Mamdani’s $54m mass engagement office did little to get out the vote with questionable campaign
The Mayor’s controversial, $54-million office of “Mass Engagement” repeatedly spammed New Yorkers with Mamdani-branded pleas to vote leading up to the primaries this week, in what some critics called a barely legal campaign that had little effect on turnout. The newly created unit — which has been slammed as a “propaganda office” — spent weeks...
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Metro exclusive details Mamdani’s $54m mass engagement office did little to get out the vote with questionable campaign By Craig McCarthy Published June 26, 2026, 1:27 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google The Mayor’s controversial, $54-million office of “Mass Engagement” repeatedly spammed New Yorkers with Mamdani-branded pleas to vote leading up to the primaries this week, in what some critics called a barely legal campaign that had little effect on turnout. The newly created unit — which has been slammed as a “propaganda office” — spent weeks emailing and texting Big Apple voters with reminders about the June primaries that was denounced by some as a publicly funded electioneering effort by the mayor.
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