Far-left rabble-rousing democratic socialist and antisemite Zohran Mamdani is projected to win in the New York City mayoral election, capping off a stunning rise to prominence and power, and closing the most fierce and contentious mayoral race the city has experienced in decades.
Mamdani, who stunned the political establishment by winning the Democratic primary in June, faced off primarily against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa, who played spoiler in the race and might have to deal with New York City’s anger toward him for doing so until the end of his days. Sliwa was urged, begged, and pleaded with by Republicans to drop out of the race to give Cuomo a fighting chance, but he refused, choosing instead to go down as an infamous figure in New York City’s history.
Cuomo, meanwhile, made a huge push in the final weeks of the race. His poll numbers increasingly improved against Mamdani, with the final AtlasIntel poll before Election Day showing just a 4.5 margin between the two candidates – and a Cuomo win in a head-to-head matchup with the socialist. Ultimately, the last-minute surge wasn’t enough for the former governor.
As NYC prepares to move forward after a Mamdani mayoralty, the community must not forget that “Rabbi” Moshe Indig of Satmar (Aharonim) endorsed a candidate who ran on virulent anti‑Jewish rhetoric and refused to retract his hateful statements.
His endorsement was a betrayal that imperils Jewish safety in the city. Satmar’s public distancing is insufficient — he must be removed from positions of influence and prevented from holding any role that involves making decisions for Klal Yisrael. A person who aided in elevating an avowed antisemite should never again exercise authority over our community.
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If you voted for this crook you must stay in New York and not drive up the real estate prices elsewhere.
I didn’t see the breakdown by district However it’s obvious that the minority communities are to blame for this. They vote by skin color and party even if it’s detrimental to them. Look at the city council most of them are rabbis leftist’s from those communities. The Jews on the other hand started off as Franklin Democrats but have matured to vote what is for our benefit.
Why put a smiling pic of this mamzer on this site? I suppose, since he unfortunately received thousands of Jewish votes, it’s okay.
He will defund the police who we need to help fight crime, and yes, in our neighborhoods too, a big win for Netura Karta, a big win for antisemitism, and yes, a big win for the increase and the approval for more ze’nus, and the list goes on and on.
Just my thoughts.
Enough with the reckless attacks on our precious community.
Rabbi Moshe Indig Shlit”a did what responsible leaders have always done — he engaged the system to protect a vulnerable community. Real askanim know: you speak to whoever holds power, not because you agree, but because you care about your people.
When the man was almost certainly going to win, what exactly was your plan — move the chadarim and families out of the city? We don’t run from challenges; we navigate them with seichel and responsibility.
To call that a “betrayal” is hypocrisy at its worst. When others build political bridges, it’s called strategy. When a Chassidic Yid does it, suddenly it’s treason? Nonsense — we call that shteesim.
Let’s be clear: Rabbi Indig is an adam choshuv, a tzaddik, and a meoser nefesh for the klal — a diamond in our midst, whose every day is spent helping others. To publicly disgrace such a man is shameful. To be mevayesh berabim a leader who has lifted up thousands is no small aveirah. The author of that article should tremble before the weight of what those words cost him.
Engagement is not endorsement. Dialogue is not betrayal. And if you truly care about Klal Yisrael, step out from behind your keyboard and come meet the people you’re attacking. You’ll be amazed by the ahava, chesed, and chochmah you find behind those doors.
He won comfortably. Even if it was a two-person race against Cuomo, he still would have won. It appears the Democrats had a very good day, and the Republicans should worry about what will happen in 2026 and 2028.
Based on past experiences, the Democrats will move left while the Republicans would move to the center, but Trump is not a typical politician, so he may stay “100% MAGA” and alienate enough of the traditional (cf: Reagan, Eisenhower, Bushes) Republican coalition to allow for a socialist takeover of the government (which would be very bad for frum Jews, and an existential threat to the Israelis).
“As NYC prepares to move forward after a Mamdani mayoralty, the community must not forget that “Rabbi” Moshe Indig of Satmar (Aharonim) endorsed a candidate who ran on virulent anti‑Jewish rhetoric and refused to retract his hateful statements.”
Yaakov Avinu taught us how to live in galus and how to deal with Esav (or his son-in-law, in this case). It is also a peleh that anyone could have endorsed Antiochus.
Moving forward, thanks to his askanus and shtadlanus, at least he will have the ear of the administration, having followed the Torah’s advice of how to conduct ourselves in galus (regardless of for whom you think he should have voted).
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“Engagement is not endorsement”
Indig didn’t “engage”.
He endorsed.
He’s an evil rasha. And thank you YWN for saying it publicly.
Looks like the future of New York will be like London R”L. Another reminder from HKBH that with all that was built in New York over the last century we remain in Golus. We must prepare to move on and not wait until things become dire. So sad for all that was invested into the infrastructure of the frum communities.