NYC Mayor/2021 Megathread

[Never Made it to Graceland]

I warmed up to Adams. He is a chad. He's said some weird/offensive stuff in the past but I don't think it will affect his governance as much as some here think. Also, It's pretty cool that after 125 years a borough president from the best borough has been elected mayor for the first time.

De Blasio is from Brooklyn as well (Park Slope).

Also the Donovan Richards tweets about Liz Crowley are quite something if she really said that (I wouldn’t be shocked).

https://twitter.com/drichardsqns/status/1412581443008598016?s=21
https://twitter.com/drichardsqns/status/1412582639089897477?s=21

Yeah but Blaz wasn't borough president.

Uhh, I mean it is the Crowley family so, but I'd still like some clarification from all involved.

[Babeuf]

I warmed up to Adams. He is a chad. He's said some weird/offensive stuff in the past but I don't think it will affect his governance as much as some here think. Also, It's pretty cool that after 125 years a borough president from the best borough has been elected mayor for the first time.

De Blasio is from Brooklyn as well (Park Slope).

Also the Donovan Richards tweets about Liz Crowley are quite something if she really said that (I wouldn’t be shocked).

https://twitter.com/drichardsqns/status/1412581443008598016?s=21
https://twitter.com/drichardsqns/status/1412582639089897477?s=21

Yeah but Blaz wasn't borough president.

Uhh, I mean it is the Crowley family so, but I'd still like some clarification from all involved.

Ah sorry, somehow missed the borough president part, you're right!

[Never Made it to Graceland]

I warmed up to Adams. He is a chad. He's said some weird/offensive stuff in the past but I don't think it will affect his governance as much as some here think. Also, It's pretty cool that after 125 years a borough president from the best borough has been elected mayor for the first time.

De Blasio is from Brooklyn as well (Park Slope).

Also the Donovan Richards tweets about Liz Crowley are quite something if she really said that (I wouldn’t be shocked).

https://twitter.com/drichardsqns/status/1412581443008598016?s=21
https://twitter.com/drichardsqns/status/1412582639089897477?s=21

Yeah but Blaz wasn't borough president.

Uhh, I mean it is the Crowley family so, but I'd still like some clarification from all involved.

Ah sorry, somehow missed the borough president part, you're right!

No worries. As for Donovan Richards, I think he may have celebrated tonight with a Colt .45 and two Zig Zags. His twitter feed right now is something else!

[KaiserDave]

Pissed Garcia didn't make it over 50%, and I am not going to rehabilitate Adams, who remains atrocious, corrupt, and egotistical.

[GALeftist]

With the caveat that it's obviously not over, gotta love New Yorkers' commitment to consistently electing a mayor they can easily complain about for however long.

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Happy the candidates that Hillary Clinton and the NYT endorsed lost.

[Alcibiades]

Happy the candidates that Hillary Clinton and the NYT endorsed lost.

The candidate that Giuliani endorsed won…

[Sir Mohamed]

Ugh. I'd vote for Adams in the GE for sure, but I'm far from happy with this pick. Perhaps he can surprise us and actually solve crime issue at their root cause. I remain cautious though.

[Utah Neolib]

Eric Adams, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, 2025-2029

[President Johnson]

Well, Adams was neither my first nor second choice, but he certainly hit a nerve with his message on crime. Seems like after eight years of the more left leaning DeBlasio, New Yorkers want to return to the days of Bloomberg in a sense.

[emailking]

This primary election has been a testament to democracy.

[jaichind]

Looking at just the absentee votes it is true that Garcia did better than her election day vote but it also seems true that she got a smaller share of Yang and then Wiley second preference votes than election day votes which mostly canceled out most of her relative edge in absentee votes.

[The Dowager Mod]

Electing a corrupt ex cop is so on brand for NYC.

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Well, Adams was neither my first nor second choice, but he certainly hit a nerve with his message on crime. Seems like after eight years of the more left leaning DeBlasio, New Yorkers want to return to the days of Bloomberg in a sense.

Not really. Adams and De Blasio are longtime allies and Adams won a lot of De Blasio's strongest areas (not where the kind of people who get their opinions from NYT podcasts tend to live)

[emailking]

Well, Adams was neither my first nor second choice, but he certainly hit a nerve with his message on crime. Seems like after eight years of the more left leaning DeBlasio, New Yorkers want to return to the days of Bloomberg in a sense.

