As Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Eric Adams continued to hammer Zohran Mamdani over his policing policies, the Democratic nominee for mayor sought to focus on his proposal for universal childcare.
The competing messages amounted to an early test of whether voters’ views have shifted in the wake of last week’s mass shooting — or whether Mamdani’s winning primary campaign centered on affordability will resonate with a broader electorate that includes over 1 million independent voters.
Speaking at an event in Manhattan with Sen. Elizabeth Warren and DC37, the city’s largest municipal union, Mamdani pledged to deliver on universal childcare if elected mayor…