NYC Mayor/2021 Megathread

[PSOL]

Yang is the conservative candidate of this election after all.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

I, for one, stand by consistent anti-Yangism.

[AGA]

So basically this: https://www.theonion.com/andrew-yang-leading-nyc-mayoral-race-after-flipping-off-1846242443

[Never Made it to Graceland]

"I said MATH, not read!" In all seriousness, though, this is pretty bad:

https://twitter.com/elizashapiro/status/1362489804257124362

All of the candidates are currently trying to schmooze to the Hasidic community right now since they vote as a bloc.

[brucejoel99]

"I said MATH, not read!" In all seriousness, though, this is pretty bad:

https://twitter.com/elizashapiro/status/1362489804257124362

All of the candidates are currently trying to schmooze to the Hasidic community right now since they vote as a bloc.

Ok, but still:

https://twitter.com/elizashapiro/status/1362491097625337859

[Never Made it to Graceland]

"I said MATH, not read!" In all seriousness, though, this is pretty bad:

https://twitter.com/elizashapiro/status/1362489804257124362

All of the candidates are currently trying to schmooze to the Hasidic community right now since they vote as a bloc.

Ok, but still:

https://twitter.com/elizashapiro/status/1362491097625337859

That's illuminating, and troubling to hear. Hasidic kids need secular education - they are capable of doing great things if they get a solid framework early.

[rhg2052]

https://twitter.com/1199Prez/status/1362808749568704512

Largest union in the city endorsing Wiley

[AGA]

https://twitter.com/katie_honan/status/1362826177627500546

[The Dowager Mod]

https://twitter.com/katie_honan/status/1362826177627500546

Deflector shields on maximum!

[Never Made it to Graceland]

https://twitter.com/katie_honan/status/1362826177627500546

What a f***ing wankstain.

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/1199Prez/status/1362808749568704512

Largest union in the city endorsing Wiley

This feels like a surprisingly bad political move on the part of 1199, given that it doesn't seem like Wiley really has much (if any) of a shot here. I know SEIU doesn't have a strategy of just trying to pick winners & I applaud that, but you'd still think they'd wanna go with somebody who carries a bit more political capital to their name than Wiley.

[KaiserDave]

1. My view of Andrew has been declining  somewhat over the course of this campaign, And my priorities for the election has shifted so my view of him has declined as a candidate as well, But my god this is really dumb

2. Cuomo is a really horrible governor and a terrible person


3. Maya Wiley has a small chance but not a a big competitor

4. Updated chart coming

[Alcibiades]

https://twitter.com/katie_honan/status/1362826177627500546

Is this for real? I thought this was some parody at first. Literally zero subtlety.

[AGA]

https://twitter.com/katie_honan/status/1362826177627500546

Is this for real? I thought this was some parody at first. Literally zero subtlety.

It is, lol.

[KaiserDave]

We've gotten a lot more data and big endorsements so this needs a major overhaul


Frontrunners
Scott Stringer, Eric Adams, Andrew Yang
Competitors
Maya Wiley, Ray McGuire
Periphery of Competition
Diane Morales, Kathryn Garcia, Shaun Donovan
Stragglers
Loree Sutton, Carlos Menchaca
Bottom Feeders
Eddie Cullen, Aaron Foldenauer, Quanda Francis, Max Kaplan, Art Chang, Joycelyn Taylor, Zach Iscol


It's actually not that different from the last chart. I just brought Donovan up a bit, it was unfair to make him a straggler when he's got great connections, solid fundraising, and when more recent polls have him stronger than before.

[Oregon Eagle Politics]

When is the D Primary?

[brucejoel99]

When is the D Primary?

Jun. 22nd.

[Oregon Eagle Politics]

Yang has led in every poll that he is in, and in many of them, he has led by landslide margins. He is easily the best-known candidate. I think he wins the primary and wins the general.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

My current candidate preference would likely be Menchaca, Donovan, Wiley, Stringer.

Yes I’m not including Yang.
#AntiYangGang

[Horus]

While he still has my support, Yang is disappointing. We need a better messenger for UBI.

Marilyn Strickland perhaps?

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

At this point, I think either Yang leads wire to wire, or he slips enough that Scott Stringer's likely status as someone no one actually dislikes pushes him over the line.

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Not a great look

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-mayoral-race-andrew-yang-taxes-20210225-yaxw24lervcxxms2afh6qrhb7m-story.html

Kinda confusing though, because the article points out he supports numerous kinds of taxes that would in effect do the same thing, like the badly needed pied-terre tax and punishing the developers of vacant and/or wildly unaffordable luxury properties. Does Yang have the city cachet to get a lot of these ideas done? In my mind, if you're going for that angle, the only acceptable choice is Stringer.

[KaiserDave]

Yang has done nothing to ingratiate himself with me, I used to have a high opinion of his potential candidacy but since running he has reduced that view.

Right now I like Kathryn Garcia, Scott Stringer, and Shaun Donovan. All liberal competent managers, which is what I'm looking for right now. I'm attending a young voters forum soon, where I am trying to ask four questions.

1. What will you do to reduce the sales tax?
2. What will you do to raise taxes on the ultra rich?
3. What will you do to support NYC small businesses?
4. What will you do to stand up to Governor Cuomo's bullying?

[beesley]

Yang has done nothing to ingratiate himself with me, I used to have a high opinion of his potential candidacy but since running he has reduced that view.

Right now I like Kathryn Garcia, Scott Stringer, and Shaun Donovan. All liberal competent managers, which is what I'm looking for right now. I'm attending a young voters forum soon, where I am trying to ask four questions.

1. What will you do to reduce the sales tax?
2. What will you do to raise taxes on the ultra rich?
3. What will you do to support NYC small businesses?
4. What will you do to stand up to Governor Cuomo's bullying?

Good questions. I'm not a liberal but I agree with your choice of candidates and issues to ask about.

It's funny how differently Yang is being treated (for the better, in my view) now he actually has a chance of winning.

[Donerail]

Insane thread here
https://twitter.com/danarubinstein/status/1364695297209810947
NYPD's budget is $11 bil, nearly 90% of which is salaries & pensions — cutting it by 30% without reducing police numbers is mathematically impossible (and, frankly, a 30% cut to cops is going to cause a crime spike that will drive more residents & businesses into the suburbs, exacerbating the budget problem).

But, naturally, that stood as the craziest thing said at this forum for only about fifteen minutes, because Eric Adams had this to say:
https://twitter.com/danarubinstein/status/1364698595237261317
400:1 student-teacher ratio, Khan Academy replacing regular school for everyone. KaiserDave is probably right about the three most normal candidates.