There is a simple formula that has vaulted Zohran Mamdani and countless other heretofore unknowns to Democratic Party prominence (“NYC SOS,” June 25).

It’s not rocket science, but it is the key strategy for transforming a candidate, regardless of background and experience, to the top of big city politics: Flood social media with promises of free stuff.

The Constitution was designed with guardrails to prevent mob rule, but its authors didn’t foresee the overwhelming power of the Internet.

Richard J. Carhidi

Manhattan

We had to see it coming, and now it’s arrived.

Our fears that progressive liberals were slowly but surely taking over our city has been in the back of minds for awhile now.

The verdict arrived with striking clarity as Mamdani won the Democratic primary in a runaway, despite even The New York Times calling him unfit for office.

Now we are left (no pun intended) with the prospect of a damaged Mayor Adams or a novice Curtis Sliwa to save the city. I don’t like our prospects.

Robert Feuerstein

Staten Island

I’m done feeling sorry for New York City residents. Do they want their city to implode?

I was born and raised in The Bronx, then lived in lower Manhattan for 15 years. What I’ve witnessed in the last decade sickens me. Does the promise of “free stuff” mean more than peace and prosperity? Law and order? Common sense?

Like the country last November, this coming Election Day will find New York City at a crossroads. The right road to choose is obvious.

Unless you want to see the city degenerate even further, there seems to be only one rational choice in the bidding for mayor. And you know who he is.

As for Andrew Cuomo, it appears he is done in politics.

Keith LePage

Huntington

It appears this socialism is the new normal for Democrats.

We can not allow this philosophy to bleed out of New York City and hurt New Yorkers who pay taxes in the rest of the state.

Do you think we could build a wall and have city taxpayers pay for it?

Paul Burgdorf

Latham

Tuesday’s Democratic primary victory by Zohran Mamdani should set off massive alarm bells.

When reading and listening to political pundits, the theme seems to be how Mayor Adams or possibly Cuomo can beat Mamdani on an independent line.

What I find frustrating is Curtis Sliwa is barely mentioned. He is an afterthought and not taken seriously. Why not consider Sliwa? Wouldn’t it be wise to have someone who knows every inch of the boroughs?

Isn’t it time for someone who has fought crime and yet remains compassionate for the homeless to get a chance to have New York return to the glorious city it once was?

I implore New Yorkers to put Curtis Sliwa front and center. It’s time to take a chance. I believe with Sliwa, New Yorkers have everything to gain and nothing to lose.

Irene Hesse

Mineola

It was so obvious for all to see that Cuomo was eager for New York’s Gracie Mansion only as a springboard for a presidential run in 2028.

Why else would he, after being already a state governor and not residing in New York City for decades, want to run a wily city?

Ron Wasserman

Freehold, NJ

It never fails: New York City’s Democratic voters cry about the crime in their neighborhoods, and when the elections come around, they vote the same tax-the-rich-and-spend politicians and soft-on-crime people into office.

Do they think that Mamdani, along with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, will make the city any safer?

I said it in the last three elections cycles: Don’t cry about the crime and chaos in your neighborhoods, because this is what you asked for. You deserve what you get.

George Pfeiffer

East Haven, Conn.

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