An attendee asked Cuomo directly if he or his team was in conversation with the White House about how Trump might influence the race. Cuomo didn’t directly deny it this time.
“Let’s put it this way: I knew the president very well,” Cuomo said. “I believe there’s a big piece of him that actually wants redemption in New York. He feels that he was rejected by New York. We voted for Hillary Clinton. Bill de Blasio took his name off things. So I believe there will be opportunities to actually cooperate with him. I also believe that he’s not going to want to fight with me in New York if he can avoid it.”
“We can minimize (the Sliwa) vote, because he’ll never be a serious candidate,” Cuomo told the crowd at a Hamptons fundraiser Saturday, according to audio obtained by Playbook. “And Trump himself, as well as top Republicans, will say the goal is to stop Mamdani. And you’ll be wasting your vote on Sliwa. So I feel good about that.”
ranked choice voting
Pretty sure the general isn’t ranked choice
~~https://www.vote.nyc/RankedChoiceVoting~~
> New York City will use ranked choice voting for Primary and Special Elections for the offices of Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough President and City Council, due to an amendment in the City Charter approved by voters in 2019.as @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone has rightly corrected me:
https://www.vote.nyc/RankedChoiceVoting
(and the actual mayoral election is a general election, so not a primary or a special election)
That says primary and special. I thought this was part of the November general ballot?
yup you’re right! i’ve updated all my comments. i misunderstood
Whoa. Hats off to you mate. I honestly wasn’t sure and appreciate you doing the legwork