Zohran Mamdani’s win wasn’t the only race last week or even in the past few years where pro-Israel money and arguments failed. The Israel lobby’s power rests on appearing more fearsome than it actually is.
The Super PAC they funded, Fix the City, spent more than $22 million on the mayoral race and the mayoral race only. It ended up being responsible for effectively half (49.5 percent) of all the outside spending in every single race, in a year with dozens of candidates and all fifty-one city council seats on the ballot. Another pro-Israel super PAC, Sensible City, Inc., spent more than $100,000 opposing Zohran Mamdani. All told, pro-Cuomo forces raised a staggering combined total of $35 million, making the pro-Mamdani side’s $9 million look measly.
It’s disgusting that we allow this political corruption, but we do.
It’s disgusting that we allow this political corruption, but we do.