Ask HN: Mamdani is poised to become new mayor of New York. How do locals feel?

3•frenchmajesty•3h ago

Title says it all. I've been watching the story from afar. He's dynamic but his agenda to me comes as off as too idealistic and not grounded in the practical reality of how government really operates in terms of inertia and lack of incentive for long-term improvement.

But I digress. What I think doesn't matter. I'm curious to hear what locals make of this? Do you generally agree with his platform or disagree?

Why is that?

Comments

verdverm•2h ago

Polls can give you a sense of what New Yorkers have on their mind. Same top issue as everywhere in America since covid, cost of living. Here is a sample

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-new-york-mayor-race-po...

https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3935

https://gothampolling.com/poll-nyc-mayor-general-election-20...

michelsedgh•1h ago

Polls are not accurate. Most people that live there usually dont vote. Also the polls are a sample of a few hundred to a few thousand compared to population that lives in a city, the numbers are low. Let me not get into the biases of the poll takers and all the other stuff…

techblueberry•20m ago

You think it is not true that New Yorkers find the city unaffordable?

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