“Last Tuesday night, me and Margo and Bill Ackman sat together with the president for two hours,” John Catsimatidis said. “And he was really worried if Mamdani gets elected, that it's going to create a crisis in New York City. He needs common sense to prevail in New York.”

the tidal wave of racist anti-Muslim sentiment directed at Zohran Mamdani and not to mention the weird & poisonous sectarian posturing by Cuomo’s campaign is truly stunning and worth serious news coverage.

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker. And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows. No more.

Laughing along as a Muslim candidate is smeared as a potential terrorist sympathizer fuels fear, division and Islamophobia. Jewish leaders and public figures should be condemning such bigotry, not amplifying it.

Just spoke to Cuomo by phone. Here is his response: “I think Mamdani has created great fear among the Jewish community and many other communities. He is affirmatively offensive. It has nothing to do with his being Muslim. It has to do with what he says.”

Cuomo, talking to conservative radio host Sid Rosenberg this morning: "God forbid, another 9/11—can you imagine Mamdani in the seat?" Cuomo asks. "He'd be cheering," Rosenberg says. Cuomo paused and chuckled before saying: "That's another problem."

Got an anti-Mamdani push poll that gauges support on things he’s actually proposed — like a millionaires tax and arresting Netanyahu — mixed with Islamophobic (and antisemitic?!) talking points like “making halal mandatory” and “restarting” the long ago done “Ground Zero mosque”

A new TV ad from a big business-funded super PAC plays up the fear, placing "JIHAD ON NYC" over Mamdani's face. Justification is that Wahhaj used the word "jihad" decades ago when calling for Muslims to non-violently march in NYC to protest the killing of Muslims in Bosnia.