US EditionBillionaires Pour $18.7M Into Efforts to Stop Mamdani
- On Wednesday, Michael Bloomberg donated $1.5 million to a pro-Cuomo group and praised Cuomo's experience, writing, `Being mayor of New York City is the second toughest job in America, and the next mayor will face immense challenges.`
- Billionaire donors, led by Michael Bloomberg, have contributed $18.7 million to outside groups, with $18.4 million going to Cuomo‑aligned super PACs, ATFAF found.
- A Quinnipiac University poll found Zohran Mamdani at 43% support and Andrew Cuomo at 33% among likely voters, while early voting, which began Saturday, has seen nearly 225,000 ballots cast as of Monday.
- Financial filings show Bloomberg's $1.5 million went to Fix The City, which ran anti‑Zohran Mamdani ads, while pro‑Cuomo bundlers sought donations Wednesday to mobilize older New Yorkers for turnout above 1.5 million.
- Bloomberg had largely stayed on the sidelines until this week but reportedly met Zohran Mamdani once after the primary and has a history of tension with Cuomo.
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Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York City is one of the highest-profile victories for a socialist candidate in American history. In the “capital of capitalism”—the largest city in the most powerful imperialist country on earth—over one million people voted for a self-described democratic socialist, in what The New York Times correctly described as a “surge of anti-establishment discontent.” The significance of this political earthquake…
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