The secret ingredient to Zohran Mamdani’s success
This morning, the Washington Post published a piece Greg Berman and I wrote about New York City, Eric Adams and the upstart vying to replace him.
It begins:
New York’s mayoral race may be chaotic, but the city itself is thriving. On crime, education, sanitation, transportation and jobs — all traditional metrics mayors are judged on — things are largely heading in the right direction.
This mini-renaissance is an underappreciated backdrop to the rise of Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani. Ironically, he has benefited more from the city’s relative health than has Mayor Eric Adams, whose petty scandals and perceived alliance with President Donald Trump (including rumors of an administration job) have him polling a distant fourth in a four-way race while running as an independent.
Please read the whole thing. Here’s a gift link.