Rich Manhattanites terrified of Mamdani

I wrote the above, having worked with Jeff on housing deals many years ago… he was whip-smart. You knew that one day he would be at the top of the Related empire.

He’s lost some brain power, clearly…. Irony alert: without old-fashioned government involvement ( tax credits, deferrals, municipal bonds, etc.) Jeff Blau and The Related Companies would have been dead and buried long ago.

It would be easier to plot to "postpone" the election altogether. Permanently. I'm working on it.

Rest in peace New York City.

zohran is mocking them already

Entirely predictable.

Decimate the middle class, and you get extreme politics, right and left.

A leftist populist wih the same inflated false promises to get votes. TikTok has given us a slew of incompetents - complex problems created by global capitalism CANT be solved with simple slogans.

Nor by Jeff Blau and his spouse LOL

That Times headline is pretty funny because at the same time, the Wall Street Journal is running an article entitled "NYC Developers, Resigned to Mamdani Winning, Now Want to Work With Him."

I just cannot bring myself to vote for him although I will have to live with the consequences if he wins. He is quick to criticize capitalism, attack white people, and reserve his harshest words for Jews. But what about Uganda? If he truly wants to be recognized as a leader, he must confront his own country’s appalling human rights record. Uganda’s treatment of LGBTQ people is not only indefensible, it cements its reputation as a nation defined by repression and intolerance. Those who care about justice—especially within the gay community—should be outraged and demand accountability.

R10 I don’t know how you expect to be taken seriously.

Mamdani is making promises he can't keep. The mayor has no control over bus fares or freezing rents, they're controlled by State agencies powered by politicians in Albany. Sadly, the less-informed voter will believe his con .

R10 will vote at a school for the special ed kids …

Sadly that last “less-informed” reference includes you R12

Level up you rich cunts.

The rich have sucked up so much of NYC’s money. They’re not paying taxes and they keep incentivizing developers to build for the wealthy.

NYC has become a playground for the uber wealthy and the rest of NY is sick of it

I kinda believe the Cuomos are “connected”.

To be honest you’re an idiot to believe that.

Oh, okay, R3, who never sets foot in NYC. Fraud.

Good luck with your islamist. Let's see how that goes fors ya.

Oh, okay, Mary R20. Since you're not even a New Yorker, your faux concern of "thoughts and prayers" just makes us laugh.

Get ready for Squeegee Men 2: Mamdani Boogaloo.

I thought Jewish billionaires got a vote, too

Nobody is "terrified" of Mamdani, lol.

I doubt the mayor of NYC sets tax rates, and besides, Mamdani has zero relative experience doing or passing anything! He's a complete (anti-semitic) dilettante and blank slate people have imbued with magical powers he does not have! Lol. It is comical what a folk hero he's become before a single vote has been cast!

Sure, he's very likely to win, but then what? What skills does he have to accomplish anything? None, to be honest! Get your "corporate Democrats!" excuses ready, lol. You'll need them.

NYC - the city where the rich benefit from the poor thinking they too will be rich one day. A $40’martini? Makes complete sense since I’m “leveling up!” Nobody wants to identify as poor except in extreme cases. And nobody wants to fight for a middle class because what would that mean for them when they finally become rich?

USA - the country where the rich benefit from the poor thinking they too will be rich one day

FIFY

Very true r26. It’s just very concentrated and obvious, always on display in NYC. I don’t think there is anywhere in Manhattan you can live if you make less than 100k a year, unless you’re on public assistance or have four roommates. And nowhere you can eat and actually pay for what something is worth and not overly inflated just because the next guy got away with selling a $40 hamburger.

Nor actually true….^

What part r28? The prices in Manhattan are extremely inflated. You go just south to Philly or north to Boston and you see the difference. Dining out for two in Manhattan is no less than $200. If you make exactly 100k a year, you’re taking home what, 77k? Rent is at least 40k a year. Bills and expenses eat half of what’s remaining. So who in Manhattan is living off of $1500 a month, $375 a week?

Rich people are a stain on humanity. We would all be better off without them.

Just about everyone in America is “rich” r30 compared to about 7 billion other people in the world. So you’re saying do away with yourself? A 50k a year salary puts you in the top 1% global earners.

