{"id":2641654,"date":"2026-08-07T05:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T09:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-house-candidate-paid-for-ads-to-court-new-yorkers-to-move-to-florida\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T05:23:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T09:23:28","slug":"florida-house-candidate-paid-for-ads-to-court-new-yorkers-to-move-to-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-house-candidate-paid-for-ads-to-court-new-yorkers-to-move-to-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida House candidate paid for ads to court New Yorkers to move to Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fflorida-house-candidate-paid-for-ads-to-court-new-yorkers-to-move-to-florida%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=2641654&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>Following Zohran Mamdani\u2019s meaningful primary victory in New York City, a Florida mayor who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >previously spent taxpayer funds<\/a> on ads in New York too attract residents and businesses now criticizes his opponent for moving from Florida to New York, highlighting the political rivalry. Scott Singer, former Boca Raton mayor, condemned his opponent Dan Franzese for relocating from Florida to New York, paralleling Singer\u2019s own efforts to promote Boca Raton as a business-friendly city through extensive advertising, including a $70,000 campaign in Times Square aimed at enticing out-of-state businesses. Singer and Franzese are competing in a primary for Florida\u2019s 25th District; Singer accuses Franzese of being a \u201cpolitical tourist\u201d who has moved multiple times to seek office, while Franzese dismisses Singer as hypocritical, criticizing his record on issues like gun control and climate policies. The campaign also features criticisms over ads paid for by Boca Raton promoting the city as a business hub, with the ultimate winner likely facing Democratic incumbent Jared Moskowitz in a contested general election district.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After socialist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11802\">Zohran Mamdani\u2019s<\/a> primary win in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"286\">New York City,<\/a> a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"159\">Florida<\/a> mayor spent taxpayer dollars on ads in the Big Apple to try to convince people to move to his city. Now, he\u2019s criticizing his opponent for doing exactly that as the two battle for the GOP nomination in a pivotal battleground congressional district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer, who left his role as mayor in March 2026 because of term limits, has slammed his opponent Dan Franzese for moving from Florida to New York, a year after Singer ran nearly $100,000 worth of ads in New York City, urging businesses and disaffected New Yorkers to move to Boca Raton.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4673166\/scott-singer-boca-raton-new-york\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>A Florida House candidate used taxpayer money to invite people to leave New York. Now he\u2019s attacking his opponent for moving from New York to Florida<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4678622\/andy-ogles-charlie-hatcher-tennessee-house-primary\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump-backed Andy Ogles loses GOP primary for Tennessee House seat<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4678673\/justin-pearson-tennessee-house-democratic-primary\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018Tennessee Three\u2019 lawmaker Justin Pearson wins Democratic primary for redrawn 9th District<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, Mamdani\u2019s campaign agenda focused on providing services such as free city bus service, childcare, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mulls-government-owned-grocery-store-as-retailers-bolt-city\/\" title=\"Chicago considers government-owned grocery store as retailers leave ....\">government-run grocery stores<\/a>, and increasing taxes on the wealthy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singer\u2019s largest expenditure came in the form of a $70,000 taxpayer-funded advertising campaign in Times Square to attract out-of-state businesses to relocate. The ad, which included a link and ran from July to September 2025, had received only around 2,600 clicks by last December, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bocaratontribune.com\/bocaratonnews\/2025\/07\/heres-bocas-70k-nyc-billboard-contract\/\">WPTV reported at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIs there even a comparison between <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CityBocaRaton\">@CityBocaRaton<\/a> and NYC? In Boca we look to lower taxes, not raise them,\u201d Singer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScottSingerUSA\/status\/1938648038613963091?s=20\">wrote on X<\/a>, just days after Mamdani won the Democratic primary, hoping to attract New Yorkers adverse to Mamdani\u2019s policies. \u201cWe prioritize public safety and fund our police department. We make it easy to open a business with concierge services. Ping <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BocaDev\">@BocaDev<\/a> to make your next move your best move!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singer and Franzese are in a tough primary to be the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"926\">Republican<\/a> nominee for Florida\u2019s newly redrawn 25th District, as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dishonestdan.com\/\">Singer\u2019s campaign has railed <\/a>against Franzese as a \u201crepeat loser\u201d for previously owing taxes in New York and \u201cjust\u201d moving to Florida from New York. Singer also claims he does not live in his district on a website called \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dishonestdan.com\/\">Dishonest Dan Franzese.<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singer argued that Franzese was just a \u201cpolitical tourist,\u201d pointing to a previous unsuccessful political run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRegarding just moving here from New York: he moved here a few years ago and decided to run against Lois Frankel,\u201d Singer told the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em>\u201cHe was unsuccessful. Now he is carpetbagging into this district, one that he doesn\u2019t live in, for another shot versus another vulnerable Democrat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI was born here, raised here and led here as Boca Raton\u2019s mayor,\u201d he said. \u201cIn fact, I have lived here for more than 40 years and my wife and I are raising our family here.\u00a0I\u2019m a 40-year resident who knows the communities across all three counties firsthand \u2014 not a political tourist in Dan Franzese\u2019s case.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Franzese hit Singer back, calling him a hypocrite.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cScott Singer is shameless,\u201d Franzese told the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> \u201cBecause his record as Boca mayor includes pushing gun control, radical climate policy and Muslim Heritage Month, dishonesty and hypocrisy are his only campaign tactics. It\u2019s no wonder a third of Republicans say they\u2019ll refuse to vote for him if he\u2019s the nominee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city also paid nearly $20,000 to be featured in the New York Yankees magazine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4671275\/remaining-primaries-might-not-be-following-generational-gap-out-with-the-old\/\">UNDER THE RADAR PRIMARY RACES YOU SHOULD BE FOLLOWING THREE MONTHS UNTIL MIDTERM ELECTIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis ad is business focused, designed to raise awareness among decision-makers, particularly CEOs and corporate executives in high-cost urban markets, about the significant financial and lifestyle advantages of doing business in Boca Raton and incentivizing companies to relocate their HQs to our City now or in the future,\u201d the city responded to <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bocaratontribune.com\/bocaratonnews\/2025\/07\/heres-bocas-70k-nyc-billboard-contract\/\">The Boca Raton Tribune<\/a><\/em>. \u201cA discounted ad opportunity was offered to the City during the Mayor\u2019s recent media interviews in the NY\/national market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whoever prevails in this primary will most likely face Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), whose new district is now labeled one of the four Democratic \u201ctoss-up\u201d seats by the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/house-race-ratings\"> nonpartisan Cook Political Report<\/a>, after the state redrew its map.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida mayor criticizes opponent for NYC ads after Mamdani\u2019s win<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2641655,"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\/2026\/08\/image-collage-gz0zn5qnk-1786053509541-e1786055492467.jpg?1786041135&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5113,46846,83814,36622,51379],"class_list":["post-2641654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-florida","tag-migration-trends","tag-new-york-relocation","tag-political-advertising","tag-real-estate-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-collage-gz0zn5qnk-1786053509541-e1786055492467.jpg?1786041135&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641654","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\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2641654"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641658,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641654\/revisions\/2641658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2641655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2641654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2641654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2641654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}