It’s The 2025 Celebrity Mayoral Rankings!

Streetsblog asked luminaries in the livable streets movement to share their mayoral rankings with our readers, to help them make sense of today’s complicated issues. We’re sharing them solely as a service; Streetsblog itself makes no endorsements in any elections. But here’s what we were told (and check out the Ranked Choice Voting simulator at the bottom of this page):

Helen Ho, f

ounder, Biking Public Project

1. Zohran Mamdani

2. Adrienne Adams

3. Zellnor Myrie

4. Michael Blake

5. Selma Bartholomew

Peter Beadle,

lawyer

1. Zohran Mamdani

2. Brad Lander

3. Zellnor Myrie

4. Scott Stringer

5. Adrienne Adams

Paul Steely White, former head of TA

1. Brad Lander

2. Zohran Mamdani

3. Jessica Ramos

4. Adrienne Adams

5. Michael Blake

Doug Gordon, co-host, ‘The War on Cars’

1. Brad Lander

2. Zohran Mamdani

3. Adrienne Adams

4. Zellnor Myrie

5. Michael Blake

Alex Morano, activist

1. Zohran Mamdani

2. Brad Lander

3. Zellnor Myrie

4. Michael Blake

5. Scott Stringer

Charles Komanoff, economist

1. Zohran Mamdani

2. Brad Lander

3. Adrienne Adams

4. Zellnor Myrie

5. Scott Stringer

Clarence Eckerson, Streetfilms

1. Brad Lander

2. Zohran Mamdani

3. Zellnor Myrie

4. Scott Stringer

5. Adrienne Adams

Noel Hidalgo, activist

1. Zohran Mamdani

2. Brad Lander

3. Adrienne Adams

4. Zellnor Myrie

5. Michael Blake

Mary Beth Kelly of Families for Safe Streets

1. Zohran Mamdani

2. Zellnor Myrie

3. Brad Lander

4. Adrienne Adams

5. Kathryn Garcia

Alex Duncan, aka Miser

1. Zohran Mamdani

2. Brad Lander

3. Zellnor Myrie

4. Scott Stringer

5. Adrienne Adams

Jon Orcutt, ex-city DOT official

1. Brad Lander

2. Zohran Mamdani

3. Zellnor Myrie

4. Adrienne Adams

5. Michael Blake

Jessie Singer, ‘There Are No Accidents’

1. Zohran Mamdani

2. Brad Lander

3. Zellnor Myrie

4. Michael Blake

5. Adrienne Adams

Brandon Chamberlin, lawyer

1. Zellnor Myrie

2. Brad Lander

3. Zohran Mamdani

4. Adrienne Adams

5. Michael Blake

Ben Kabak, journalist

1. Brad Lander

2. Zohran Mamdani

3. Adrienne Adams

4. Zellnor Myrie

5. Michael Blake

Jehiah Czebotar, data specialist

1. Brad Lander

2. Zohran Mamdani

3. Zellnor Myrie

4. Scott Stringer

5. Adrienne Adams

Adam White, lawyer

1. Brad Lander

2. Zellnor Myrie

3. Zohran Mamdani

4. Michael Blake

5. Scott Stringer

Paul Lipson, green consultant

1. Adrienne Adams

2. Zohran Mamdani

3. Brad Lander

4. Zellnor Myrie

5. Scott Stringer

Austin Celestin, urban planner

1. Zellnor Myrie

2. Brad Lander

3. Zohran Mamdani

4. Adrienne Adams

5. Michael Blake

Austin Horse, logistics

1. Michael Blake

2. Zellnor Myrie

3. Brad Lander

4. Adrienne Adams

5. Zohran Mamdani

Steve Vaccaro, lawyer

1. Brad Lander

2. Zoran Mamdani

3. Zellnor Myrie

4. Scott Stringer

5. Michael Blake

Ranked Choice Voting Simulation

We took all the rankings above and sent them through a simulator to see which candidate emerges as the winner (it’s worth noting that Andrew Cuomo did not appear on anyone’s ballot at all):