The New York mayoral candidate who hasn’t lived in New York for years tries to make an issue out of Mamdani’s $2300 stabilized 1-BR Queens apartment. Times: “There were some signs it was gaining traction.” Really? Because not one is reported in this story—no polling, no voter reaction, nothing.
Weird how the “conventional wisdom” that the Times receives always cuts against Democrats and in favor of Trump and the Republicans, ain’t it?
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The Times's coverage of Mamdani is fascinating. I suppose not surprising, but the contortions and, as you point out, lack of sourcing in ostensible reporting could not be more glaring.
You’d think Mamdani was really named Clinton by how fixated and distortive the Times coverage is.
Making everyone with a rent-stabilized apt. pay 30% of their income for rent would sting a lot more voters
Mamdani should start making that point -- more specifically, that Cuomo wants anyone paying less than 30% of their income on rent of a stabilized apartment will lose rent stabilization.
I think there's a sense that Cuomo's line of attack can be effective because if there's one thing that Americans are always on high alert for, it's the revelation that somebody somewhere is getting something for nothing, unless of course that beneficiary is themselves
He's paying $2300 for a one-bedroom apartment in Astoria Queens that he moved intp when he was making $50K a year. And half of apartment renters in NYC ARE beneficiaries. Won't stick, won't hurt.
You're probably right, I'm just pointing out why they (Cuomo and media like NYT) think it might have legs.
(And of course 10x if those beneficiaries are not"real Americans")
The Gray Lady hath become a painted whore
Are you hep to any inside info on how NYT turned its headline office into an “intellectual’s” version of The National Enquirer? Was there a directive from someone? Was a deal struck? Is there a hostage situation? It doesn’t seem genuine (perhaps that’s reaidual), and it’s a symptom of some disease.
...with Times' editors.
And they ran a whole story on a crooked former governor endorsing Adams. Who is polling lower than Sliwa.
And Sliwa is an ex-vigilante media clown no one takes seriously.
And Republikans put up no one better. There wasn't even a primary for mayor on their rotten side.
The plutos and their enablers are losing their shit over Mamdani's success. It's kinda delightful.
If any New Yorker ever thought they had the least chance of getting a rent-stabilized apartment, maybe they’d be upset. But everyone knows it’s a crap shoot, and rarely goes to the most needy.
Mamdani lives rent-free in their heads, too