I do. Our power got turned off a lot and sometimes taxes didn't get paid either. Mostly self-inflicted bad decisions, though. That said, I was also a member of the economic working class and then lower middle and middle class as an adult, with kids.
I've just caught a huge number of undeserved lucky breaks, starting from the moment of birth, for which I am endlessly grateful.
I'm very concerned and have posted about it. But that doesn't mean this isn't a real story that progressives can just handwave away because he is theirs.
I think what I said was that he had good national Democratic messaging and that he was a bad vehicle for it.
FIFY. Look man, I pay part of the rent for an 4th floor, 2BR 500sf walkup with no AC in a precinct Mamdani won handily. It's as much as my mortgage in Austin. I care a LOT about the cost of rental housing in New York City.
There is no substance based on what I've seen. Based on the choices as they are, if I was eligible to vote in NYC I would likely hold my nose and vote for him, since the others have disqualified themselves one way or the other. That's the best thing I can say.