Thanks to New York City’s public campaign finance system, Zohran Mamdani was able to defeat the moneyed and powerful Cuomo political dynasty. He was victorious despite record-shattering political spending from Andrew Cuomo’s fundraising apparatus.

For former governor Andrew Cuomo’s corporate allies and ultrawealthy megadonors, purchasing New York City’s 2025 mayoral race should have been business as usual. But thanks to the city’s little-celebrated public campaign finance system, Zohran Mamdani, a thirty-four-year-old democratic socialist and state assembly member, was able to defeat the moneyed and powerful Cuomo political dynasty. And he was victorious despite record-shattering political spending from the former governor’s fundraising apparatus, including the biggest super PAC in New Yo

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