Elections NYC mayoral race

[Hog-train]

Apparently Eric Adams is running again as an independent.

Honestly I'd rather have Adams over Mamdani if he keeps the ICE cooperation with prisons.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-launches-reelection-bid-independent-2025-06-26/

 

[Fedorisbest]

Glad I left the 12yrs back

 

[SurferH2O]

You keep calling him antisemitic but what had he said or done that makes you so certain he's antisemitic?

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

And you are not very close to getting it at all. Why do you think a place that is losing population would have such a high cost of living? These are the reasons people give for leaving, and it is much more than just the rent.

High costs of living, crime, homelessness, high taxes, and quality of life issues are the main reasons people are leaving San Francisco in large numbers.

every single one of those things is either high cost of living itself or the consequences of high cost of living.

And like I said, you just support it anyway, so not sure why you wanted me to "show you where he said that" like there was any chance you'd disagree with it after I did.

but you didn't. because you can't. you say "he wants criminals out on the street" because he thinks prostitution and drug sales should be legal and regulated, which is honestly a libertarian position. that's shit gary johnson and ron paul were calling for over a decade ago.

Decriminalizing public drug use certainly solved the problem in San Francisco. Luckily, sane people have higher standards than you and don't consider places with junkies everywhere to be nice places.

yeah except for almost all of the richest human beings in tech lol

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

intifada is literally arabic for "rebellion"

jan 6th was an intifada.

 

[SurferH2O]

intifada is literally arabic for "rebellion"

jan 6th was an intifada.

We know what it means... and that statement makes him an anti-Semite.

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

We know what it means... and that statement makes him an anti-Semite.

no you don't, apparently. this statement makes you a retard.

 

[nostradumbass]

every single one of those things is either high cost of living itself or the consequences of high cost of living.

but you didn't. because you can't. you say "he wants criminals out on the street" because he thinks prostitution and drug sales should be legal and regulated, which is honestly a libertarian position. that's shit gary johnson and ron paul were calling for over a decade ago.

yeah except for almost all of the richest human beings in tech lol

High taxes and junkies shooting up and shitting on the sidewalk are the consequences of high cost of living?



I said he doesn't want to punish criminals, then provided you with a partial list of crimes he doesn't want enforced, then said he wants to allows drugs and prostitution on the streets, and provided you from his own list where he wants to decriminalize public drug use, and the law against loitering for prostitution and legalize prostitution.

Here are some of the other crimes for which he supports automatic same day release with no bail.

-Manslaughter in the second degree
• Aggravated vehicular homicide
• Criminally negligent homicide
• Assault in the third degree
• Aggravated vehicular assault
• Making a terroristic threat
• Criminal possession ofa gun on school grounds/criminal possession ofa firearm
• Criminal sale ofa firearm to a minor
• Arson in the third and fourth degree
• Money laundering in support of terrorism in the third and fourth degree
• Promoting or possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child
• Aggravated cruelty to animals, overdriving, torturing and injuring animals, animal fighting
• Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree
• Coercion in the first degree
• Grand larceny in the first degree
• Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first and second degree
• Criminal sale ofa controlled substance in the first and second degree, or near/on school grounds
• Specified felony drug offenses involving the use of children, including the use ofa child to commit a
controlled substance offense and criminal sale ofa controlled substance to a child
• Criminal solicitation in the first degree and criminal facilitation in the first degree
• Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone
• Failure to register as a sex offender
• Obstructing governmental administration in the first and second degree, or by means ofa self-
defense spray device
• Bribery and bribe receiving in the first degree, bribe giving for public office
• Promoting prison contraband in the first and second degree
• Resisting arrest
• Hindering prosecution
• Tampering with a juror and tampering with physical evidence
• Aggravated harassment in the first degree
• Directing a laser at an aircraft in the first degree
• Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree
• Enterprise corruption and money laundering in the first degree


I mean you're arguing that housing projects are incredible places to live and that San Francisco is a well run city, so it's not exactly a wonder that you've never convinced anybody of anything on here who wasn't already a far left nutjob.

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

High taxes and junkies shooting up and shitting on the sidewalk are the consequences of high cost of living?

yes. poverty correlates with addiction and crime almost in perfect harmony, according to every study ever done. surely you knew that.

I said he doesn't want to punish criminals, then provided you with a partial list of crimes he doesn't want enforced

so they wouldn't be crimes. and those people wouldn't be criminals. right.

then said he wants to allows drugs and prostitution on the streets

well no. he wants them legalized so they AREN'T on the streets. kinda the opposite.

and provided you from his own list where he wants to decriminalize public drug use, and the law against loitering for prostitution and legalize prostitution.

right. so not crimes.

Here are some of the other crimes for which he supports automatic same day release with no bail.

-Manslaughter in the second degree
• Aggravated vehicular homicide
• Criminally negligent homicide
• Assault in the third degree
• Aggravated vehicular assault
• Making a terroristic threat
• Criminal possession ofa gun on school grounds/criminal possession ofa firearm
• Criminal sale ofa firearm to a minor
• Arson in the third and fourth degree
• Money laundering in support of terrorism in the third and fourth degree
• Promoting or possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child
• Aggravated cruelty to animals, overdriving, torturing and injuring animals, animal fighting
• Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree
• Coercion in the first degree
• Grand larceny in the first degree
• Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first and second degree
• Criminal sale ofa controlled substance in the first and second degree, or near/on school grounds
• Specified felony drug offenses involving the use of children, including the use ofa child to commit a
controlled substance offense and criminal sale ofa controlled substance to a child
• Criminal solicitation in the first degree and criminal facilitation in the first degree
• Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone
• Failure to register as a sex offender
• Obstructing governmental administration in the first and second degree, or by means ofa self-
defense spray device
• Bribery and bribe receiving in the first degree, bribe giving for public office
• Promoting prison contraband in the first and second degree
• Resisting arrest
• Hindering prosecution
• Tampering with a juror and tampering with physical evidence
• Aggravated harassment in the first degree
• Directing a laser at an aircraft in the first degree
• Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree
• Enterprise corruption and money laundering in the first degree

surely there's a source for this.

