Despondency reigned at the Ziegfeld Ballroom – and then the defeated candidate found it hard to praise the victor
Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York
At least Andrew Cuomo’s last act in politics came at a fancy venue.
While Cuomo held his election night party at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, which describes itself in its own words as a “luxury event venue built on Broadway’s golden era”, it didn’t feel like a golden era on Tuesday, when Cuomo didn’t so much bow out of the race as aggressively rut and posture and snort his way out of it.
The night started on an ominous tone, with (Sending Out an) SOS by Rhetta Young blaring from Ziegfeld’s speakers. Was the Cuomo campaign sending out plaintive messages through music? If it was, it was a confusing message: the next song was Blame it on the Boogie by The Jacksons.
