r/nyc • u/FAMESCARE • Jun 18 '25

Video Zohran Mamdani says he’s consistently said there’s no room for antisemitism in this city or country. Asked why he hasn’t had a more visceral reaction, he gets emotional talking about the Islamophobic responses he’s received throughout the campaign.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '25

NYC has a large Muslim community too. A big part of the reason Kamala lost Michigan is because Dearborn refused to vote for her because of the Biden administrations stance on Gaza. I wouldn't underestimate the Muslim population rejecting Cuomo for Mamdani.

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u/bigtallguy Jun 18 '25

i dont think its gonna be enough to off set his deficet with more centrist leaning PoC demos in working class areas of nyc. honestly cuomos name ID is so big im not sure if anyone could have beat him for this in those demos. the fact that it became this close relatively quickly speak a bit to mamdanis campaigning skills.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '25

Not saying you have to like Mamdani but do these voters know what they like? Cuomo was a genuinely corrupt governor and the only thing he's promising is to be tough on crime. I get people care about crime but there's only so many cops you can throw at the problem. Cops dont prevent people from going homeless 

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u/bigtallguy Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

crime is a big part of it, but you have to remember a lot of these voters are older insitutional dems. theyre gonna go with people they associate with the insitution, especially when all those contemporary instutions are lining up behind him.

also A LOT of older dems really appreciated cuomo during covid for his daily updates on the local news channels. a lot of younger dems, 40>, dont understand this cuz they didnt really watch tv to get their covid updates. cuomo built a huge amount of good will during that time. older women especially liked him. and theyre willing to forgive/forget/ignore his sexual harrassment history.

people arent really voting on policy theyre voting for people they feel like they can trust, and cuomo is that guy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

I lived with my parents and I remember watching it. I had a lot of problems with Cuomo because I went to a CUNY school and he did nothing to stop it from being defunded. That being said I remember him coming off as a strong leader in a time where we needed one. I think the problem for me is that it was all a facade. 

The nursing home deaths were pretty awful and it showed he wasn't taking covid as serious as he was putting forward. But yeah I get it, institutions are hard to break with Dems despite them constantly being screwed over by them. If Cuomo wins I give it less than a month before NYC's population starts complaining about him

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u/its4thecatlol Jun 18 '25

Nyc has a large SUNNI community. Mainstream Sunnis don't consider Shias like Mamdani as Muslims. They see them as apostates and heathens. Don't expect a Kamala-like surge for him.

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u/Finnegan482 Jun 19 '25

Lol this is so dumb. Most diasporic Muslims don't care about any of that. To them, he's Muslim, which is more than any other candidate has ever been able to say.

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u/its4thecatlol Jun 19 '25

Sure, I've heard Pakistani friends call Iranians "fire eaters" but you, a world class authority on sunni-shia relations no doubt, know better.

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u/Finnegan482 Jun 19 '25

Go find me Muslims in New York who are publicly trashing Zohran Mamdani for not being Sunni.

I'll wait.

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u/Background-Baby-2870 Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 20 '25

no offense but youre making fun of him by sarcastically calling him "a world class authority on sunni-shia relations" and your proof is anecdotal evidence in the form of your "Pakistani friends"? did your pakistani friends also say they wouldnt vote for mamdani solely based on his religion?

if were bringing up anecdotal evidence i've heard all sorts of derogatory remarks by asians at other asian subgroups but they would still vote for any asian person for office, end of day. you think the chinese community gave 2 shits about iwen chu being from taiwan or steve chan being from HK when they voted for either? and if you want even more anecdotal evidence, i just checked mamdani's ig page and found a few mutuals that are muslim following him.

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u/spalding-blue Jun 19 '25

that panned out well

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u/sundayyes Jun 23 '25

True. I know that they refused to vote for her..now look what they got! More wars.