I mean you're arguing that housing projects are incredible places to live

i said they are incredible in what they provide. i'm not pretending they're all penthouse suites at Caesar's.

and that San Francisco is a well run city

quote where i said that.

so it's not exactly a wonder that you've never convinced anybody of anything on here who wasn't already a far left nutjob.

concession happily noted.

 

[Zazen]

This is the real issue... Self Loathing White Liberals showed up for this lunatic

Blue Collar workers and minority groups voted for Cuomo.

They've experience what "Defund the Police" actually does to their communities.

Asians aren’t minorities?

 

[F1980]

I hope he wins only because of the entertainment for the next few years

 

[Zazen]

It’s crazy that MAGA stands behind a president that has pissed off all of our allies, crypto scams his own voting base, does unconstitutional things daily, sends innocent people to concentration camps, illegally bombs Iran, divides us more than ever, guts organizations that have helped Americans and people around the world, tanks the economy, has not led us to good job growth, etc and y’all worried about this one brown dude like he’s the one going to tear civilization all down. It’s fucking unbelievable.

 

[NoSmilez]

It’s crazy that MAGA stands behind a president that has pissed off all of our allies, crypto scams his own voting base, does unconstitutional things daily, sends innocent people to concentration camps, illegally bombs Iran, divides us more than ever, guts organizations that have helped Americans and people around the world, tanks the economy, has not led us to good job growth, etc and y’all worried about this one brown dude like he’s the one going to tear civilization all down. It’s fucking unbelievable.

Mamdami exists because the candidates from both sides in NYC are so shit.

 

[nostradumbass]

yes. poverty correlates with addiction and crime almost in perfect harmony, according to every study ever done. surely you knew that.

so they wouldn't be crimes. and those people wouldn't be criminals. right.

well no. he wants them legalized so they AREN'T on the streets. kinda the opposite.

right. so not crimes.

surely there's a source for this.

i said they are incredible in what they provide. i'm not pretending they're all penthouse suites at Caesar's.

quote where i said that.



concession happily noted.

First you thought a mayor could implement socialized medicine, and now you think mayors decide state and federal laws? Mayors don't get to decide what is or isn't a crime under state law, he is talking about enforcement and punishment of things that are crimes.

Yeah, no shit it "correlates". Who would have thought that people who shoot heroin all day run into problems getting great jobs?

And the source is the NY state senate website.

https://www.nysenate.gov/sites/default/files/press-release/attachment/cash_bail_pdf_2.pdf

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

First you thought a mayor could implement socialized medicine, and now you think mayors decide state and federal laws?

no i don't and didn't. we went over this. keep reaching.

Mayors don't get to decide what is or isn't a crime under state law, he is talking about enforcement and punishment of things that are crimes.

well yes and no. he can absolutely decriminalize certain things within NYC city limits. should the state or fed want to pursue, they absolutely can and would likely win a battle with the mayor on city law, if it got there. on petty crimes like prostitution or possession of a gram of cocaine, the state wouldn't waste funds in court.

Yeah, no shit it "correlates". Who would have thought that people who shoot heroin all day run into problems getting great jobs?

so you recognize poverty exacerbates crime and you're still surprised incredibly expensive places to live have high crime rates? not only that, but you also refuse to recognize that curbing the cost of living would inherently reduce crime?

And the source is the NY state senate website.

https://www.nysenate.gov/sites/default/files/press-release/attachment/cash_bail_pdf_2.pdf

i don't see zohran's name here. maybe you can help me out.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

I think it's absolutely amazing. Voting in a socialist is exactly what New York needs.

This guy will send you to the gulag if you're manspreading but you can get out of it if you prove you were doing it while being an illegal immigrant or a homeless person who was just done raping somebody in the subway, because "violence is a colonial construct".

 

[ShadowRun]

Asians aren’t minorities?

Not according to Harvard

 

[Contempt]

This guy will send you to the gulag if you're manspreading but you can get out of it if you prove you were doing it while being an illegal immigrant or a homeless person who was just done raping somebody in the subway, because "violence is a colonial construct".

Dude, I don't live in New York... I just want the free entertainment of watching the place self destruct from a distance

 

[Fox by the Sea]

Dude, I don't live in New York... I just want the free entertainment of watching the place self destruct from a distance

i kinda don't. i love NY, it has (had) a very unique, beautiful vibe. a world class city where i loved coming back again and again. maybe i am biased cause it mostly means Manhattan to me. i fear it will just turn into a shithole. against the advice of friends i used to use the subway, which was fine until about 2016, but last time i used it, in 2019, it just turned into a den of vile homeless people.

bolsheviks like this dude cannot build anything, they can just sell the bricks from buildings made by better men. i am sorry about what will come.

 

[Contempt]

i kinda don't. i love NY, it has (had) a very unique, beautiful vibe. a world class city where i loved coming back again and again. maybe i am biased cause it mostly means Manhattan to me. i fear it will just turn into a shithole. against the advice of friends i used to use the subway, which was fine until about 2016, but last time i used it, in 2019, it just turned into a den of vile homeless people.

bolsheviks like this dude cannot build anything, they can just sell the bricks from buildings made by better men. i am sorry about what will come.

I honestly hope the thing that will come from this is a lesson... but people are just fucking dumb so I shouldn't be holding my breath there... At least it'll be entertaining.