To have any hope of stopping the looming Zohran Mamdani catastrophe, New Yorkers need to get to the voting booth and cast their ballots against him.
The situation couldn’t be more dire: Mamdani’s promises — free buses and child care, no rent hikes, etc. — and charm have won him a commanding lead in the polls.
Fortunately, that edge is narrowing dramatically in final days: A Suffolk University survey finds he’s now just 10 points ahead of second-place contender Andrew Cuomo, down from a 20-point lead last month.
Plus, the over-54 crowd — which polls suggest favors Cuomo — turned out big for early voting this past weekend, boosting his prospects further.
Mamdani’s core strength — Democratic Socialist activists and the folks they can manage to bring in — was vital to his victory in the June primary, but is less of an advantage the higher overall turnout gets.
If enough sensible New Yorkers cast their ballots, they can prevent a victory by the antisemitic socialist and head off disaster for Gotham.
New Yorkers, it seems, are starting to wake up to the Mamdani threat.
They know turning the city into a socialist haven would spell disaster.
That the punitive tax hikes he’s envisioning would send the city’s tax base fleeing, triggering a major fiscal crisis.
That businesses will skedaddle, taking jobs, tax revenue and economic activity with them.
They know his rent freeze will destroy much of the city’s housing stock, leaving apartments in shabby shape and shutting many low-income tenants out of the market altogether.
New Yorkers understand that his “free” buses (assuming he can find the money for them) will be packed to the gills, and/or turned into rolling homeless shelters — even as the subways are starved for riders and fare revenue.
They fear a crime spike when Mamdani quietly defunds and cripples the NYPD. Minorities realize they’ll suffer most.
Parents are keenly aware they’d have no one to hold accountable for lousy schools if Mamdani wins, since he’s openly vowed to ditch mayoral control, restoring a system run by the teachers union and geared to serve adult interests, not students.
Nor do they want legalized prostitutes strutting down streets where their kids walk.
Jews fear he’ll let his fellow antisemites run wild as they claim their “free-speech rights” to “globalize the intifada.”
We understand why many of our readers prefer Curtis Sliwa, but a vote for him is not a vote to stop Mamdani: The grim fact is that, at this point, Cuomo is the only candidate who can.
Yes, it’s encouraging to see Mamdani’s support finally collapsing, but it’ll still take every single vote for Cuomo to overcome that 10-point deficit.
We know: It’s hard for many New Yorkers to get behind Cuomo, given his own disappointing record. But Mamdani is a virtually existential threat.
No one can afford to even sit this one out, let alone back him. Every vote counts.
Early voting began Saturday, and polling places will remain open every day — up until and including Sunday. Election Day itself is next Tuesday, Nov. 4, with polls open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
So be sure to vote, vote, vote!
New Yorkers must stop the Mamdani apocalypse — before it’s too late.
