Op-Ed: No, Satmar Did Not Vote For Zohran Mamdani

By Moti Langham

When reporting that Zohran Mamdani defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo and GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa, a Jewish News site took aim at the Satmar community, claiming that it helped—and legitimized Jewish support—get Mamdani into Gracie Mansion. 

But that never happened. 

A close look at election data maps, block by block, shows that South Williamsburg, which is majority Chassidish, voted for Cuomo with a gradient of data from 60 to 91%. 

There is little to no data that the community as a whole voted for Mamdani by a wider margin than similar communities in Crown Heights, Boro Park, or Flatbush.

For comparison, the district bordered by Lee and Bedford Ave, Hewes and Lynch St (ED 47 in AD 50), voted for Andrew Cuomo with 89% of the vote; Mandani got just 1.6%, behind Eric Adams, and Curtis Silwa.  (In 2021, it went 49.4% for Adams).

In Boro Park, the district bordered by 16 and 15 Ave, 52 and 47 St (ED 51 in AD 48), voted for Andre Cuomo with 92% of the vote; Mamdani got third place with just 1.8%. (In 2021, it went 54% for Silwa).

Overall, frum Jewish communities voted for Cuomo and Silwa; few, if any, voted for Mandani. Williamsburg was no different—voter turnout was significantly higher and as a whole didn’t vote for Mamdani.

Should our Rabbonim and Askanim meet with those who oppose us and seek to destroy us? That’s a different debate, a different op-ed. But in the 2025 mayoral race, Williamsburg wasn’t an outlier in this election