusetts
Breckenridge, Colorado
Cache Valley, Utah
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Clemson, South Carolina
Commerce, California
Corvallis, Oregon
Emeryville, California
Hoboken, New Jersey
Island County, Washington
Missoula, Montana
North Central New Mexico, New Mexico
Olympia, Washington
Park City, Utah
Raleigh, North Carolina
Richmond, Virginia
Savannah, Georgia
Summit County, Colorado
Tucson, Arizona
Vail, Colorado

Since I'm quite sure that they have different kinds of transport - whether it is all buses, combo, how many routes, etc. - for you to understand more I would suggest going to each of these cities various websites and find out more. Perhaps as mayor of your small town you can find an answer that might work for you too.

Various links for you to peruse.



https://finance.yahoo.com/news/goodbye-transportation-budget-more-40-130000363.html]

https://freepublictransport.info/city/]

Mossfern

(4,101 posts)
45. We did a feasibility study
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 04:15 PM
Jun 30

for a jitney service more than 10 years ago. It wasn't worth while - even with a government grant.
I haven't been Mayor since 2011. NYC has many more issues than most of these places.

It won't be so simple.
From experience I know that government often works at a snail's pace. Hopefully Mamdani can figure out a way to implement this while he's still in office.

It's been years since I took public transportation in NYC - I usually take the rail in and then a taxi or uber. The process is way too complicated for me. I know that now one can merely use a bank card. Yes, not all people in the City have one of those either. I yearn for the days when one merely needed to buy tokens.

Nanjeanne

(6,294 posts)
46. Tokens-I found a few while cleaning out drawers! Well other cities have figured it out so it's a worthwhile endeavor.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 04:29 PM
Jun 30

TommyT139

(1,650 posts)
55. Boston details
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 07:25 PM
Jun 30

It's three bus routes out of dozens, and paid for by leftover Biden covid money, at least through 2026. However, that extension was decided on prior to the attacks from the orange turd.

That said, there have been a lot of changes to the mbta payment system, most requiring expensive new equipment. I think there was an argument under discussion for awhile that going free on more/most bus and subway lines (commuter rail is under different management) would save money in the short term, and also get more people using public transportation, this reducing various road costs and congestion.

But that looked more attractive when the economy was rosy. Now, most bus lines are a couple bucks to ride, then add more for connections onto the subway system. It's a chunk of change to go anywhere. And the whole system closes not long after midnight, before bars and clubs close.

Historic NY

(39,142 posts)
2. She should stay in her lane which is on the Long Island Expressway not NY city.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:28 AM
Jun 30

So far Adams & Cuomo running as independant. LOL Curtis Silwa is the Republican

SocialDemocrat61

(5,185 posts)
4. You know the LIE starts in NYC
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:35 AM
Jun 30

Queens to be specific. LOL

But I take your point. I think a lot of media talking heads are trying to do 'gotcha' with Dems regarding Mamdani. If they support him they are commie anti-Semites. If they don't support him, they are disloyal Islamophobes.

Scrivener7

(56,484 posts)
5. I wasn't the biggest Mamdani fan, but all this shit makes me hope he becomes a big voice in the party.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:36 AM
Jun 30

Scrivener7

(56,484 posts)
50. Yep. And he has good plans. My lukewarm thoughts about him were because NYC is Taco's next
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 07:05 PM
Jun 30

target, and we need a dirty fighter to keep the immigrant population safe. I have seen no evidence he knows how to be that.

But Mamdani won the primary and deserves a truckload of respect for that, certainly more than he's getting from the party. He is likely the next mayor. We better get behind him.

Easterncedar

(4,728 posts)
6. At least he's a useful stalking horse
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:47 AM
Jun 30

As all these DINOs come out of hiding to take their potshots, we can take note.

JI7

(92,333 posts)
7. There will be more of this so it's best not to focus too much on it
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:49 AM
Jun 30

Most people aren't even aware of these people.

What Mamdani needs to do is start talking specifically about what he wants to do. Try to avoid getting caught up on arguing over labels.

Ace Rothstein

(3,355 posts)
16. Isn't that part of the DSA platform?
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:34 PM
Jun 30

Abolition of the carceral state or some nonsense like that.

Oopsie Daisy

(6,180 posts)
23. I cringed every time I heard it. I knew that when our side is busy explaining, then we're losing.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:01 PM
Jun 30

It's really sad when anyone purposely chooses a slogan that constantly needs explaining. ("Well what we mean by that is...'') At that point the contest has been lost (or severely ham-stringed).

It's disappointing for me to hear when anyone embraces that as a philosophy or campaign slogan.