Dining out for two in Manhattan is no less than $200.

Wrong, for just one example.

I’m not talking about going for burgers and fries r32. Otherwise if I meant that I would have plainly going to eat. Dining out is sitting down, being waited on, appetizer, entree, drinks and tip. But anyway what part of my post at r27 isn’t true since that is what we are referencing.

And nowhere you can eat and actually pay for what something is worth and not overly inflated.

Not true.

unless you’re on public assistance or have four roommates

Not true.

Game over. Welcome Mayor Mamdani but his policies won’t make NY more affordable and safe.

Love watching those who have squeezed capitalism for all its worth run scared.

When Mamdani wins, they will work extra hard to assure that he fails

There are no longer cheap diners in NYC. You can drop $30 for a Caesar salad.

Will Mamdani be a one term Mayor like Adams?

I think rich Manhattanites will fare well enough.

Does this guy like anybody? He hates Jews, law enforcement, white people, Indians, rich people,…

[36] "When Mamdani wins, they will work extra hard to assure that he fails"

The excuses for Mamdani's inevitable failure are already being promoted. When he turns out to be a terrible mayor, it will only because the capitalists worked extra hard to ensure to undermine him. Riiiiiiiight.

Mamdani is a very smart politician. As Mayor, I see him running to the middle quickly.

He can’t be that smart. He couldn’t get into Columbia even with ethnicity and nepotism on his side.

Self-loathing whites, gays, and jews.

R34 see R37.

R41 are you stupid enough to say out loud that capitalist entities don’t have large amounts of political sway? If he turns out to he a bad mayor then the two causes you listed can be true at once if there is evidence that they have occurred no? I mean look at this thread for instance, it’s like the nypost headlines are being copy and pasted.

R25/R27. I live in Manhattan and have yet to see $40 hamburgers or martinis.

Minetta Tavern burger…but who actually orders it? Expense accounters. Silly to even have to type this.

[quote]Will Mamdani celebrate his victory by tossing gays off the top of the Chrysler Building?

You're truly pathetic R4.

The NY Post seems simultaneously disgusted and giddy with anticipatory delight. They think they’ll have the ultimate lefty punching bag in Mamdami for the next 4 years. Time will soon tell because unless something truly unexpected happens, he’s the Mayor-elect already.

Political smarts and book smarts are not the same. Trump has very good political smarts and he probably can't even read. Mamdani has good political instincts.

My lesson from Obama is it’s nice to have a symbol of progressive philosophy - but I’d rather have an experienced bare knuckles brawler who understands how to get things done in the political system.

Obama was kind of a disaster for the Democrats with his "above" politics attitude. On the other hand, maybe they were already a doomed party and he gave them the WH for a couple of terms. Let history decide.

[quote] He's a complete (anti-semitic) dilettante and blank slate people have imbued with magical powers he does not have!

Where:'s the clear evidence that he's anti-semitic?

That's such an exaggeration that it defies logic, R53.

It's more than an exaggeration. It's patently untrue, what R53 said.

There's lots of evidence that it's quite the opposite R54.

Lotsa Jewish folks posting here

Lotsa liars posting here.

Lots of terrified people who are desperate for things to stay the same posting here.

[quote]Does this guy like anybody? He hates Jews, law enforcement, white people, Indians, rich people,…

Uhm, he likes the trans!

He's proposed a $60million taxpayer slush fund for poor economically disenfranchised trannies to get their wieners chopped off! That's the young fresh blood you keep screaming for!

In fact, R61, you do make shit up.

[quote]Mamdani has good political instincts.

Uhm, he failed at getting his own signature bill for free buses passed and in the end even voted against it.

If he had good political instincts he would NEVER have voted against the ceremonial Holocaust Awareness Day recognition four years in a row, INCLUDING the year he decided to run for mayor of NYC (Hymietown)! He's too eager to flex his Jew hate the year he's hustling for Jewish votes! That is called being TONE DEAF.

Face it, he's a stiff. Shiny New Object Syndrome will make him mayor, nothing else.

I actually don't make shit up, r62.

