Mamdani 'quite content' with NYC primary system as open-primary battle rolls on

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday he is “quite content” with New York City’s current primary system, offering a cool reception to open-primary proposals as a separate court fight seeks to put the issue before voters this fall.

Asked after a transit-related briefing for his position on open primaries — and whether he believes they are intended to prevent candidates like himself from winning office — Mamdani defended the city’s existing rules and argued they do not stand in the way of broader voter participation.

“I am quite content with the system of primaries that we have thus far,” Mamdani said. “I think that we’ve seen it’s a system that’s been in effect for quite some time, and it’s also a system that doesn’t preclude greater participation.”

Mamdani pointed to his own election last year, saying he received more than 1 million votes, “the first time a mayoral candidate had done so in decades.”



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