New York, I Love You, but You’re Bringing Me Down

On Saturday, the United States dropped bunker-busters on the Iranian nuclear program. Three days later, the Iranians retaliated by winning the New York City Democratic mayoral primary. Who says blowback isn’t real?

You likely already read the news last night when I pounded out the first draft of history in the making: Andrew Cuomo’s career has ended in defeat, as he was squarely upset in the Democratic primary for mayor of the city by young progressive Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani — a heretofore unknown anti-Israel activist with four years as a state assemblyman and zero other work experience to his name — won by such a convincing margin in the first round of ranked-choice voting that Cuomo immediately conceded the race to him.

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Jeffrey Blehar

Jeffrey Blehar is a National Review staff writer living in Chicago. He is also the co-host of National Review’s Political Beats podcast, which explores the great music of the modern era with guests from the political world happy to find something non-political to talk about.

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On Saturday, the United States dropped bunker-busters on the Iranian nuclear program. Three days later, the Iranians retaliated by winning the New York City Democratic mayoral primary. Who says blowback isn’t real?

You likely already read the news last night when I pounded out the first draft of history in the making: Andrew Cuomo’s career has ended in defeat, as he was squarely upset in the Democratic primary for mayor of the city by young progressive Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani — a heretofore unknown anti-Israel activist with four years as a state assemblyman and zero other work experience to his name — won by such a convincing margin in the first round of ranked-choice voting that Cuomo immediately conceded the race to him.

JB

About the Author

Jeffrey Blehar

Jeffrey Blehar is a National Review staff writer living in Chicago. He is also the co-host of National Review’s Political Beats podcast, which explores the great music of the modern era with guests from the political world happy to find something non-political to talk about.