Dear Editor:

I had hopes Mayor-elect Mamdani was going to unify the Democratic Party through commonsense initiatives such as keeping Jessica Tisch as police commissioner, voting for ballot proposals 2 through 5, championing efficiency in government and saying he will not defund the police.

But then Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez comes out with a fundraising letter on Nov. 5 in which she said people were brought together by Mamdani’s campaign “Because they were not just tasked with defeating a Republican — they were also tasked with defeating the old guard of the Democratic Party that led us to many of the perils of this moment.”

And then Michael Blake announces he is running against Rep. Ritchie Torres because he does not like Torres’ stance on Israel.

I do have hopes that the Democrati

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