A New York news publication has opted to endorse former Governor Andrew Cuomo over popular self-proclaimed Democrat Socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani, who has taken a commanding lead in the polls.
In a scathing rebuke of Mamdani’s campaign tactics and inexperience The New York Daily News issued a strong warning to voters that Mamdani has proven to be nothing more than a “callow and mealy-mouthed” hack.
“Zohran Mamdani’s dithering performance in the final mayoral debate pointed up the ongoing problem with his campaign,” the New York Daily News Editorial Board wrote. “It’s a house of cards built on sound bites and laced with antisemitism. But he stumbles and dodges when asked to venture beyond his surface-level focus on affordability and his four, and only four, narrow planks: child care, buses, rent, and grocery stores. It is not only naïve and maddening, but dangerous for a future mayor and points up how unfit he is for the office.”
“But governing is, in the end, about doing and Mamdani has proven himself as callow and mealy-mouthed as any grizzled hack in skirting questions that put him on the spot or actually force him to explain how he might execute on his game plan.”
The board continued, “While Andrew Cuomo has plenty of well-documented flaws, including those that drove him from the governor’s mansion in 2021, a decade as governor proves that he is a competent executive and could well do the job of running the city government.”
The New York Daily News called out Mamdani for having no plans on how to pay for his lofty campaign promises, such as universal healthcare, without raising taxes, as well as failing to address other issues such as policing and housing.
“[I]t’s important to pay attention to what Mamdani is not talking about. He won’t answer when it gets tough. He may be appealing on the surface with his slogans and promises, but underneath there is a hollowness that will ultimately disappoint his supporters and put New York in a bad place,” the board wrote.
By contrast, the board argued that Cuomo has “a very long, very public record,” bringing more experience to the position than any candidate before him.
Cuomo, who’s running as an independent for mayor of New York City, has cut Zohran Mamdani’s lead in half, according to a poll released eight days before Election Day.
In the latest Suffolk University poll, conducted over the past four days, Mamdani leads Cuomo by 10 points — 44 percent to 34 percent — with Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa following with 11 percent.
In Suffolk’s poll last month, Mamdani was 20 points ahead of Cuomo — 45 percent to 25 percent — followed by Sliwa with 9 percent, and incumbent Democrat New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was also running as an independent, with 8 percent.
David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, said in a statement that Sliwa is “the one person in New York City whose voters could have an outsized impact on the outcome,” saying his voters “hold the 11% blocking Cuomo from winning the race,” pointing to their second candidate preferences, according to The Hill.
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Wow little late then??