Zohran Mamdani sponsored a citywide scavenger hunt with a bag of potato chips as the only prize and a photo opportunity at the Little Flower Cafe. The event drew New Yorkers by walking and public transit and emphasized participatory politics with Mamdani saying that politics is something people do rather than possess. Participants described the scavenger hunt as fun, community-building, and a way to learn about the city. Former Governor Andrew Cuomo labeled Mamdani a "dangerous socialist" on Fox News, grouping him with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and warning of consequences for New York City.
Anybody who tries to harsh the mellows of Zohran Mamdani's supporters in New York City at this point would reduce Howdy Doody to toothpicks. There hasn't been a political campaign that's spread this much joy around the city since Jimmy Walker danced all over Fiorello La Guardia and Norman Thomas in 1929. Over the weekend, Mamdani sponsored a scavenger hunt in which the only prize was a bag of potato chipswhich itself was a dig at incumbent Eric Adamsand
Before Mamdani began his multi-hour photo line, he spoke to the press about the goal of the scavenger hunt. As New Yorkers joined us, whether by walking or using public transit, they got to see what has been evident to so many of us for so long, which is that politics is not something that you have. It is something that you do, he said.
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo stopped by a Brooklyn church Sunday and was interviewed on Fox News, where he called Mamdani a dangerous socialist. They are socialists. It's Bernie Sanders, it's AOC, it's Assemblyman Mamdani. And I think it would be a death knell for New York City, and he is dangerous, frankly, Cuomo said.
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