PBD Podcast: NYC Mayor Eric Adams

 

[VIDEO] Last month yielded an interesting result. I banked on former Governor Andrew Cuomo becoming the new Mayor, however, he couldn't quite defeat the presumptive nominee.

That nominess is named Zohran Mamdaii whom is actually a member of the New York State Legislature. He is a self described Democratic Socialist and seeing some of his soundbites I can see why New Yorkers will choose him over Cuomo. To be fair Cuomo who is trying to rebuild his political career is still largely dogged by his handling of the pandemic as New York state governor and of course the misconduct that led to him resigning in 2021.

The incumbent Mayor is Eric Adams - a former police officer and a former Brooklyn Borough President. I had high hopes for him considering his background as a police officer. He was a marked change from Mayor Bill de Blasio who largely ruined NYC. However, I got the feeling he really wasn't the right man for the job of mayor of America's largest city.

However, at least I get to hear from him. He has spoked with Tucker Carlson another time and while I'm sure he's nowhere near right of center philosophically. I was glad to hear from him on Patrick Bet David's podcast on Friday morning. He would call on former Gov. Cuomo to drop his bid as while he failed to win the Democratic nomination for mayor he's choosing to run as an independent. While Mayor Adams ran as a Democrat in 2021, he's choosing to run as an independent this year.

Perhaps for those New Yorkers who are about common sense, the question is whether or not Cuomo and Adams on the ballot will split that vote and allow Assemblyman err Assemblymember Mamdani to be elected Mayor.

Mamdani seems to be a great communicator, however, he has displayed his opinions over the years. His Twitter shows his thoughts on police and of course he believes in create public groceries stores - remember a public option for produce. So we know where he stands on two issues. 

Beyond that he appears to have weighed in on the Palestine affair and I get the feeling that the power brokers of NYC will find a way to get him off the ballot. Barring that and he does remain on the ballot Mamdani isn't a lock yet. 

Of course as the incumbent mayor is now finally attempting to get his message out, we'll see how well he knows his voters as he claims. He may well also claim there is a bias against him due to his arrangements with President Trump - especially with regards to any potential prosecution by the Federal gov't under Joe Biden. And of course some of his contrary positions with regards to policing and immigration which he had to tackle within the first two years of his time in office.

We have a long way until November when we'll see how things will play out.

Finally, I really like the idea of using a gender-neutral term for members of the state house in New York. I like that better than our new gender-neutral term for Aldermen - Alderperson, yuck! I want to create new titles for members of the Chicago City Council.

If you made it this far with this post I hope you enjoy the hour & a half of PBD's podcast.