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Moms on Manhattan’s Upper East Side are embroiled in a Facebook feud over the mayoral election of Zohran Mamdani.
The private cyber scuffle spilled out into the pages of left-leaning New York magazine, which published a gossipy hit piece detailing how warring factions were battling it out on two private chat groups: Moms of the Upper East Side (MUES) and UES Mommas.
Barely were the ballots finally counted before hundreds of residents in the ritzy neighborhood — who voted for Andrew Cuomo by a 24-point margin — posted panicked messages saying they were frightened and fleeing, fearing the Democratic socialist’s radical policies would turn the Big Apple into 1930s Germany.
“With all my love for NYC I can’t believe 50% +- of the city voted for this joker,” one mortified momma moaned on the MUES page, which has more than 35,000 members and is usually reserved for advice about nannies, strollers and schools.
“Wondering who’s actually leaving? To where, Florida?” they then asked.
More than 300 locals responded, per the report, claiming they were considering moving to New Jersey or Florida following Mamdani’s win.
Meanwhile, others on the pages proclaimed that the incoming mayor’s proposal for free buses would result in riders being raped and murdered.
However, users on both Facebook pages fought back, accusing their neighbors of being overwrought and Islamophobic.
“It IS racist to just be mad that your new mayor is a Muslim,” one member maintained.
Meanwhile, one mom named April, who is a member of MUES, told New York magazine that the complainers were all talk and actually had no plans to leave Manhattan.
“No, you’re not (moving),” she stated. “Just relax.”
The feuding between the two factions recently reached fever pitch, with the MUES group admins recently forced to instill a new rule for users.
“You may not attack or threaten other members while anonymous (or ever),” they implored.
Other more apolitical users urged calm, with one calling for all members to “get a collective grip.”
The article featured posts by Upper East Side resident Robyn Reiter, a doctor of physical therapy and a single mother of a 13-year-old son.
“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,” Reiter wrote on the MUES page.
“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 told New York magazine directly in a follow-up interview. “We’re all looking for an out, because I can’t jeopardize the safety of my son.”
She told the publication that she was considering leaving the Upper East Side and moving to Hoboken, New Jersey.
However, Reiter says she is disappointed with how she was portrayed in the article, telling The Post she found it inaccurate and reductive.
Reiter says she was forced to make her social media profiles private after the story came out “because of all the hatred I was getting.”
“I think I’m maxed out on this topic already, unfortunately,” she told The Post. “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 (and others) as hysterical rich women having meltdowns.”
“I’m a single mother who works 10-hour days to support my son on my own,” she continued. “He attends public school because I can’t afford private [school] without significant financial aid. I am neither a ‘rich mom’ nor ‘going to war.’”
MUES moderator Valerie Iovino echoed Reiter’s disappointment in how the group was portrayed, telling The Post that the piece “reduced a group of 35,000+ diverse women — a small fraction of which engaged in an important debate and conversation — into caricatures based on their own stereotypes of Upper East Side women.”
“MUES includes members with a wide range of political views, and a full spectrum of religious, socioeconomic, and racial backgrounds,” Iovino further stated. “Yet they flattened the entire community into a two-dimensional image of Marie Antoinette clutching her pearls.”
In the wake of digital drama, many moms on the Upper East Side are reluctant to reveal their political persuasions publicly.
When The Post attempted to speak with one mom in the neighborhood, clad in a chic activewear outfit paired with a pair of large Gucci sunglasses and pushing a blanket-covered baby stroller, she quickly dismissed a request for comment.
Although she was cautious not to go on the record sharing her views, she did mutter under her breath, “I f—ing hate that man” in reference to Mamdani as she scurried away.
She briefly told the reporter that she does not use Facebook and is not a member of either of the aforementioned online groups — but clearly feels just as strongly as those online.
However, there are still some moms willing to go on record.
Samantha Ettus, a Jewish activist and mom of three, is not a member of either of the Facebook groups covered by New York magazine, but the native Upper East Sider aligns herself with those who believe Mamdani is not a good fit for the Big Apple.
“For many Jews that are paying attention, we see what’s going on and we see the patterns,” Ettus told The Post. “We see how closely the environment for Jews across the world right now resembles the pre-World War II environment, and it’s a time where we can’t afford to make great mistakes.”
Meanwhile, Upper East Side moms aren’t the only ones finding themselves wrapped up in online exchanges regarding the new mayor.
On the adjacent Upper West Side — long thought to be a liberal bastion — one member of the UWS Mommas Facebook group was also advertising to locals looking to move out of New York.
Member Gitty Leiner said she knew of an excellent real estate agent for those considering moving to Florida. Others wanted to know more.
