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Municipal Jewish Community
New York
The United States shows support for the mayoral candidate from the Democratic Party who is also a Muslim,
Zohran Mamdani
, ahead of today’s voting, Tuesday (4/11).
New York is home to the largest Jewish community in the US.Last week, dozens of Jewish residents in the city gathered to challenge the narrative of Mamdani’s rival, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who believes the 34-year-old will be a threat to the Jewish community if he wins the mayoral election.
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Wearing blue and yellow T-shirts that read “New York Jews for Zohran”, the majority of members of this community are young people.
Eliza Klein, as the coordinator of an anti-Zionist Jewish organization in New York, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, hopes that the action which took place in Central Park can show that support for Mamdani from the Jewish community is not small, but rather broad support.
Meanwhile, Jewish Voice for Peace Action’s political director, Beth Miller, criticized Cuomo for consistently attacking Mamdani for his pro-Palestinian views during the campaign.He said Cuomo “underestimates the political diversity of the Jewish community” in New York.
“He speaks as if the Jewish community only has one political view and one vote. In fact, that is clearly not true,” Miller was quoted as saying
The New York Times
.
Meanwhile, the political director of Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, Alicia Singham Goodwin, called Cuomo’s narrative “cynical” and actually “disgusting many Jews.”
That Sunday, volunteers also went door-to-door on the Upper West Side, an area with a large Jewish population, to campaign in support of Mamdani.
The Upper West Side area is also the area where Cuomo beat Mamdani in many polling stations in the Democratic Party primaries.
Speaking at a synagogue in the area last week, Cuomo said he was concerned about what he called Mamdani’s “arrogance and antisemitism.”In the final debate on Wednesday, he even accused Mamdani of inciting “a wave of hatred against the Jewish community.”
On Friday, Cuomo also told Jewish outlet The Forward that the Jewish community’s concerns about Mamdani were “extremely high” and that Jewish voters were now more motivated than he had ever seen before.
In response, Mamdani tried to quell the attack.He vowed to protect New York’s Jews and emphasized that antisemitism was a serious problem in the city.In recent weeks, he has also strengthened communications with Jewish leaders.
He added that his position on Israel, which he accused of carrying out genocide in Gaza, was based on his concern for the rights of the Palestinian people.
“I hope to be a mayor for everyone who calls this city home,” he said during last week’s debate.
Opinion surveys show that Jewish voters are more likely to support Cuomo, who is running as an independent, than Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and a democratic socialist.
However, the gap in support varies sharply across surveys.Mamdani also received support from a number of current and former Jewish politicians, including Congressman Jerry Nadler, the longest-serving Jewish member of the US House of Representatives;Brad Lander, New York City treasurer;and Ruth Messinger, former mayoral candidate.
Some Jewish voters who support Mamdani, especially young people, are attracted to his criticism of Israel.Meanwhile, others, including older groups, support him even though they do not agree with this view.
State Sen. Liz Krueger, who accompanied Mamdani on the campaign trail Monday and is also Jewish, said there was no reason for New Yorkers to fear him.
“Regardless of what one might think about his stance on international issues, that is not part of a mayor’s job,” Krueger said.
Poll surveys so far show Mamdani ahead of Cuomo.Based on the latest RealClearPolitics poll on Monday, Mamdani leads with 45.8 percent of the vote, 14.7 points ahead of Cuomo who received 31.1 percent.
Meanwhile, Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa is in third place with 17.3 percent.
Quoted
Al Jazeera,
The mayoral election that has attracted worldwide attention saw a record 735,317 early votes over the past nine days, more than four times the number of early voters in the 2021 election, according to New York City Election Commission data.
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