Make the Road Action Archives

EXPOSED: The $2 Million Grassroots Laundering Operation Behind Mamdani’s Revolution

July 8, 2025 / 12 minutes of reading

Follow-up investigation to “EXPOSED: How Politico Coordinated Damage Control for Mamdani’s $1.6 Million Campaign Finance Scandal“ Zohran Mamdani’s “grassroots revolution” was a lie. Campaign finance records reveal his supposedly working-class movement was actually powered by a $2 million elite PAC operation funded by Silicon Valley billionaires, Hollywood celebrities, and out-of-state tech entrepreneurs—spending more than his entire direct campaign raised from […]

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Leaders We Deserve PAC, Make the Road Action, Make the Road New York, New Yorkers for Lower Costs, Victoria Perrone, Working Families Party, Zohran MamdaniCorruption

How Zohran Mamdani’s ‘Grassroots’ Campaign Engineered the Perfect Political Heist

June 29, 2025 / 11 minutes of reading

Executive Summary Zohran Mamdani’s “grassroots revolution” was actually a $10.2 million corporate political operation that systematically deceived New York voters. Our investigation reveals: $7 million in public matching funds triggered by professional bundling, not grassroots donations 94% of contributions bundled by a single professional fundraiser employed by a taxpayer-funded organization 100% bundled money – every dollar of direct campaign contributions

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Andrew Cuomo, Brad Lander, Center for Law and Human Values Inc, Cynthia Nixon, Eric Adams, Jack Gross, Jerrod MacFarlane, Make the Road Action, Make the Road New York, New Yorkers for Lower Costs, Working Families Party, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime

How Make the Road New York Uses Legal Loopholes to Transform Public Funds into Political Power

June 23, 2025 / 15 minutes of reading

Executive Summary New York City taxpayers are unknowingly subsidizing partisan political activities through a sophisticated legal loophole that allows publicly funded nonprofits to directly transfer money to political action committees. Our investigation reveals how Make the Road New York (MRNY), which has received over $27 million in taxpayer funds since 2010, operates a dual structure with its political affiliate Make

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Adrienne Adams, Brad Lander, Make the Road Action, Make the Road New York, Working Families Party, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime

The Myth of the Grassroots: How Zohran Mamdani’s $6.3 Million Campaign Proves He’s No Different Than Cuomo’s Political Machine

June 20, 2025 / 13 minutes of reading

What do you call a “grassroots revolution” that spends $88,000 on Beyoncé’s tour company, leverages millions in “quiet money” from billionaire-funded organizations, and operates with the same coordination tactics that got Andrew Cuomo penalized by campaign finance regulators? You call it exactly what Zohran Mamdani claims to oppose: a corporate political machine disguised as a movement. Executive Summary: Key Findings

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Andrew Cuomo, Democratic Socialists of America, Linda Sarsour, Make the Road Action, New York Communities for Change, Working Families Party, Zohran MamdaniCorruption