Not really. Adams and De Blasio are longtime allies and Adams won a lot of De Blasio's strongest areas (not where the kind of people who get their opinions from NYT podcasts tend to live)

Did they actually run IRV on subregions or you just mean he got a plurality of 1st choice votes?

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Well, Adams was neither my first nor second choice, but he certainly hit a nerve with his message on crime. Seems like after eight years of the more left leaning DeBlasio, New Yorkers want to return to the days of Bloomberg in a sense.

Not really. Adams and De Blasio are longtime allies and Adams won a lot of De Blasio's strongest areas (not where the kind of people who get their opinions from NYT podcasts tend to live)

Did they actually run IRV on subregions or you just mean he got a plurality of 1st choice votes?

Yeah I based that off the maps from the first round.

[Calthrina950]

Well, Adams was neither my first nor second choice, but he certainly hit a nerve with his message on crime. Seems like after eight years of the more left leaning DeBlasio, New Yorkers want to return to the days of Bloomberg in a sense.

Not really. Adams and De Blasio are longtime allies and Adams won a lot of De Blasio's strongest areas (not where the kind of people who get their opinions from NYT podcasts tend to live)

Did they actually run IRV on subregions or you just mean he got a plurality of 1st choice votes?

Yeah I based that off the maps from the first round.

How do you expect Adams to govern? As I've indicated before, I know virtually nothing about him, and didn't even know of his existence prior to this primary.

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Well, Adams was neither my first nor second choice, but he certainly hit a nerve with his message on crime. Seems like after eight years of the more left leaning DeBlasio, New Yorkers want to return to the days of Bloomberg in a sense.

Not really. Adams and De Blasio are longtime allies and Adams won a lot of De Blasio's strongest areas (not where the kind of people who get their opinions from NYT podcasts tend to live)

Did they actually run IRV on subregions or you just mean he got a plurality of 1st choice votes?

Yeah I based that off the maps from the first round.

How do you expect Adams to govern? As I've indicated before, I know virtually nothing about him, and didn't even know of his existence prior to this primary.

Not as badly as many here are postulating. He was hardly my first choice either (I supported Stringer originally but switched to Wiley.) I have a bit of a wait and see attitude.

[SInNYC]

Well, Adams was neither my first nor second choice, but he certainly hit a nerve with his message on crime. Seems like after eight years of the more left leaning DeBlasio, New Yorkers want to return to the days of Bloomberg in a sense.

BDB essentially endorsed Adams, though he didnt make a formal endorsement. Adams voters saw what they wanted to see in Adams, and it wasnt really ideological. Blacks saw someone who fought dirty cops (which is somewhat true). The Hispanic vote split (no major candidate was Latino). Adams got crucial endorsements from orthodox rabbis. Adams also had backing from major establishment figures.  I thought he had the best ads too.

I would like to see polling data, but I suspect Bloomberg fans voted for Mcguire and Yang.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Looking at just the absentee votes it is true that Garcia did better than her election day vote but it also seems true that she got a smaller share of Yang and then Wiley second preference votes than election day votes which mostly canceled out most of her relative edge in absentee votes.

Looks like the Yang endorsement really sealed the deal for her getting as far as she did.

[Suburbia]

I wonder if Mayor Adams will dump Police Commissioner Shea, and pick someone who can seriously bridge the gap.....it doesn't even have to be a Black or Latino commissioner, because NYC has had Black commissioners like Benjamin Ward, who was Ed Koch's police chief and things did not change......

[Continential]

I wonder what bronz/Suburbia's family thinks of Adams's victory.

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Well, Adams was neither my first nor second choice, but he certainly hit a nerve with his message on crime. Seems like after eight years of the more left leaning DeBlasio, New Yorkers want to return to the days of Bloomberg in a sense.

BDB essentially endorsed Adams, though he didnt make a formal endorsement. Adams voters saw what they wanted to see in Adams, and it wasnt really ideological. Blacks saw someone who fought dirty cops (which is somewhat true). The Hispanic vote split (no major candidate was Latino). Adams got crucial endorsements from orthodox rabbis. Adams also had backing from major establishment figures.  I thought he had the best ads too.

I would like to see polling data, but I suspect Bloomberg fans voted for Mcguire and Yang.

Correct.

[Suburbia]

I wonder what bronz/Suburbia's family thinks of Adams's victory.

Some of them voted for him in NYC......

[Continential]

https://twitter.com/ericadamsfornyc/status/1412893451444756480