Simply by process of elimination he is going to be #4 or #5 Ramos would be #6 but... meh The other 3, Cuomo, Stringer and Tillson, are right-wing ghouls

Half the people on that stage shouldn’t even be there. They’re going to split the vote and Cuomo is going to get elected because of it. 🤮

The beauty of ranked choice is that, as long as folks don’t rank Cuomo, splitting the vote isn’t as much of a problem. So tell your friends not to rank the sex pest. Better yet, follow the @jfrejnyc.bsky.social or @workingfamilies.org slates if you’re so inclined

I’m definitely not ranking Cuomo. Most have not been able to break through because there are far too many candidates. Ranked choice voting is how we got stuck with Adams. Also too many candidates that split the vote. It’s ridiculous.

It’s incorrect to say ” Ranked choice is how we got stuck with Adams.” He would’ve won by even more if it had not been a ranked choice election.

People ranking Adams is how we got stuck w Adams. I agree that a more disciplined left-ish slate would help a ton, but ranked choice helps us when there’s a wide slate

Again, half those people shouldn’t be running because they are totally uninspiring AND they are going to split the rankings. 🤷‍♀️

Need to rank Mamdani somewhere. It appears that after all the transfers it will be him v Andrew

3 things - rank Mamdani #1 - fill out all 5 slots - don't rank Cuomo

Yeah, this is good. Hopefully being generous & encouraging ZM’s voters to rank others will lead the others’ voters ranking ZM. The election will come down to whether ZM gets on enough ballots in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th place. Likely neither he nor Andrew wins in the first round.

🙋🏻‍♀️ i wound up bumping ramos

Certainly made me think about it, especially since Ramos was a disappointment.

We’ve both been state legislators, both worked on OFA campaigns. It’s a relatively small world of Black dems our age. He’s a status quo liberal but with catchier comebacks. He’s not super problematic, but the rest of us sure would love to see New York elect someone to the left of generic liberal.

Yeah, I liked his responses, but there’s a strong strategic value to voting the WFP slate, especially if we want to keep Cuomo from molesting our city

I’m rooting for yall. I was invested to the point of near obsession last time NYC picked a mayor; this time I’m so disillusioned with my own city and state, that I don’t have emotional capacity to handle yall disappointing me too. (I say this, yet I just watched the debate from Colorado.😉)

Well, I’ll keep my fingers crossed for y’all over there, too. We could all use better political leadership, that’s for sure

Exactly

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I'll have to think on it re: actual governance stuff, but just on vibes Ramos definitely lost some goodwill with me by sniping at Mamdani in a way that felt kinda whiny

Listening to New Yorkers talk about their mayoral election reminds me of MySpace. (No shade at all on ranked choice voting. It's probably the best system we could hope for in FPtP elections.)

Being pro-Thibs firing sealed it for me

Hand! She should be on the @workingfamilies.org slate.

Def.

Maybe!

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I'd feel better about all of this if NY didn't have the tendancy to elect the most awful and insane mayors in the country

He's not going to be in the next (and final) debate, which is a serious bummer.

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Pretty much, yeah. He was admittedly not on my radar yesterday, and he for sure is today.

I think he's on my top 3 now, and I didn't know he was running before today

I may be the only person who feels the opposite way. His answers on housing and the campaign finance board were really bad. Though he did a good job of attacking Cuomo.

I agree

I liked Stringers answers. Then A. Adam's And then Cuomo, I know, but...

I liked A. Adams answer, Lander's, Zellnor's and Tilson's (who is good on housing but too reactionary elsewhere) I did not like Stringers answer actually. Like a few of the other candidates he is too focused on having the city pay for housing instead of just allowing private builders to provide

I worked in NYC Architecture for 15 years. They only want to build high-end. Private will not build for the poor or even the middle.

High end is the only thing that will pencil if you require crazy minimum parking rules, years long fights to get permission to build, very low FAR rules, double stairs on small lots. Tbs City of Yes is a huge improvement but there is still more to be done.

housing by ending the NIMBY rules that keep it from getting built. Stringer's answer was just very factually wrong on what can actually get done imo.

What are NIMBY rules? I thought it was an attitude?

It can be both things. Rules like single family zoning in city centers and minimum parking rules. Laws pushed by rich homeowners to increase prices and rents by limiting supply.

Except for Adam's and Mawdami I wouldn't want to have dinner with any of them personality wise. I thought they were all pretty weird. But for me, Stringer seems to know the playing field better than anyone else including Cuomo. His problem is he's short, and he's not Bloomberg..lol 😆

Also, I got a feeling Cuomo was running for President not Mayor.

Stringer also has some allegations.. www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/n... I would most want to get dinner with Zellnor. Not only does he have my fav policies, he is very nerdy and I am also nerdy.

Thanks

So it is an attitude?

A NIMBY attitude is an attitude of not wanting any changes in ones neighborhood and not wanting any poorer neighbors nearby. A NIMBY law is is meant to prevent any changes to a neighborhood and to keep poor and working class people out.

hand ive been wrestling over 4/5 for a while, but hes now definitely 4

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Yeah. Mamdani still 1st. Blake gonna be 2 or 3.

Hand raised

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