R64, the NY Post? Really? He has other policies as well, you know, besides as you so charmingly put it, "disenfranchised trannies to get their wieners chopped off!" You sound like the dumbest MAGAt, referring to that Murdoch-owned MAGAt rag.

And POOR butt-hurt R63! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[quote]Lotsa Jewish folks posting here

I've never got that feeling, honestly. The kind of political attitudes (the hawkish zionism, the knee-jerk Islamophobia) I see here are more typical of centre-right philosemitic gentiles of a certain age and tax bracket.

*socio-political attitudes

The word you're looking for r66 is "Everyday Democrats"

Yeah, r64 refutes nothing, just shrieks about it being in the NY Post. So typical. You Mamdani acolytes are actually a lot like MAGA types, but without the hats!

The article is from a Liberal Democratic Club site, even though Mamdani has actually never been a Democrat. Try not to shriek too loudly, it will wreck your voice and ruin your chronic upspeak!

Aw, R68, apart from your hatred of "trannies" and your love of Murdoch, you conveniently neglect to mention any of his other platforms, like affordable housing. Sorry, smacked ass--but he will win. And YOU and the Post can suck it!

[quote] Nobody is "terrified" of Mamdani, lol.

Datalounge's hysterical anti-Muslim Troll is. He's told us he's completely convinced Mamdani is going to drag him up to the top of the Freedom Tower and fling him off.

Yes, the screeching hysteria here over Mamdani is hilarious.

He has several Jews leading his campaign. He’s been endorsed by many Jewish elected officials here. Polling shows he has by far the largest % of Jewish voters supporting him.

As long as he doesn't promote Ugandan tourism, he seems to like it there.

R10 has a point. Uganda is... not exactly gay-friendly

And R63 is right - he voted against the ceremonial Holocaust Awareness Day recognition four years in a row, there is a Politico story that mentions that

Mamdani is going to win, that seems certain. Not that I am worried personally, I dont live there, not my city, not my monkeys, not my circus. I was hoping to go on holiday in NYC sometime soonish though

Oh well, act in haste, repent at leisure

Yes—he’s responsible for all in Uganda because he was born there. And had family there.

Are you responsible for everything where you came from?

R75 If my home country was doing shit like that I would definitely have something to say about it. Of course he isnt responsible for it, but he can definitely "confront his own country’s appalling human rights record" as R10 suggests, by saying something about it, maybe even calling them out on it

Because it’s one of the top 10, 30 or is it 50 issues of concern to NYC voters? Enough about affordability and more housing—what about Uganda!!! NO.

[quote] he voted against the ceremonial Holocaust Awareness Day recognition four years in a row, there is a Politico story that mentions that

Of course the politico story is not linked because that’s not what it says because R74 (shamelessly as usual) and R63 are lying through their teeth.

Link for Politico story

[quote]Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda, into an Indian family, to academic Mahmood Mamdani and filmmaker Mira Nair. The family immigrated to South Africa when he was five years old and then to the United States when he was seven, settling in New York City. [Wikipedia]

His mother is a Hravard graduate. His father is a grauate of Tufts and Harvard.

What is "his own country" if not the U.S.? Born in 1991 Africa to Indian parents he lived in Uganda and then South Africa before moving to the U.S. when he was seven years old and began his education. As a young adult he had some artistic collaborations in Uganda. He has been active in NYC politics for a decade. Saying he should right all of the wrongs of Uganda (and why not South Africa while he's at it?) before taking up political ambitions in the U.S. is simply giving him an impossible task, a fool's errand to keep him diverted. Whatever his politics, he would seem to meet those of seeking the office of mayor of NYC.

His father’s family had been in Uganda for ~100 years. LOL.

Learn about colonialism and the Indian diaspora.

They charge as much or more for a good NY strip steak in Bellevue WA as in Manhattan.

Reality check…

Just asking him to criticize Uganda with strong words—if he truly identifies as a woke socialist, he should be speaking out consistently. And nobody thinks he is responsible for any of it, just condemn it like he does so freely with other people and places.

R83 where else did he condemn?

Zohran Mamdani has not publicly condemned Hasan Piker’s remark that ‘America deserved 9/11,’ and they remain close. More people are starting to see him for who he is.

“Add it to the list of prerequisite condemnations please!”

*turns page after page after page comically