Bernie Sanders calls out high spending in NYC mayoral race as Bloomberg unloads cash

Published June 20, 2025 4:55pm ET



Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Friday sounded the alarm on how much “billionaire super PACs” are spending in New York’s Democratic mayoral primary.

The post appeared to refer to PACs supporting former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and that are funded in large part by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has contributed $8.3 million to the effort to elect Cuomo.

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