Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council candidate Lindsey Boylan criticized a late wave of outside spending Tuesday as voters cast ballots in a closely watched special election on Manhattan’s west side, intensifying a race that has split the city’s Democratic establishment.
The criticism came after New York Focus reported that a super PAC funded in part by donors who previously supported former Gov. Andrew Cuomo had poured six figures into the race. Campaign finance filings reviewed by amNewYork show Next NYC PAC transferred $175,000 to Westside Progress, Inc., which reported spending $147,532 supporting Boylan’s chief rival, Carl Wilson.
