The New York Times delivered a blistering rebuke of Zohran Mamdani as he surges in the polls of the city’s Democratic mayoral primary scheduled for June 24.

The Times’ editorial board, which no longer issues endorsements, instead offered “advice” in what it called a “vexing” race for mayor, urging New Yorkers to leave Mamdani off their rank choice ballot, while painting a dark portrait of the city.

“Many longtime New Yorkers have had a sinking feeling at some point in the past decade,” the Times editorial began, while noting a rise in crime, decreased achievement in schools and a flattening population. “They have worried that their city was heading back to the bad old days of the 1970s and ’80s. … Still, New Yorkers deserve better than the status quo.”

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