How Upper East Side moms went to war over Mamdani win — and the ugly fallout isn’t done with yet: ‘I hate that f-ing guy’

Mothers living on Manhattan’s Upper East Side found themselves in the middle of a full‑on Facebook war about who should run the city. The dispute began when a handful of parents in the private groups Moms of the Upper East Side (MUES) and UES Mommas started shouting across the town’s most popular parenting chats.

It wasn’t just any argument; the fight was so heated that the left‑leaning tabloid New York Magazine stepped in and ran a piece that took a close‑up look at how the two factions were battling it out behind closed‑door messages.

Not long after the official vote was counted, the people who had voted for former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo—by a convincing 24‑point margin—took to the groups to express their sheer panic.

They claimed that the new mayor’s policies were so radical they would turn the city into a version of 1930s Germany. The posts were frantic, with dozens of members saying they were scared and thinking about leaving the neighborhood entirely.

One of the most dramatic moments came from a MUES member who, after reading a post that read, “With all my love for NYC I can’t believe 50% ± of the city voted for this joker,” took to the group to vent.

She asked, “Wondering who’s actually leaving? To where, Florida?” and was met with a flurry of replies. A quick count suggested that over three hundred people were “considering” moving out to New Jersey or Florida in response to Mamdani’s win.

In the same breath, other users in both groups warned that the new mayor’s promise to provide free buses could turn crowded cars into dangerous scenes. From the other side, a chorus of rebuttals accused those who felt uneasy about the change of being “over‑wrought” and “Islamophobic.” “It IS racist to just be mad that your new mayor is a Muslim,” wrote one member.

A mother named April, who belongs to the MUES group, told New York Magazine that the alarmists were all talk, that there was no real intention to move. “No, you’re not (moving), just relax,” she told the magazine in a calm interview.

Meanwhile, the online quarrel caught the eye of an activist, Samantha Ettus. Ettus is not a member of either group, but she says that the mood in the city feels eerily similar to pre‑World War II Europe for Jews. She told the Post that the rising anti‑Semitic commentary and fear among Upper East Side moms was part of a larger pattern that demanded attention.

The unrest also rippled beyond the upper‑handed benches of the neighborhood. In the neighboring Upper West Side, a UWS Mommas member started a similar ad for folks looking to get out of the city altogether. She claimed to know a top real‑estate broker who could help people move to Florida.

At its lowest point, the two MUES sub‑committees felt forced to pull the plug on the fight, putting a new rule on the table that said, “You may not attack or threaten other members while anonymous (or ever).” The group’s admin, Valerie Iovino, stepped forward to defend the tone of the community and complained that New York had “reduced a group of 35,000+ diverse women” to a handful of caricatures.

One other voice, Dr. Robyn Reiter—a physical therapist and single mom of a 13‑year‑old—told New York Magazine that she was terrified. “We are literally terrified that a mayor who won’t condemn Hamas and won’t condemn the phrase ‘Globalize the Intifada’ is now running the city with the second largest Jewish population in the world,” she wrote.

In a follow‑up interview, Reiter offered the almost‑limpanic question, “It feels very immoral to me at this moment to pay tax dollars to a city that just elected someone who would love to see my people murdered.”

She admitted she was weighing a move away from the Upper East Side to Hoboken, New Jersey, though she became upset with how the story portrayed her. “I think I’m maxed out on this topic already, unfortunately,” she told the paper.

“Instead of being portrayed as a smart and hardworking Jewish woman who has every reason to worry about the safety of my Jewish son in today’s New York, the article portrayed me… as hysterical rich women having meltdowns.”

She went on to explain she spends 10‑hour days at the clinic, works alone, and her son goes to public school because her private‑school plan falls short of her financial aid.

When the Post tried to reach out to a stylish Upper East Side mom—clad in the latest activewear and wearing massive Gucci sunglasses—she quickly shut down the conversation. She swore a half‑volunteer, “I f—ing hate that man,” in passing as she pushed politely away a baby stroller.

She admitted she didn’t use Facebook and wasn’t a member of either online group, but a common dislike was clear: she, like many others, felt uneasy about the new mayor in her own voice.

Overall, the drama shown on Facebook demonstrates how the election has split even the close‑knit communities of Manhattan’s upper boroughs. Some parents hope to leave their apartments and breathe easier elsewhere; others speak out with fear, with a sense of solidarity, and with sharp differences on what kind of leader should steer the city.

The debate remains so heated that a single group has forced itself to tighten its social‑media rules, and the local press continues to dissect the implications of a mayor who, according to many, will change the city’s future in ways that feel both frightening and transformative.

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