NYC’s Mayoral Mess: The Children Are In Control; Once you drill down into the candidate’s records, it’s clear that there is only one possible candidate who can save New York City

American Thinker ^ | 10/01/2025 | Linda R. Killian

[SeekAndFind]

If the pundits and politicians are right, New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s agonized and belated departure from the November 4 general election is unlikely to realign the now three-way contest that favors the avowed socialist and Islamic candidate Zohran Mamdani. Adams’s farewell message was “I urge New Yorkers to choose our leaders not by what they promise but by what they have delivered.”

When Adams finally acceded to political reality on Sunday, polls showed him at 7-10%, Mamdani at 40-45%, former Governor Andrew Cuomo at 25-30% and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa at 15-18%. It’s apparent to most that, no matter how Adams’s sliver of the electoral pie is redistributed, it won’t make a difference in the outcome. Cuomo’s calls for Sliwa to step down wouldn’t affect the outcome either, according to nearly every public poll.

Unfortunately for those New Yorkers who understand that the primary responsibilities of the mayor include managing mundane operational tasks such as providing public safety, healthcare, sanitation, and housing, the zeitgeist of the mayoral election appears to be anti-Israel and pro-social justice and free stuff. Mamdani’s young voters are comfortable with his risible pontifications, such as one in June stating that “violence is an artificial construction,” believing them relevant to governing America’s biggest city.

What could alter the course of Mamdani’s destructive missile is an event that jolts a significant portion of young voters back to the reality of living in a big city, rather than in an academic Marxist fantasyland. That jolt could come if, at the upcoming October 17 and 22 debates, either Cuomo or Sliwa can persuasively articulate the case for effective governance, and if that articulation is coupled with Mamdani making a poor showing. Lots of ifs.

A few other factors could also affect the outcome, favoring Sliwa over Cuomo.

[SeekAndFind]

He should be the Mayor if New York City Votes the Right way ( I'm not holding my breath ).

[irishjuggler]

I like and admire Curtis, but anyone who seriously thinks that he can be elected mayor of NYC must be smoking some crazy s—t.

[bk1000]

How is it even within the realm of possibility that just 24 years after 9/11…
Oh never mind…

[Eccl 10:2]

Cuomo needs to cut Sliwa a deal and make him Chief of Police in return for Sliwa dropping out and endorsing Cuomo.

[decal]

Cuomo would rather see Madmani win than Sliwa; that’s why he’s staying in.

[Flaming Conservative]

I’m praying for Sliwa to win!

[Ge0ffrey]

The same was said about Giuliani.

[tlozo]

Sliwa has ZERO chance of becoming mayor and if he really cared about the city and not his own publicity would immediately leave the race.

[irishjuggler]

Rudy and Curtis are two different fish. And 2025 NYC is different than 1993 NYC. Hell, 2025 USA is different than 1993 USA. The Clinton-era Democrats seem like the freakin’ John Birth Society compared to today’s ‘Rats.

[fella]

The ChiCom auto-pen signed mail in ballots and the vote machine programmers have already been paid to install Mamdani. The rest is just shadow puppets.

[Puppage]

If you think you can, or if you think you can’t…..you’re right.

[Angelino97]

I like and admire Curtis, but anyone who seriously thinks that he can be elected mayor of NYC must be smoking some crazy s—t.

Odds are against him. But Giuliani won.

[one guy in new jersey]

One of Mamdani’s calling cards is making him attractive to many young NYC voters:

Unvarnished indifference toward Israel.

For obvious reasons, neither Cuomo nor Sliwa will ever get any votes from this surprisingly large cohort.

[one guy in new jersey]

He may get lucky.

Mamdani may stumble.

[surrey]

I doubt that Sliwa’s supporters would switch to Cuomo. They just won’t vote.

[Angelino97]

Sliwa should get the anti-violent crime vote.

Cuomo doesn't have any following. No one actually likes him. He'll only get votes from people who think Mamdani is too anti-Israel or too socialist, and that Sliwa is too "right-wing."

Mamdani and Sliwa have people who love them. Cuomo only has people who hate Mamdani and Sliwa.

[ReganFan4ever]

“ Cuomo needs to cut Sliwa a deal and make him Chief of Police in return for Sliwa dropping out and endorsing Cuomo”

I’m with you there .

And if Cuomo does well in the debates, Mandami can go back to the hell he came from.

I also hope Cuomo is a changed man.

[9YearLurker]

Nor I.

Of course the best choice, by far.

(And for Freepers who have a hard time thinking straight: He’s both the biggest cat lover and only conservative in the race.)

[MinorityRepublican]

Rudy and Curtis are two different fish.

Curtis Silwa could be a young Rudy Giuliani and it won't make a difference. Like you said, 2025 NYC is not 1993 NYC. Many New Yorkers are now living in Florida.