NYC Mayor/2021 Megathread

[Lief 🗽]

https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1397282591745744900?s=20
Yang's response to a racist political cartoon depicting him as a tourist.

Good for Yang. The media and the “progressive” “left” have been running a nakedly xenophobic and racist campaign against him since he announced. I’m surprised no one has demanded to see his birth certificate yet.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Lori Lightfoot redux

https://twitter.com/Giambusso/status/1397251095802650625?s=20

Garcia: 21
Adams: 20
Yang: 16
Stringer: 10

This makes me so happy.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

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Emerson's RCV tabulation. Garcia defeats Adams 55-45 on the final ballot.

Stop you’re giving me Hope

[Oakvale]

I hope Yang wins because the only people more obnoxious than Yang Gang guys are New Yorkers whining that he's not ~New York~ enough or whatever. Literally the most annoying people in the world.

[Donerail]

Morales collapsing
https://twitter.com/RossBarkan/status/1397316245142315009

[Duke of York]

I hope Yang wins because the only people more obnoxious than Yang Gang guys are New Yorkers whining that he's not ~New York~ enough or whatever. Literally the most annoying people in the world.

Garcia is far more qualified to be mayor.

[Oakvale]

I hope Yang wins because the only people more obnoxious than Yang Gang guys are New Yorkers whining that he's not ~New York~ enough or whatever. Literally the most annoying people in the world.

Garcia is far more qualified to be mayor.

Don't care

[wbrocks67]

Happy to hear Garcia is on the rise.

[xavier110]

Go Garcia! She would totally have my #1 ranking

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

Garcia seems like a good candidate. I just couldn't help but notice that it hasn't even been 12 hours since the Emerson poll & the Garcia bandwagon is already looking overcrowded

[The Dowager Mod]

I was on the bandwagon before it was cool. 

I like Kathryn Garcia, She has Chutzpah.

[Continential]

https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/1397371287958429700?s=21

[KaiserDave]

Morales is crashing and burning. She is done.

Garciamentum is real. Undecideds and people just now approaching the race are breaking for her hard.

[KaiserDave]

Interesting situation we got here folks


Competitors
Andrew Yang, Eric Adams, Kathryn Garcia
Periphery of Competition
Ray McGuire, Maya Wiley, Scott Stringer
Field
Shaun Donovan
Immolation Watch
Dianne Morales

[warandwar]

Dianne Morales's campaign does not use VAN. Extrapolate from there to imagine the train wreck inside.

[SInNYC]

I honestly dont see the Garcia hype. She seems to be a pure manager, without much of a vision or sense of direction. Although ads dont mean much to me in general, her ads are content free and basically say you need to break glass to get something done (without making it about gender, explicitly at least).

But I guess in a race where none of the top candidates have really shown much vision, a good manager is OK. And in fairness, many past mayoral races have been about assembling a mix of demographics that gets to 50% rather than anything of substance.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Dianne Morales's campaign does not use VAN. Extrapolate from there to imagine the train wreck inside.

WTF? How lmao....?

[Pyro]

If Garcia can beat Yang and Adams, I'll take it.

NY Progressives need to corrall around a stronger candidate next time, though I'll agree that Stringer would be in a solid position by now if not for the allegations. Hopefully this is lesson learned.

[Never Made it to Graceland]

If Garcia can beat Yang and Adams, I'll take it.

NY Progressives need to corrall around a stronger candidate next time, though I'll agree that Stringer would be in a solid position by now if not for the allegations. Hopefully this is lesson learned.

What else can be learned except don't immediately dogpile someone before the facts are known?

[Donerail]

I honestly dont see the Garcia hype. She seems to be a pure manager, without much of a vision or sense of direction. Although ads dont mean much to me in general, her ads are content free and basically say you need to break glass to get something done (without making it about gender, explicitly at least).

All true, but god, have you seen the other guys?

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

I honestly dont see the Garcia hype.

Shes not Adams or Yang (Or Morales). For a good chunk of folks, that's enough.

[wbrocks67]

I honestly dont see the Garcia hype.

Shes not Adams or Yang (Or Morales). For a good chunk of folks, that's enough.

Yep. Garcia seems good though, but yeah, the rest of the bunch is looking awful, so

[KaiserDave]

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nyc-elections-2021/ny-nyc-mayoral-race-dianne-morales-property-tax-exemption-20210526-qdcby3qsfrhbvijdl2v7qkeafq-story.html


It's only getting worse

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

I honestly dont see the Garcia hype. She seems to be a pure manager, without much of a vision or sense of direction. Although ads dont mean much to me in general, her ads are content free and basically say you need to break glass to get something done (without making it about gender, explicitly at least).

But I guess in a race where none of the top candidates have really shown much vision, a good manager is OK. And in fairness, many past mayoral races have been about assembling a mix of demographics that gets to 50% rather than anything of substance.

Honestly, for a city like NY maybe a person who can manage things well is more of what they need...

[KaiserDave]

Garcia is a good manager, and good on housing, transit, and just generally making the city work, but she is way too conservative on criminal justice and education.