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How I'm Voting for Mayor in NYC's Democratic Primary

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If you’ve read the subtitle and already feel gripped by a need to know my stance on Cuomo vs. Mamdani specifically, skip to the end! But I recommend reading from the top. While I have positions on many municipal issues, and care about all of them, here are the top eight considerations I’m using to inform my vote. Rapidly increasing housing supply is my principal policy issue. Housing policy directly affects almost every other policy area, and if you get it wrong, everything else will always be compromised. And while many candidates now notionally agree that we need more housing (progress!), there are better and worse ways of working toward this goal. Public order must be maintained and prioritized. If anti-social behavior (open drug use, running red lights, speeding, retail theft, public employees not following city laws, etc) is allowed in public spaces, those spaces will be used less by the public. This amounts to a privatization of public space for the few who care for it the least,

How I'm Voting for Mayor in NYC's Democratic Primary 1. Tilson // 2. Myrie // 3. Adams // 4. Lander* // 5. Cuomo // (X) Not Mamdani Daniel Golliher Jun 16, 2025 126 49 21 Share ➡️ Read the follow-up to this post here , published one week after this one. If you’ve read the subtitle and already feel gripped by a need to know my stance on Cuomo vs. Mamdani specifically, skip to the end! But I recommend reading from the top. What informs how I vote? While I have positions on many municipal issues, and care about all of them, here are the top eight considerations I’m using to inform my vote. Rapidl

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