I have an ongoing series (kind of) that are posts / videos about the 2024 election and reflection on it - this is the latest in that series. Here are the rest of the posts: Election Reflection Series
Right after the 2024 election, Zohran Mamdani hit the streets on NYC (in some of the areas that had the largest shift to Trump) to see why voters turned to Trump or did not vote at all.
You’ll hear 2-3 of the same issues over and over again….
Every vote we move off of Cuomo and onto the second place candidate (Zohran!!) (and 4 other non-Cuomo) is a 2 vote swing. Attacking Cuomo has to be a top priority on social media. Worst case, we can perhaps convince some otherwise hesitant Cuomo supporters to stay home (1 vote swing).
Informing your friends, family, and social media followers about all of these things is critical at this moment until election day!
Why Act?
The acceptance and election of a corrupt, sexual harasser (according to the DOJ!) like Andrew Cuomo would be devastating for the Democratic Party and for our city. See more about why we should not rank Cuomo at all.
Zohran Mamdami has the policies, the support, and the leadership to represent our city and to be an example of what could save the Democratic party. I mean that!
Zohran is in second is within a few points when very likely votes are polled. It won’t take much to put him over the edge if we all band together.
Call to action
What can you do to help? Great question!
Some of these do depend on being in NYC, but most of them do not. Everyone knows, or is followed on social media, by someone from NYC. Even one post could help a bunch!
If you can volunteer, I’d recommend it. Even just a little bit of time can make a huge difference. This is the largest thing you can do to help the cause.
Follow on social media. I’ve listed the links below this section.
Tell one friend, or more! Spreading the word in any way is a huge help, even just in terms of name recognition.
Send information articles about Zohran to a friend and/or post it on social media.
Talk about the campaign and the hope on social in general!
Vote! If you are eligible, vote and rank Zohran #1 and do not rank Cuomo.
If we can get as many folks as possible to do just one/two of these these things - we can defeat Cuomo and elect someone who cares about us and the city!
Please, in addition - support the campaign and follow Zohran on socials:
“Zohran will make it faster, easier, and cheaper to start and run a business in New York City, so that bodegas and corner stores stay open and dollar slices come back. He will cut small business fines in half, speed up permitting and make online applications easier, and increase funding for 1:1 small business support by 500 percent. And he’ll appoint a Mom-and-Pop Czar to make sure it happens.” (emphasis mine)
The lifeblood of the city are the small businesses - the pizza shops, the bodegas, bars, restaurants, etc - on every street. Without them there is far less culture and less unique about the city. We should be giving smaller businesses more advantages instead of overburdening them (which only serves corporate and big business’s interest).
“[small businesses] account for over 90 percent of all firms in the city and who employ nearly half of all New Yorkers within the private sector.” (emphasis mine)
The rent freeze is not the only housing policy that Zohran champions…
“As Mayor, Zohran will put our public dollars to work and triple the City’s production of permanently affordable, union-built, rent-stabilized homes – constructing 200,000 new units over the next 10 years.”
Housing and housing costs are a massive issue - and the construction of 200k new affordable, union built, rent-stabilized homes will reduce the cost of housing for everyone.
Additionally:
“For the additional housing we need, Zohran will initiate a Comprehensive Plan for New York City to create a holistic vision for affordability, equity, and growth.”
More housing, more affordable housing; a new hope for New Yorkers.
Not only does he have the policies - he has the support.
Okay, so…. This one is more about why you should actively support him right now; he has got the policies down - and now he is within striking distance of Cuomo.
Take a minute (literally its 1 minute long!) to watch this video from earlier in the week:
In the final round of ranked choice voting in this Emerson poll, Zohran has closed it to an 8 point race. Remarkably close…
And still, 33% of people have not heard of Zohran yet – his ceiling is high!
Now is the time to band together, share this post, and tell your friends/family.
Day 1
(Wednesday, May 28th)
Fast, fare free buses. 🚎
“Public transit should be reliable, safe and universally accessible. But one in five New Yorkers struggle to afford the ever rising fare. Adding insult to injury: our city’s buses are the slowest in the nation, robbing working people of precious time for family, leisure and rest.” (Emphasis mine)
Make sure to read the snippets on the platform page on what he commits to doing; but two of the handful of commitments are building priority lanes and removing the fares for everyone on every bus. This would be a remarkable quality of life improvement for millions of New Yorkers, immediately.
Not only that - increased capacity, free time, freedom of movement, etc - is a guaranteed boon to the businesses of New York.
Call to action
What can you do to help? Great question!
If you can volunteer, I’d recommend it. Even just a little bit of time can make a huge difference.
Follow on social media. I’ve listed the links below this section.
Tell one friend, or more! Spreading the word in any way is a huge help, especially just in terms of name recognition.
Send this article to a friend or post it on social media.
Talk about the campaign and the hope on social!
Please, in addition - support the campaign and follow Zohran on socials:
