"Cuomo knows better . . . He rightfully defended the reforms that would prevent people from dying due to incarceration at Rikers Island like bail reform [and] closing the jail complex, so it’s a real shame that he’s straying from what he knows is right." -Alana Sivin of Vera Action

"[Mamdani] made safety, quality of life, a core part of his broader message of affordability . . . He very consistently linked safety to affordability by saying that higher costs and rising prices are connected to voters' feelings of being unsafe." -Vera Action program director Alana Sivin