It should have been sufficient

Sent to The New York Times November 9, 2025

To the editor:

The fact that Zoran Mamdani never had a real job in his life and gave no evidence of being able to manage New York City should have been sufficient to prevent anyone interested in the future of the city from voting for him.

The fact that his agenda, if put into effect, would bankrupt New York and drive away its most productive residents should have been sufficient to prevent any intelligent person from voting for him.

The fact that he is a committed socialist and, to put it euphemistically, socialism has been an abject failure everywhere it's been tried, should have been sufficient to prevent any sane voter from giving him his or her vote.

The fact that he refuses to publicly recognize that Hamas is a barbaric terrorist group supported by America's worst enemies whose values irreconcilably conflict with American values and which must be disarmed should have been sufficient to prevent any American citizen who loves our country from voting for him.

The fact that he falsely proclaims Israel, that tiny democracy which shares most of America's cherished values and is our only reliable friend and ally in the Middle East, to be committing genocide, the very crime to which Hamas is committed by its charter, and shares Hamas' goal of destroying the world's only Jewish state, should have been sufficient to repulse every individual with any moral conscience.

Not long ago, nobody would have taken the candidacy of anyone with his lack of experience, damaging political agenda and moral shortcomings seriously

With his election, I fear the city in which I was born, grew up and was educated and which I have always loved, is now on the eve of destruction.

Sincerely,

Alan Stein, Ph.D.

Newton, Massachusetts and Netanya, Israel

The writer, a native New Yorker, is President Emeritus of PRIMER-Connecticut and founder of PRIMER-Massachusetts and PRIMER-Israel (Promoting Responsibility in Middle East Reporting). He and his wife now split their time between Newton, Massachusetts and Netanya, Israel.


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