Zohran Mamdani declares victory in NYC's Democratic mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes
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Zohran Mamdani has declared victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary after Andrew Cuomo conceded the race in a stunning upset.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani as the 33-year old member of the state Assembly had a significant lead in the race Tuesday night.

Cuomo’s concession came as the race’s outcome will be decided by a ranked choice count after neither Democrat got a clear majority in the vote.

Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist member of the state Assembly, started to pull ahead with more than an estimated 80% of ballots counted.

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Ok, you’re right that he didn’t pretend he wasn’t a cop. I guess I meant it more in the sense of he sold himself as someone who was no longer a cop, and was going hold them to account. For example:

    As mayor, I’d undertake reforms such as forcing the NYPD to publish its “monitoring list” of bad cops, making it easier for whistleblowers to identify bad cops, & recruiting Black & brown officers from high-crime communities.

    https://x.com/ericadamsfornyc/status/1358966542747250689

    This is something cops almost never do. They never go after their own. If a former cop had actually gone after bad cops, it would have been a really newsworthy thing. Cynics never believed he would do that, because they know how cops (both former and current) care much more about other cops than they do about the public. But, I think some people believed that he was telling the truth and that he’d try to clean up the police force.

    So, did he crack down on bad cops? Of course not. He backed a secret police unit filled with those same bad cops. In fact, he got special live-stream feeds from their body cameras.

    https://www.propublica.org/article/eric-adams-nypd-community-response-team-police-nyc-misconduct-transparency

    I’m cynical, but I’d never vote for someone who had been a cop for 20 years, and I’d certainly never believe them if they said they were going to reform the police department. Maybe I’d believe it if someone had been kicked out of the police for being a whistle blower. But, someone who worked as a cop for 20 years then stepped down to run for political office? Nah dude, that guy is always going to side with the cops. If he’s not a bad apple himself, he’s definitely spoiled along with the rest of the bunch.