Nanjeanne

(6,294 posts)
25. He has a full policy paper on public safety.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:02 PM
Jun 30

Quite easy to find and read. No he is not talking about defunding police. He is talking about deploying police on crime and creating a Dept of Public Safety to deal with mental health issues and other cases where people have fallen through the social safety net. It’s in depth here.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a7ejjSZWWIAcxfcWnkYaqvnjihTb0LAOQkj8g10-npg/mobilebasic#heading=h.2gazcsgmxkub]

You can also go to his website to read proposals on other issues. https://www.zohranfornyc.com/platform

 

baddie

(23 posts)
28. Why would mental health be characterized
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:15 PM
Jun 30

as public safety? Why not simply mental health?

Nanjeanne

(6,294 posts)
29. Because police now respond to many of these issues and the idea is to let the police focus on crime
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:22 PM
Jun 30

And establish an adjunct dept of professionals to deal with many of these police calls. You might want to read the paper. Im sure he explains himself better than I do.

Prairie Gates

(5,706 posts)
19. I call that a Third Amendment Originalist
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:49 PM
Jun 30

If the 2nd Amendment can be interpreted as "Any yahoo can own an AR-15," surely the 3rd Amendment can be interpreted as "Free people can't be forced to spend excess personal revenue on armies and police forces."

Autumn

(48,165 posts)
43. No. He supports keeping the police force at its current size
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 03:26 PM
Jun 30
Mr. Mamdani has proposed creating a Department of Community Safety, separate from the Police Department, to respond to people having mental health crises, and to expand violence interrupter programs. In April, he told The Times that the new department would free up “police resources to increase clearance rates for major crimes.”

Mr. Cuomo and other candidates seized on his expressions of support for major cuts to the department’s budget during his 2020 campaign for State Assembly. But Mr. Mamdani says he now supports keeping the police force at its current size. In the final primary debate, he vowed that he would not “defund the police.”

He said he would, however, curb the department’s massive overtime budget and that he would consider keeping Jessica Tisch on as police commissioner. He has praised some of her policies, like cutting the department’s communications staff and fighting corruption.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/mamdani-policies-stances.html

NJCher

(40,725 posts)
10. Brad Lander interview
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:02 PM
Jun 30

He was interviewed on WNYC this morning and was very articulate, open-minded, and gracious about Mamdami's win. He and Mamdani exchanged endorsements, I believe, in instant runoff voting.

Mamdani is great; Lander would have been, too.

Lander may be the single most articulate public servant/politician ever.

SocialDemocrat61

(5,185 posts)
11. I'd love to see Lander run for higher office
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:05 PM
Jun 30

but Governor and State Attorney General are filled. Maybe in 28 for Senator if AOC doesn’t run for it.

Emile

(35,997 posts)
12. This is why democratic leadership needs to put a stop to this!
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:13 PM
Jun 30

I fear big money is influencing this traitorous shit.

Midnight Writer

(24,369 posts)
13. I just heard the litany on FOX News.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:21 PM
Jun 30

According to the pretty blonde lady, Mamdani pledged to abolish the police, give free housing to everyone, free healthcare for everyone, free food to everyone, and to destroy Israel.

It is distressing to hear a Democrat like Gillen adopting the rhetoric of the Hateful Right (defund the police).

Ping Tung

(3,046 posts)
15. She, like some others, are resurrecting the 1950's red scare and reintroduce the Black List and Loyalty Oaths.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:31 PM
Jun 30

markpkessinger

(8,809 posts)
17. Gillen represents one of the most conservative districts in NYC . . .
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:42 PM
Jun 30

. . . .which doesn't really qualify her to speak for the whole city.

Prairie Gates

(5,706 posts)
18. Mamdani is the Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:46 PM
Jun 30

He won his primary election fair and square. In fact, he ran an innovative campaign that brought many young voters to the table.

I do hope that he will have the protections here that are usually accorded to the Democratic nominee. It's especially important, I've learned here over the years, that we not relitigate the primaries. I hope that principle is respected by all.

Polybius

(20,535 posts)
59. Serious question: Are there any exceptions to this rule?
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 08:50 PM
Jun 30

Hypothetically, what if Nina Turner won the Democratic nomination a few years ago (she came within 2 points or so)? What if she then said "don't vote for Biden/Harris?" Would pledging to support someone else still be against the rules?

I'm just asking for clarity; I have supported the Democratic nominee every time since 2005.

