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The NYC Mayor's Race: A Socialist vs. Andrew Cuomo

2025/6/19
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Andrew Cuomo
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Kyle Peterson
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Mary Anastasia O'Grady
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Mene Ukeburuwa
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Zohran Mamdani
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Kyle Peterson: 纽约市长民主党初选的两位领跑者是社会主义者Mamdani和前州长Cuomo。初选采用排序复选制，这使得预测结果变得困难。Marist民调显示，Cuomo和Mamdani分别以43%和31%的支持率领先，Cuomo在第七轮投票中预计将赢得多数选票。 Andrew Cuomo: 我的经验很重要，而Mamdani的缺乏经验是危险的，他没有管理大型机构的经验，也没有与各方谈判或应对紧急情况的经验。Mamdani从未处理过自然灾害，也从未应对过国家威胁。 Mary Anastasia O'Grady: Mamdani的社会主义政策是个噩梦，尽管Cuomo有黑历史，但他仍然是领跑者，因为Mamdani太糟糕了，Mamdani对纽约来说会非常糟糕。Mamdani的政府运营食品店的想法是荒谬的，这会导致短缺和扭曲。政府运营的食品店会导致官僚决定购买什么和持有多少库存，而且利润率已经很低。交通运输工会的负责人认为免费公交会增加客流量，但这会导致需求超过供应。Mamdani完全无视价格的重要性，并试图通过从富人那里拿走，给予穷人，并让政府监管和控制一切来创造一个乌托邦城市。选民们正在团结在Andrew Cuomo周围，因为他们希望能够在这些选举中投票。Mamdani还将增加700亿美元的城市债务用于住房。纽约市已经面临严重的债务危机，Mamdani的计划会加剧这个问题。 Mene Ukeburuwa: Mamdani是一位33岁的州议员，他试图争取那些寻求非常进步的候选人来为纽约市规划新方向的民主党选民。由于特朗普的再次当选，纽约市民主党基层中存在着未成形的进步愤怒，人们希望找到一个代表与特朗普完全相反立场的人。Mamdani非常积极地保护非法移民，他试图对抗特朗普的边境官员Tom Homan，这使他首次受到关注。Mamdani为纽约市的转型提出了详细的政策建议，类似于Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez的观点。Mamdani的政策包括城市管理的食品店、免费公交以及对企业的补贴。在犯罪问题上，Mamdani虽然撤回了对取消警察经费的立场，但他希望将更多资源用于非武装的社会服务队。Mamdani提议用非武装的社会服务人员来处理一些情况，而不是派遣警察。Mamdani的政策符合2020年以来出现的超级进步社会思潮，但他正在争取那些希望再次尝试这种思潮的选民。 Zohran Mamdani: 冻结租金不需要城市额外支出，可以通过租金指导委员会来实现。为了支付普遍儿童保育和免费公交的费用，我们将提高纽约州的最高企业税率至11.5%，并对收入超过100万美元的纽约人增加2%的个人所得税。

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The Democratic primary for New York City mayor is down to two frontrunners: Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a socialist with radical policy proposals, and former Governor Andrew Cuomo, facing past scandals. Ranked-choice voting adds complexity to predicting the outcome.
  • Zohran Mamdani's platform includes rent freezes, government-run grocery stores, and free transit.
  • Andrew Cuomo's campaign emphasizes his experience and contrasts it with Mamdani's perceived inexperience.
  • The primary is a ranked-choice election, making it difficult to predict the winner.

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Next week Democrats will pick their nominee for New York City's next mayor, and polls show two clear frontrunners: Zohran Mamdani, who wants to freeze rent and open government grocery stores. And former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is selling his experience and asking voters to look past the scandals that forced his resignation. Yet ranked-choice voting also makes it unpredictable.

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