Thread by @admcrlsn

Now that the Adams drama is behind us, and with less than four weeks to go until early voting, I’d like to see:

1) A renewed focus on Cuomo’s handling of nursing homes during COVID & on him seeking retribution against some of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct

https://twitter.com/npfandos/status/1972347813444173850

2) Mamdani pressed on specifically how he would work with the state legislature & Hochul to get funding for his top priorities

3) A real debate about education policy (mayoral control, etc.)

4) The candidates answer specifically what they’d do differently than Adams on housing

5) The candidates put some names forward of people they’d consider for deputy mayor (the people that actually run the day to day of the city)

6) Cuomo pressed on his legal work defending Netanyahu against the ICC

7) Just more policy meat from Mamdani in general. Beyond what’s on his website, I’d like to see him pressed more often (& pressed for more details) at the (very legitimate!) criticisms of some of his hallmark policies (free buses, freezing rent for rent stabilized units, etc.)

8) Specific plans for how NYC would make up the budget shortfall if Trump fully cut off federal funds to NYC.

9) Specific plans for how how you’d respond (beyond just “fight back” and “sue”) and how you’d protect our most vulnerable people if Trump sends the National Guard here

10) A real discussion about public safety. Specifically:

— What made Mamdani see the NYPD in a different light from 5 years ago

— What the real world models are for his Dept for Community Safety

— How Cuomo would pay for 5,000 more cops & where he would allocate them with dept

Anyway, it’s past time for some grown up conversations.