Prairie Gates

(5,706 posts)
60. Ask Earl G
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 08:53 PM
Jun 30

I don't comment on hypotheticals or counterfactuals. I support Democrats, so I don't spend a lot of time trying to figure out what is "allowed" and how closely I can skirt the rules on supporting Democrats. I'm also not a sore loser, so if my candidate loses the primary, I respect that and respect the rules of the board. I think they're a good idea.

Passages

(3,261 posts)
20. Laura Gellen 2022
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:53 PM
Jun 30
Laura Gillen hopes to follow in Kathleen Rice’s footsteps
The former Hempstead, L.I., town supervisor, who is running as a ‘moderate to conservative Democrat,’ echoed the congresswoman on key issues like Israel policy and Iran


By
Marc Rod
March 23, 2022
https://jewishinsider.com/2022/03/laura-gillen-hopes-to-follow-in-kathleen-rices-footsteps/

Celerity

(50,939 posts)
26. Rice votes against lower drug costs -- and her party
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:03 PM
Jun 30
https://www.liherald.com/stories/rice-votes-against-lower-drug-costs-and-her-party,135168

October 1, 2021

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, of the 4th District, was one of three moderate Democrats who voted against a key provision that would lower prescription drug prices in President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion infrastructure package, known as the Build Back Better Act, in the House of Energy and Commerce Committee. The others were Rep. Kurt Schrader from Oregon and Rep. Scott Peters from California.

On Sept. 15, the three Democratic votes, in addition to the unanimous disapproval from the Republicans, tied the vote 29-29 in the committee, blocking the plan that would allow Medicare programs to negotiate lower costs for prescription drugs instead of pharmaceutical companies setting their own prices with little competition. This drug pricing provision is based on H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which passed with zero opposition in 2019. The Congressional Budget Office found that this bill would save the government $456 billion over 10 years and reduce drug prices by 57 percent to 75 percent.

snip

According to Data for Progress, 90 percent of Rice’s constituents support the provision that she voted against.

snip

Pharmaceutical companies have spent the most of any industry on federal lobbying this year. Combined, they have spent $171 million in 2021, more than twice the amount of the next highest spending industry, and their lobbying expenditures have increased since 2013, topping at $309 million in 2020.

In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signed by Rice and nine other moderate Democrats in May, Peters argued that reduced drug prices would hamper research and development of new medicines in the pharmaceutical industry, echoing the statement that the leading pharmaceutical federal lobbying contributor this year, PhRMA, published in an open letter that was signed by the heads of major pharmaceutical companies.

snip

fujiyamasan

(479 posts)
30. Before everyone gets too upset at her
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:23 PM
Jun 30

Look at her district. It’s fairly competitive. She lost in 2022 and won in 2024 by ~2 points. Harris won by about the same margin. My guess is republicans will be pouring a lot of money into that race trying to unseat her.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_4th_congressional_district

H2O Man

(77,373 posts)
32. Exactly!
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:30 PM
Jun 30

"A lot of money" is involved. We should sacrifice the winner of the primary because of "big money." These fucking kids think politics is about "right vs wrong." How naive. It's all about money. We need to donate to those politicians willing to sell their soul.

fujiyamasan

(479 posts)
33. Well she could be primaried
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 02:09 PM
Jun 30

And then the DSA could lose the district, but on principle.

I’m not really rushing to judgment either way. I understand why others don’t like what she’s saying, but let’s face it every rep is looking out for themselves and trying to keep their job, and I have a feeling Jeffries is looking it the same way too (after all who the hell wants to stay minority leader?).

H2O Man

(77,373 posts)
34. I said nothing
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 02:37 PM
Jun 30

about attempting to make her lose office. I'm not sure why you went there. My goal is to have as many Democrats elected to office as possible. I do so, knowing that not all of them think like me. I think that is what the party should be fully focused upon now. I don't favor attacks on candidates that just won a primary.

I think the party needs more new, inspired leadership at this time. I respect that for some, this opportunity was found when President Clinton endorsed Andrew Cuomo. But Andrew lost. And as a result of the bitterness of the losing team, Andrew may run as an independent. I suppose that there are those who would vote for Andrew if he ran as a republican.

fujiyamasan

(479 posts)
40. Same here, I wasn't implying anything either way
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 03:13 PM
Jun 30

My apologies if it came off that way.

I was just looking into why Gillen may be saying what she was. It sounds like she may be sweating her own reelection chances, so Jeffries may be giving some leeway to members of his caucus distancing themselves from Mamdani. We should likely expect that.

H2O Man

(77,373 posts)
42. I see.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 03:23 PM
Jun 30

So there are valid reasons to attack another Democratic Party candidate, to create distance? Party unity?

