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Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic nomination for many through an unprecedented grassroots mobilization of largely young volunteers, who knocked doors and pitched their candidate’s simple message: He would take steps to make New York City more affordable to all.
Now with weeks until the general election, his growing ranks of canvassers are going into unfamiliar territory: neighborhoods far from his core strongholds in western Brooklyn and Queens, places where voters are likelier to be homeowners and, above all, where many or most ranked former Gov. Andrew Cuomo their top choice in the primary, from New Dorp to Bath Beach to Ozone Park to Co-op City.
Knocking on doors in Canarsie in Brooklyn, a neighborhood heavy on homeowners that overwhelmingly voted for Cuomo, Mamdani volunteers received instructions on a recent Saturday to listen more than they talked, and to keep their focus on their candidate’s promises for free child care, free buses and a rent freeze for many tenants.
Said one field leader: “Honestly, especially if they don't agree with us, we want those people to leave thinking, ‘I hate his policies, but wow, that was a nice person who knocked.’”
Read more about how Mamdani’s campaign is building an operation on Cuomo’s turf.
Weather ☀️
Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
MTA 🚇
In Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound F trains will skip Avenue P, Avenue N, Bay Pkwy and Avenue I from 9:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, Sept. 30.
By the way…
If Congress doesn’t strike a budget deal by tomorrow, we could face a government shutdown. Here’s what it could mean for services the public depends on.
Mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa appeared at a candidate forum Monday night in Harlem, the first after Adams dropped out and after a bombshell that fell earlier in the day: President Donald Trump threatened to cut off federal funding to New York City if Mamdani is elected.
A proposed Coney Island casino sank with a “no” vote from an advisory panel — but a Bronx gaming hall, adjoining the former Trump golf course, advances toward potential state approval — with a potential $115 million payout to the president’s company.
From our partners at New York Focus: A new and erratically communicated $100 fee for asylum applicants — on threat of deportation from the U.S. — has many immigrants scrambling and confused.
Things To Do
Here are some free and low-cost things to do around the city this week.
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