NBC NEW YORK 05/14
"It was not immediately clear what percentage of voters polled may have followed the anti-Cuomo strategy known as "DREAM," which stands for "Don't Rank Evil Andrew for Mayor.”
NY TIMES 05/13
"Unions and left-leaning organizations are endorsing several candidates, urging their followers to list all of them. Some are actively discouraging voters from ranking Cuomo, the current front-runner. One such group calls itself DREAM, or Don’t Rank Evil Andrew for Mayor.”
POLITICO 05/07
"And in the fifth and final spot, they’re saying DREAM: Don’t Rank Evil Andrew (Cuomo) for Mayor.”
POLITICO 05/06
"Cuomo enjoys a sizable lead over his more progressive rivals in public polling. But amid an effort encouraging voters to opt against him — known as DREAM, or “Don’t Rank Evil Andrew for Mayor” — LGBTQ+ political club members are spreading the word that the crowded Democratic field includes allies ready to fight today’s fight."
NY TIMES 04/16
"The left-leaning Working Families Party has urged voters to leave Mr. Cuomo off their ballot entirely, as has a coalition known as “D.R.E.A.M.” — which recently shifted its branding from “Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor” to “Don’t Rank Evil Andrew for Mayor.”
THE INK 04/15
NY TIMES 04/04
"The D.R.E.A.M. movement — an acronym that once stood for Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor — is now focused solely on blocking Mr. Cuomo’s momentum, renaming itself Don’t Rank Evil Andrew for Mayor."
HELL GATE 04/03
"It has also required some deft acronym editing: the DREAM PAC (Don't Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor) has morphed into the DREAM PAC (Don't Rank Evil Andrew for Mayor)."
NY TIMES 02/03
But Mr. Adams’s opponents wasted little time trying to capitalize. A group whose catchy D.R.E.A.M. campaign — “Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor” — had sought to persuade voters to leave Mr. Adams and former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo off ranked-choice ballots quickly changed its name to reflect its now-singular mission: “Don’t Rank Evil Andrew for Mayor.”
OUR TIME PRESS 04/02
"Meanwhile, a grassroots D.R.E.A.M. movement is not what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. or mayoral candidates Eric Adams or Andrew Cuomo ever had in mind. The United Auto Workers (UAW) and a grassroots political action committee came up with the acronym D.R.E.A.M.–“Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor.”
CITY AND STATE 04/01
"Have you seen the DREAM movement – “Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor” – that United Auto Workers and the Working Families Party are getting behind? Well, they found a catchy name! I can see why they’re taking that approach."
NY TIMES 03/28
"Opponents of Mr. Cuomo and Mr. Adams are trying to stop their ascent by popularizing the acronym D.R.E.A.M., or “Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor.”
GOTHAMIST 03/28
"A strategy known as DREAM, which stands for “Don’t rank Eric or Andrew for mayor.” All of the candidates seeking the Working Families Party endorsement have signed on to the message."
POLITICO 03/28
"This has spread. The conversation is there. The slogan is catchy."
NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS 03/27
"A pushback from D.R.E.A.M (Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor) and Women Against Cuomo coalitions because of Cuomo’s resignation over sexual harassment allegations and “failure” to protect nursing homes."
NY TIMES 03/27
"The push for voters to leave Mr. Cuomo and Mr. Adams off their ballots has been embraced by other progressives, including those who have embraced the motto “D.R.E.A.M.,” which stands for Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor."
THE FORDHAM RAM 03/26
"This will be the second mayoral election with ranked choice voting and ideas like D.R.E.A.M. as a result. NYC’s progressives want anyone who is not Cuomo or Adams, and it brings the idea that candidates could work together to take down bigger enemies. "
FOX 5 NEW YORK 03/25
"FOX 5’s Linda Schmidt reports on the rise of a progressive grassroots group called DREAM—short for “Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor”—which is actively campaigning to keep both candidates off voters’ ranked-choice ballots."
NY TIMES 03/25
"The Working Families Party will also endorse a slate of progressive candidates and is encouraging voters to “D.R.E.A.M.” — Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor. Several candidates, including Mr. Mamdani, support the idea."
NY MAG 03/25
"New Yorkers for a Better New York Today launched dreamfornyc.com in February after months of planning, featuring hats and shirts with the slogan and backed by a social media campaign targeting Cuomo’s record."
NY MAG 03/11
"Progressives are floating a new slogan, DREAM (Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor), and it’s easy enough to see such a movement take off in large swaths of left-leaning Brooklyn and Queens. If the Working Families Party wants to get serious about growing their influence in municipal politics again, they can fund a multimillion-dollar initiative focusing only on convincing voters to leave Cuomo off their ballots."
THE CITY 03/10
CRAIN'S NEW YORK 03/11
"In left-leaning brownstone Brooklyn, northern Brooklyn, and western Queens, she is more likely to appear on ballots than Cuomo, who may suffer from an emerging DREAM movement (Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor) and repeated attacks on his record as governor, including his management of the pandemic and the sexual harassment scandals that drove him from office."
SPECTRUM NEWS - NY 1 03/10
"City Comptroller Brad Lander referenced ranked choice voting. 'I’m a fan of the dream strategy. Don’t rank Eric or Andrew,' he said."
THE CITY 03/09
"Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor, one of several groups working against Cuomo’s run for Mayor."
THE CITY 03/09
"There’s even a new labor-backed initiative urging people not to rank Cuomo or Adams, dubbed DREAM (“Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor.” Get it?)"
POLITICO 03/06
"It’s also asking mayoral hopefuls to support the pop-up acronym D.R.E.A.M — Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor."
QUEENS CHRONICLE 03/06
[Tiffany Cabán] added, “I support the DREAM Campaign: Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor. It’s time for change, not corrupt blasts from the past.”
POLITICO 03/05
"“I am very excited about Adrienne. Very excited. I want to see what she brings. My main focus is DREAM. Gotta make DREAM happen. ‘Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor,’ Williams said in an interview Wednesday. “Let’s live the dream. And I think she can be a part of that.”
STREETSBLOG NYC 03/03
"Livable streets advocates can't possibly support either of these guys, so someone should tell your friends about a movement called DREAM: Don't Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor."
THE NATION 03/03
“We’re talking to progressives about teaming up—and making sure nobody ranks Cuomo or Adams” in their top tier. A coalition known as DREAMNYC—“Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor”—is pushing the same strategy."
THE CITY 03/03
"And some labor organizations have promoted a plan for the ranked-choice primary: “Don’t Rank Eric or Andrew for Mayor,” or DREAM."
SEMAFOR 02/28
“DREAM is designed to disrupt the millions of dollars that dark money PACs are about to unleash to elect nightmare candidates in the most consequential primary this year,” said campaign spokesman Lawrence Wong. “If there’s one thing we know about this city, it’s that even the most hated, scandal-plagued executives can linger around like wet farts.”