Billionaire Pledges To Bankroll Any NYC Mayoral Candidate Who Can Beat Zohran Mamdani

Daily Wire ^ | 06/26/2025 | Nathan Gay

[DFG]

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman vowed on Wednesday to provide “hundreds of millions of dollars” to back any viable challenger against Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s mayoral race.

Mamdani defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic primary on Tuesday and will compete against incumbent Mayor Eric Adams (running as an independent this cycle) and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa in the November general election.

Ackman, founder and chief executive of hedge fund manager Pershing Square Capital, wrote a lengthy post on X to express his alarm at Mamdani’s victory.

“I awoke this morning gravely concerned about New York City,” Ackman wrote. “I thought ‘What has NYC become that an avowed socialist who has supported defunding the police, whose solution to lowering food prices is city-owned supermarkets, who doesn’t understand that freezing rents will only make apartments scarcer and more expensive in the long run.'”

The billionaire investor compared a potential Mamdani-led New York to “another failed major city run by Democrats alongside Seattle, Chicago, LA, and SF,” quoting Senator John Fetterman’s (D-PA) assessment that Mamdani’s victory represented “Christmas in July for the GOP.”

“A mayor who disrespects the NYPD and has called for their defunding will get less effective policing, and Bratton’s ‘broken window theory’ will operate in reverse,” Ackman wrote, warning that New York City would become “much more dangerous and economically unviable” under Mamdani’s administration.

Ackman assured potential candidates that funding would be instantly available, stating, “there are hundreds of million of dollars of capital available to back a competitor to Mamdani that can be put together overnight,” and adding that he is “in the text strings and the WhatsApp groups” organizing the effort.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: ackman; billackman; curtissliwa; johnfetterman; kathyhochul; newyorkcity; nyc; pennsylvania; zohranmamdani

[Persevero]

I love it way to go

[RoosterRedux]

Curtis Sliwa’s a familiar face, but let’s be honest—he doesn’t stand a chance. Anyone serious about stopping Mamdani needs to rally behind Adams, who’s the only viable contender. Every extra candidate just splits the vote and hands the city over to a radical.

I don’t like Adams either, but frankly, I’d take Kermit or Miss Piggy over Mamdani.

[CFW]

I hate to be pessimistic, but I have the feeling that NYC is going to get the Muslim socialist no matter how the voters cast their vote.

[bwest]

Are ALL CALLS REALLY NECESSARY HERE?

[Right Brigade]

Vote for “none of the above.”

[Fledermaus]

Get Adams to bow out and support Curtis Sliwa.

[Fledermaus]

Said everyone about Reagan in 80. And Trump in 2016.

[stanne]

“ What about Curtis Sliwa?”

Not viable. Loser on this venue. Street smart circa 1982 does not translate to nyc politics smart circa now

Hint. Look at where americas mayor Giuliani is now.

[Fledermaus]

Is that you Montgomery?

[wardaddy]

Well it’s a start

[jcon40]

>> .. It’s going to be hard to out-freebie Zoltan..<<

What about free chocolate milk in all public drinking fountains?

[iamgalt]

This kind of thing just makes Mamdani’s election more likely. Unless something comes up l think he is a lock. The sense I get is the NY a-holes think it’s cool to vote for him now. They are going to get it good and hard

[Sacajaweau]

I think Adams can take it...I’m interested in getting rid of Hochul...she almost got beat the last time.

[stanne]

“ Zohran’s whole schtick is that he’s not bankrolled.”

Of all places in the universe to run for mayor and not claim to be bankrolled

Immmposssible

For the NYC ‘we want licentiousness above all from politicians, this claim seems to settle in well with their “we know BS when we see it, but we’ll take it at a price”

He’ll rule with no reference to the constitution and they’ll love him

What are you gonna do?

[Palmettojones]

The Canary in the Coal Mine: Zohran Mamdani
https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/the-american-political-party-of-violence

[Bernard]

Maybe Snake Plisken, if he ever got over that debacle in Los Angeles.

[Maskot]

Dear New Yorkers:
Stay the eff out of Texas, South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee and like everywhere! You made your bed. Stay in it and suffer

Lefty aholios

[mewzilla]

Only 5% of New Yorkers Voted for Mamdani Less than 30% even bothered to vote.

FWIW, without an audit, I wouldn't make that assumption.

Because without an audit, that's what it is: an assumption.

[Gay State Conservative]

We're talking about a single city here. In that single city Reagan never got more that a third of the vote...and DJT never got more than 10% of the vote.

Unless those who oppose this Maoist being elected agree on one "champion" that Maoist will win.

[nesnah]

Have you ever listened to him over time?

He’s a moron.