Ohio
Anti-Zohran Mamdani ‘move to Ohio’ billboard in Times Square ripped by NYers: ‘Why would we even go there?’
Move to Ohio? Ohi-no.
Proud New Yorkers ripped an anti-Zohran Mamdani billboard Monday for urging them to move to Ohio — finding the prospect as unappetizing as a bowl of Cincinnati chili.
“Why would we move to Ohio? We live in New York,” said confused construction worker Leroy Lewis, 44, when asked about the massive Times Square ad.
Another passerby overhead by The Post near 48th Street and Seventh Avenue was anything but “Midwest nice,” saying: “What the actual f–k?”
The befuddling billboard debuted Monday in support of Vivek Ramaswamy’s Republican gubernatorial candidacy in the Buckeye State.
But locals and tourists alike found the billboard’s initial poor design and message so wrongheaded it rivaled the Mistake By The Lake, the not-so-affectionate nickname for Cleveland.
The sign was split into two halves, with the first depicting the “radical socialist” Mamdani and asking “Ready to flee NYC?”
The sunnier second half showed Ramaswamy’s grinning face matched with the message “Move to Ohio!”
But the invitation to Big Apple denizens worried about the left-wing mayoral contender’s lead in the November election was lost on many because of its initial design.
For much of the day, the billboard wrapped around a Times Square building, making it impossible to see Mamdani and Ramaswamy together. It was later changed so both pols appeared side-by-side.
Still, onlookers didn’t seem likely to book it to the Midwest flyover state.
“What’s in Ohio? Why would you even go there?” said Mary Kennedy, 18, who was visiting New York from Houston, Texas.
“I don’t have any thoughts on Ohio. We kind of just pass through there. It’s just not a place you go.”
Ricardo H., who works in finance, scoffed at both moving to Ohio and Ramaswamy’s billboard.
”No, absolutely not, it looks like a smear campaign,” he said.
But a lone Ohio denizen in the Times Square hubbub stuck up for his much-derided home state.
Sammy Anderson, 23, a college football player who was born and raised in Dayton, said he’d encourage people to move to a largely rural state where “everything’s so close.”
“I mean, it’s just a different experience, a different way of living,” he said.
The proud son of Ohio then had this to say about New York City: “I’m so overstimulated.”
Ohio
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CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Sixty percent of children in Ohio are not ready for kindergarten when they start school.
Now, a national nonprofit is working to change that by expanding access to books and promoting early literacy across the state.
Sixty percent of children in Ohio are not ready for kindergarten when they start school. (WKRC file)
Nedra Smith has seen the difference firsthand. Her two young daughters receive books through the program at their pediatrician visits at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
“They love to read now,” Smith said. “We’ll randomly be out and they’ll see a book and want to read a book.”
Reach Out and Read partners with pediatricians to give children books during regular checkups and encourage parents to read aloud with them. The program has been part of Cincinnati Children’s for more than a decade.
“They typically come in and tell us they got new books,” Smith said. “They typically ask me to read the book right then and there.”
Program leaders say early literacy is increasingly being recognized as an important part of a child’s overall health and development.
“Initially, literacy may not have been in the forefront or seen as a health benefit,” said Kristy High, program manager for Reach Out and Read. “Well-child checks focus on shots, nutrition, and those things; but now we want to focus on those main benefits for the development and milestones when it comes to learning.”
The organization is now working to expand its reach statewide, with a goal of serving children in all 88 Ohio counties.
“We know that those first five years of life are the most critical for brain development,” said Steven Lake, executive director of Reach Out and Read Ohio. “If we can intervene as early as possible, essentially, we reach out at birth; we know we can have the greatest impact.”
Smith encourages other parents to participate in the program and read to their children.
“It’s fun,” Smith said. “It’s actually fun to see them light up, and I think they’ll pass that on to their own kids as well.”
Reach Out and Read also partners with providers in Kentucky and Indiana. You can find a participating provider near you on the organization’s website.
If you are a doctor looking to participate in the program, click here.
The Ohio Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at May 10, 2026, results for each game:
Pick 3
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 8-6-2
Evening: 7-0-5
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 4
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 9-4-7-0
Evening: 0-6-1-8
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 5
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 1-7-3-7-4
Evening: 9-0-8-8-0
Check Pick 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Rolling Cash 5
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at approximately 7:05 p.m.
16-19-33-36-38
Check Rolling Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Millionaire for Life
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at approximately 11:15 p.m.
01-03-20-35-46, Bonus: 05
Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
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