Overview

• The editorial board declined to endorse anyone, explicitly urging voters to omit Mamdani from each of their five ranked-choice slots.
• It criticized Mamdani’s lack of governing experience and his calls for rent freezes, government-run grocery stores and reduced policing as unsuited to the city’s needs.
• While acknowledging Cuomo’s accomplishments on minimum wage hikes, paid family leave and infrastructure projects, the board flagged his ethics record, nursing home controversies and harassment allegations.
• Polls show Cuomo and Mamdani leading the Democratic field with City Comptroller Brad Lander highlighted as a more tempered alternative.
• Early voting opened June 14 ahead of the June 24 primary, using NYC’s ranked-choice system that lets voters list up to five preferences.