{"id":983,"date":"2025-06-19T03:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T03:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/palantirs-ceo-throws-money-behind-andrew-cuomo-in-nyc-mayoral-race\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T03:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T03:47:08","slug":"palantirs-ceo-throws-money-behind-andrew-cuomo-in-nyc-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/palantirs-ceo-throws-money-behind-andrew-cuomo-in-nyc-mayoral-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Palantir\u2019s CEO Throws Money Behind Andrew Cuomo in NYC Mayoral Race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alex Karp, the billionaire CEO of creepy defense contractor Palantir, has taken a side in New York’s closely watched mayoral race. Karp, who once bragged that his company kills people, recently gave a large sum of money to a Super PAC that is supporting the campaign of former New York governor Andrew Cuomo.<\/p>\n

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Cuomo is currently running against Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old assemblyman for the city’s 36th district in Queens. The race between the two candidates has become a referendum on New York’s future, with both candidates offering drastically different visions for housing and economic policy. Mamdani has described himself as a democratic socialist, while Cuomo is campaigning on a promise to bring sensible centrism back to the city after the fiasco that has been Eric Adams’s administration.<\/p>\n

Politico notes that Karp recently donated $90,000 to Fix the City, which is backing Cuomo’s campaign. The contribution further cements a picture of Karp’s politics that leans rightward, though Karp has, in the past, referred to himself by a variety of political labels—even calling himself a “socialist” or a “neo-Marxist.” We can surely call BS on that now, since Karp is currently using his money to defeat an actual socialist.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Karp is just one of several billionaires who are pouring money into Cuomo’s campaign in an apparent effort to stave off a more populist form of government in the city. Despite Cuomo’s promise to fight Trump, a number of MAGA fixtures, like Trump fan Bill Ackman, have thrown their support behind the former governor. Cuomo’s campaign has rested on a series of vague promises about improvements for city services and the bragging point that he “knows how government works.” Of course, NYC is a city where Republicans have a tough time in modern politics, so the Democratic primary is where the action is.<\/p>\n

Mamdani, meanwhile, has championed many leftist economic policies, including the establishment of government-owned and operated supermarkets to bring down food prices. He has also championed rent freezes in a city where the cost of living just keeps going up. His critics have noted that Mamdani has substantially less government experience than Cuomo and, prior to his political career, was a rapper for several years known as “Mr. Cardamom.”<\/p>\n

Cuomo notably served as the governor of New York from 2011 until 2021, when his administration combusted as a result of several scandals, including allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him by former female aides. A criminal case against Cuomo was brought over the allegations, but the charges were dropped in January of 2022, with authorities citing a lack of evidence.<\/p>\n

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Palantir, meanwhile, has increasingly wedded itself to the Trump administration and is assisting the government with its deportation efforts, as well as in a controversial data centralization effort that has drawn criticism from privacy and civil liberties advocates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Palantir’s CEO Throws Money Behind Andrew Cuomo in NYC Mayoral Race<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alex Karp, the billionaire CEO of creepy defense contractor Palantir, has taken a side in New York’s closely watched mayoral race. Karp, who once bragged that his company kills people, recently gave a large sum of money to a Super PAC that is supporting the campaign of former New York governor Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo is…<\/p>\n

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