Tim Donnelly

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NYC journalist and other words; co-owner of The New York Groove. (Subscribe today! https://nygroove.nyc). Co-founder of Vocabaret. Formerly NY Post, Lifehacker, Brokelyn and so forth.

There are other issues to consider beyond just the attention span. Greer pointed out that it’s already expensive for candidates to get their message out to voters; that cost will only increase if candidates are competing with national mailers and television ad space, she said.

Siegel said that the city’s mayor benefits from being elected off-cycle from other politicians; a new mayor can use their win as leverage for wins for the city. Think about a potential newly elected Mayor Mamdani, fresh off an electoral victory with the wind at his back: he has the chance to go lobby Gov. Kathy Hochul for things that he wants to do; Hochul, who is facing reelection next year, has incentive to cooperate to win the city’s voters next year. Taking away that leverage would, Siegel said, be “really fucking stupid,” and “greatly weaken the city.”