{"id":2449984,"date":"2025-06-20T17:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T21:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-calls-out-high-spending-in-nyc-mayoral-race\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T17:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T21:22:10","slug":"bernie-sanders-calls-out-high-spending-in-nyc-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-calls-out-high-spending-in-nyc-mayoral-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders calls out high spending in NYC mayoral race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbernie-sanders-calls-out-high-spending-in-nyc-mayoral-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2449984&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent statement, Senator Bernie Sanders expressed concern over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-continues-campaign-against-marijuana-measure\/\" title=\"DeSantis continues ... against marijuana measure\">meaningful financial backing<\/a> from billionaire super PACs in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, particularly aimed at defeating socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani. Sanders highlighted the $8.3 million contribution from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg to super PACs supporting ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo. He argued that the wealth of these interests poses a challenge to candidates focused on representing working families, urging voters to mobilize and support Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani, who has received endorsements from Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is campaigning on progressive policies including free childcare and public transportation, funded by increased taxes on the wealthy. In response to the financial imbalance with Cuomo, Mamdani has called for the city&#8217;s finance board to lift spending limits on his campaign, which currently restricts his budget while his opponent benefits from a large influx of money.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, some business leaders, including Trump supporter Bill Ackman, have threatened to leave the city if Mamdani wins, citing concerns for New York&#8217;s economic future. Polls indicate a competitive race,with Cuomo currently leading in some metrics. The outcome may hinge on Mamdani&#8217;s ability to secure additional funding and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-house-speaker-enters-crowded-primary-field-to-replace-romney-in-senate\/\" title=\"Utah House speaker joins crowded primary race for Romney&#039;s Senate seat.\">rally grassroots support<\/a> against the substantial backing for Cuomo.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bernie Sanders calls out high spending in NYC mayoral race as Bloomberg unloads cash<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2153982\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Socialist Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) on Friday sounded the alarm on how much &ldquo;billionaire super PACs&rdquo; are spending in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3448290\/nypd-zohran-mamdani-hate-crime-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York&rsquo;s <\/a>Democratic mayoral primary.<\/p>\n<p>The post appeared to refer to PACs supporting former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and that are funded in large part by former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3437444\/bloomberg-endorsement-cuomo-nyc-mayor-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mayor Michael Bloomberg,<\/a> who has contributed $8.3 million to the effort to elect Cuomo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3448766\/mamdani-israel-beliefs-endorsement-agreement-brad-lander\/\">Mamdani&#8217;s Israel beliefs strain endorsement agreement with Brad Lander<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3448919\/democrat-jim-himes-praises-trump-two-week-deadline-iran-strikes\/\">Democrat Jim Himes given &#8216;comfort&#8217; by Trump&#8217;s two-week deadline on Iran strikes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3448587\/karen-read-case-county-district-attorney-race\/\">Karen Read case draws attention to county district attorney race<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Why are billionaire super PACs spending millions to defeat <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZohranKMamdani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">@ZohranKMamdani<\/a> for Mayor of NYC?&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BernieSanders\/status\/1936116082730844568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he said in a post on X<\/a>.&nbsp;&ldquo;Not complicated. They&rsquo;re afraid of a mayor who will take on powerful special interests and represent working families. They have the money.&nbsp;We have the people. Let&rsquo;s get out and vote.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders has backed state assemblyman and fellow socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor, as has &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsausa.org\/blog\/aoc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">socialist superstar<\/a>&rdquo; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Sanders said in a statement that Mamdani was running an &ldquo;inspirational&rdquo; campaign and was a &ldquo;visionary&rdquo; leader.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bloomberg is leading the anti-Mamdani effort with loads of cash directed at electing Cuomo, whom he has endorsed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I care deeply about the future of our city, and since leaving office, it has been difficult to watch its struggles, especially since the pandemic,&rdquo; Bloomberg said in a statement. &ldquo;In sizing up the field in the race for mayor, there is one candidate whose management experience and government know-how stand above the others: Andrew Cuomo.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg&rsquo;s differences with Mamdani, who has expressed anti-Israel views on top of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-he-wont-sign-bipartisan-infrastructure-package-without-reconciliation-bill\/\" title=\"Biden Says He Won\u2019t Sign Bipartisan Infrastructure Package Without Reconciliation Bill\">progressive plan<\/a> to make child care and buses free in the city, likely motivated him to get involved. He also plans to fund his programs by raising taxes on rich New Yorkers and increasing the corporate tax rate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The billionaires are consolidating around Andrew Cuomo because they know he will preserve the broken status quo,&rdquo; a Mamdani campaign spokesman<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/politics\/how-cuomo-landed-rare-michael-bloomberg-endorsement-mayor\/6297875\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> said after the endorsement<\/a>. &ldquo;New Yorkers are rallying behind Zohran Mamdani because they are ready for a new generation of leadership that puts working people first.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani has asked the city&rsquo;s finance board to lift the spending limit for candidates in the race so his campaign can compete with the Cuomo-linked super PAC Fix the City, which has raised $24 million and spent $16 million.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, I&rsquo;m calling on the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCCFB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">@NYCCFB<\/a> to lift the spending cap on our campaign as Andrew Cuomo&rsquo;s Republican billionaire SuperPAC&mdash;the largest in city history&mdash;tries to interfere in our democracy,&rdquo; Mamdani said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZohranKMamdani\/status\/1936069820249686191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post on X<\/a>. &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t let rich donors silence the voices of working people. We refuse to let this city&rsquo;s future be determined by the whims of the wealthy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If the city&rsquo;s spending cap is lifted, Mamdani will be able to spend around $700,000 more in the race as it currently stands. The cap is $7.9 million, Mamdani has spent $6.3 so far, and he has about $2 million in cash on hand.<\/p>\n<p>Several billionaires, including Trump supporter Bill Ackman, have said they will leave the city if Mamdani is elected.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Mamdani becomes the mayor of New York,&rdquo; Ackman told&nbsp;<em>The Free Press<\/em>, &ldquo;you&rsquo;re going to see the flight of businesses from New York. &hellip; It only takes a handful of successful people to leave to decimate the city&rsquo;s tax base.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3448766\/mamdani-israel-beliefs-endorsement-agreement-brad-lander\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MAMDANI&rsquo;S ISRAEL BELIEFS STRAIN ENDORSEMENT AGREEMENT WITH BRAD LANDER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The extra spending could prove to be the difference in the race between Mamdani and Cuomo, who are considered to be the top competitors in the Democratic mayoral primary.<\/p>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/maristpoll.marist.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Marist-Poll_June-NYC-NOS-and-Tables_202506162130-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marist poll showed Cuomo<\/a> winning in the seventh round of ranked choice voting, 55% to 45%. When <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >including undecided voters<\/a>, the first ranked choice margin goes to 43% for Cuomo and 35% for Mamdani.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2153982\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2153982\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernie Sanders criticizes billionaire spending in NYC mayoral race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2449985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bernie-Sanders.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32175,43137,36618,41802,32171],"class_list":["post-2449984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bernie-sanders","tag-campaign-spending","tag-election-2023","tag-nyc-mayoral-race","tag-political-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bernie-Sanders.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449984"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449988,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449984\/revisions\/2449988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}