Is Massey similar to Lindsay?
Massey sees himself like Mike Bloomberg. Socially liberal, fiscally conservative. He's a centrist, I suppose. However, Staten Island conservatives are socially conservative. I don't know if he'll do well. He's just like Joe Lhota, the 2013 GOP nominee that lost to De Blasio. He may be more appealing than Lhota, however.
After the disaster De Blasio has been they may be willing to reconsider. Joe Lhota could have done much better if he had come out against Stop N Frisk. What an idiot.