Ping Tung

(3,046 posts)
58. "Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 08:36 PM
Jun 30
"Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office,...to take a part with either would be unworthy of a reasonable or moral man." --Thomas Jefferson

Response to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Nanjeanne

(6,294 posts)
39. Doesn't the NYC mayor represent the 5 boroughs --- NOT Long Island or Gillen's district. From my understanding,
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 03:04 PM
Jun 30

the mayor of Hempstead which is part of her district is Waylyn Hobbs not Eric Adams.

Forgive my ignorance - but if this is the case - why isn't she staying out of an election that has no bearing on her district? If I am incorrect - then I would like to know how Mamdani did regarding % of votes he got in her district. But I've searched high and low and I don't see Long Island as part of any votes for NYC mayor. From my understanding NYC consists of the 5 boroughs.

fujiyamasan

(479 posts)
41. A lot of commuters from her district to NYC
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 03:18 PM
Jun 30

It’s going to be hard to stop reps from the NYC tri-state commenting on the mayoral election.

It is to be expected, especially from the swing districts in the region.

Nanjeanne

(6,294 posts)
44. So what? He's not the mayor of her district and she really should keep out of a race that has nothing to do with
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 03:42 PM
Jun 30

her and for which Mamdani is the Democratic candidate in a fair election.

She shouldn't have said he was dangerous even if he would be governing her district. But the fact that he's not - she definitely should have kept her disgraceful mouth shut.

Who cares if a commuter goes into NYC to work? They would object to what? A no fare bus?

Sorry but that commuter thing won't fly with me. And if we had good Democratic leadership it shouldn't be hard to stop reps from Long Island from commenting on a mayoral race in the five boroughs with a chosen primary candidate.

madville

(7,810 posts)
49. Doubtful many of his ideas come to fruition
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:23 PM
Jun 30

It’ll be surprising if any of his major proposals actually materialize. Finding the 10s of billions required will be tough, raising corporate and wealth taxes like he has proposed isn’t likely to happen at a level that would be needed.

The government grocery store funding idea doesn’t sound feasible either, eliminating tax credits to existing grocery stores will force them to raise prices or possibly go out of business.

 

GladysKravitz

(27 posts)
52. He's fairly far out there
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 07:15 PM
Jun 30

He's talked about the ultimate goal of the government seizing the means of production.

That's extreme when it comes to American norms.

fujiyamasan

(479 posts)
62. No worries, just check the "my posts" tab at the top
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 09:07 PM
Jun 30

Thanks for the link.

Yikes! I didn’t think modern socialists actually still say they want to “seize the means of production”.

Haven’t seen the video yet, but I’m sure we’ll be seeing this show up in ads over the next few months.

ck4829

(37,003 posts)
64. Aren't we as a country already "far out there" though?
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 09:26 PM
Jun 30


We're already fairly extreme and not in a good way when it comes to life expectancy vs healthcare spending, but nobody in our healthcare or political system wants to call it "extreme" for some reason.

What's up with that?
 

GladysKravitz

(27 posts)
65. As Fuji said above...Link?
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 09:41 PM
Jun 30

I'll look at it.

Regardless, do you think government should control the means of production? No matter how far to the left I go, I'm not going that far. We've done well. My parents were FDR Democrats. I was raised a centrist. I want balance.

fujiyamasan

(479 posts)
66. My parents came to the US
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 10:52 PM
Jun 30

to get away from a country where the economy was largely controlled by the state. It stifled growth and lowered living standards for decades.

This isn’t going to sit well with just about anyone. I was never thrilled with this guy, but cmon, yhis quote by him is a gift for the GOP. Instead of them going on the defensive over their wretchedly ugly hideous bill, which fucks all but the very few at the top, I fear House dems will be forced to waste time dealing with this. If this were any city but NYC, I wouldn’t be too bothered, but the city’s politics draws a lot of the medias attention.

Folks should buckle up. It’s gonna get bumpy. Fortunately the midterms are over a year away. Maybe he gets elected as mayor and he does an amazing job, but this quote…. And it wasn’t even all that long ago.




ck4829

(37,003 posts)
67. We must do more to call out the extremism of thinking it is OK to go bankrupt from medical bills
Fri Jul 4, 2025, 12:43 PM
Jul 4

stillcool

(34,386 posts)
53. opinions are like ...you know
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 07:16 PM
Jun 30

everybody has one. But in the era of no news, that's all we get. The opinions of assholes.

Bettie

(18,580 posts)
63. Of course she does
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 09:09 PM
Jun 30

he has suggested taxing wealthy people and keeping rents in the realm of reality! The HORROR!

The very idea of ordinary people having a decent life is beyond the pale for some.

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