Talk Mayor to Me: Bed-Stuy and Mott Haven
Voters over the age of 55 have flocked to the polls during early voting. What does this mean for the two leading candidates? We visited Bed-Stuy and Mott Haven to find out.
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Voters over the age of 55 have flocked to the polls during early voting. What does this mean for the two leading candidates? We visited Bed-Stuy and Mott Haven to find out.
As early voting begins, we visited some neighborhoods where Andrew Cuomo performed well during the primary. Are they still Cuomo strongholds? Or has Zohran Mamdani gained ground?
"See number seven?" one man asked me. "No sweat. Looks good." This was the kind of strategic thinking of the betting man that I had come to the racetrack to find.
We talked to voters at the Parkchester Islamic Center in the Bronx, the B'nai Jeshurun synagogue on the Upper West Side, and the First Baptist Church of Crown Heights.
"I was at work and I was telling [my coworker], 'Yo, I'm really gonna vote this time. This is some serious shit."
Liberty fans and Mets fans sound off on their picks for mayor.
"I'm not down with Eric Adams, not down with Cuomo. As far as everyone else? TBD."
"You know, all the politicians have a dark side."