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DoorDash Spent $1.4M Trying to Stop Mamdani from Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why

349 points · 189 comments · vrganj

  1. Aunche · · focus · HN ↗
    Even though the press likes to give Mamdani all the credit for these types of things, this started with a law passed under DeBlasio, and most of the investigation was done under Adams.
    1. xrd · · focus · HN ↗
      Mamdani deserves credit for taking this all the way.

      Adams was "indicted in September 2024 on federal charges including bribery and wire fraud, accused of accepting over $100,000" from Turkey. He's now an Albanian citizen, because "he loves travel."

      I don't really agree that this judgement would have happened with anyone as mayor. That road is long and paved with gold distractions.

      1. giancarlostoro · · focus · HN ↗
        > taking this all the way.

        How did you arrive to this conclusion?

        1. iaw · · focus · HN ↗
          I think they just explained how corrupt the prior mayor was, this coupled with the disclosure by Mamdani about every prior mayor hiding air safety data after 9/11 paint a damning picture of the priorities of prior NYC mayors in recent memory.
      2. Aunche · · focus · HN ↗
        Yes, the road is long and these sorts of investigations take time. Eric Adams is an old-school, working-class New Yorker. They tend to be corrupt, but they do get stuff done. His administration resolved a $20M Chipotle lawsuit, then launched and resolved a $39M Starbucks lawsuit.
    2. tclancy · · focus · HN ↗
      >most of the investigation was done under Adams.

      Better than about him like the rest of it, I suppose.

    3. devindotcom · · focus · HN ↗
      really we should be giving credit to hammurabi for developing the idea of laws in the first place. where would deblasio be without him??
      1. Aunche · · focus · HN ↗
        Is that the explanation your boss forced you to accept when you did 90% of the work and he took all the credit?
    4. Freedom2 · · focus · HN ↗
      Perhaps we should give credit to Adams' parents for having a child, else the investigation would have never kicked off.
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