Mamdani guru Morris Katz tries to save face after Platner vetting disaster — and gets immediate backlash: ‘Twerp from Tribeca’
Politics Mamdani guru Morris Katz tries to save face after Platner vetting disaster — and gets immediate backlash: ‘Twerp from Tribeca’ By Josh Christenson Published July 24, 2026, 2:02 p.m. Add The New York Post on Google WASHINGTON — Morris Katz, the star Gen Z political guru behind Mayor Mamdani and Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, has offered a groveling, belated mea culpa over Platner’s campaign implosion after he was accused of rape. But one former ally isn’t buying it, branding him a “twerp from Tribeca” — and suggesting there’s more dirt on Katz’s failure to vet Platner before backing him to run against Republican Sen.
- ▪Politics Mamdani guru Morris Katz tries to save face after Platner vetting disaster — and gets immediate backlash: ‘Twerp from Tribeca’ By Josh Christenson Published July 24, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
- ▪Add The New York Post on Google WASHINGTON — Morris Katz, the star Gen Z political guru behind Mayor Mamdani and Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, has offered a groveling, belated mea culpa over Platner’s campaign implosion after he wa
- ▪But one former ally isn’t buying it, branding him a “twerp from Tribeca” — and suggesting there’s more dirt on Katz’s failure to vet Platner before backing him to run against Republican Sen.
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