New York, like Chicago, is going full socialist. It seems that Socialist Zohran Mamdani  will  be  the  next  mayor  of  NYC. [ADD: As the Democrat candidate, that’s almost a given.]

Born in Uganda, Mamdani immigrated to the United States as a child and graduated from Bowdoin College in 2014. He worked as a housing advocate and rap music producer in New York City before entering politics.

According to reports, he has worked almost no honest jobs in his entire life. Like a true socialist, his campaign platform includes support for free city buses, public child care, and city-owned grocery stores. I can only imagine that those who voted for him think he will save them money. The reality is that an inexperienced Socialist politician is being handed the keys to our largest city. What could go wrong?

National Review

Little-known Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani upset former Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City on Tuesday night. The governor conceded the race shortly after 10 p.m., though ranked-choice voting totals have yet to be tabulated.

Self-described democratic socialist Mamdani led Cuomo by more than seven percentage points late Tuesday night, with almost 90 percent of the votes counted. Mamdani had 43.5 percent of the vote, with the former governor trailing at 36.3 percent when he conceded.

According to the New York Post:

The Chicago Tribune issued a grim warning to New Yorkers about electing a socialist mayoral candidate like Zohran Mamdani in a bombshell op-ed Monday, the day before the Empire State’s primary elections.

The paper’s editorial board paints a bleak image of Mamdani, the 33-year-old Democratic socialist Queens assemblyman who leapfrogged the longtime front-runner, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a stunning new poll released earlier in the day.

“A familiar dilemma: a moderate, business-friendly Democrat versus a democratic socialist. New Yorkers, take it from Chicago — we’ve seen this movie before, and the ending isn’t pretty,” the board of one of the last remaining big-city daily newspapers cautioned.

The Tribune likened Mamdani’s buzzworthy campaign, which has garnered a historic amount of grassroots support, to that of embattled progressive Windy City Mayor Brandon Johnson, who took office in 2023.

“Johnson’s approval rating cratered in his second year — a reflection of how quickly progressive promises collapsed under the weight of governance and Chicago’s financial reality,” the paper wrote. “What sounded good in theory has translated into dysfunction, driven by fiscal missteps and political inexperience.

[. . .] But it was quick to argue that “experience has taught us here that far-left candidates do not make for effective or popular municipal executives in today’s stressful economy.”

The ed board drew parallels between Mamdani’s freebie-filled platform, which he plans to fund with tax hikes to bring in roughly $10 billion annually, and Johnson’s similarly overzealous tax proposal.

“Johnson tried to float a $300 million tax hike — and failed. He tried to pass a ‘mansion tax’ that would’ve hiked the real estate transfer tax — and failed,” the Tribune highlighted.

[. . .]

The paper echoed sentiments shared by myriad New York publications, including The Post, the Daily News and the New York Times — which have discouraged voters from ranking the socialist candidate, whose too-good-to-be-true platform is just that, they say.

A through line in the anti-endorsements of the two-term assemblyman is his lack of experience and the unrealistic nature of his policies.

“If New Yorkers are frustrated with Mayor Eric Adams, they should be careful not to trade him for someone who might preside over a city that is less competitive and less financially secure.

“Trust us — we’re living that reality.”

More from the New York Post:

Just take his signature proposals.

Mamdani wants to cut New York’s sky-high housing costs. And he’ll do it by stacking the Rent Guidelines Board with cronies who will follow through on his promise to “freeze the rent.”

That might ease the burden on New Yorkers living under rent control (if it survives judicial scrutiny). But it will lead to more controlled apartments sitting vacant — driving costs up for the two-thirds of New Yorkers who aren’t protected.

He wants to deal with food costs and the prevalence of “food deserts” by creating government-run grocery stores. These will cut into corporate stores’ allegedly usurious profit margins (barely 1 to 2 percent).

At least, that’s the idea. In reality, they’ll run about as well as other public services — and eventually demand a taxpayer bailout, adding to New Yorkers’ bills.

Mamdani wants to pay for all this by taxing New York’s rich. It’s a line straight from Mamdani endorser Bernie Sanders.

But millionaires already pay 41% of the state’s income taxes, and the city in particular is dependent on the jobs brought by the big corporations Mamdani wants to tax.

Now, wealthy New Yorkers like grocery magnate John Catsimatidis and hedge funder Bill Ackman are threatening to flee the state if Mamdani is elected. How will he pay for his plans when there are no billionaires left to tax?

Of course, adding to the rest of it, Mamdani promises to support “gender-affirming” care, and defends of protesters who want to “globalize the intifada.”

According to AJC, “Globalize the Intifada” is a phrase used by pro-Palestinian activists that calls for aggressive resistance against Israel and those who support Israel. The most prominent expressions of intifada have been through violence so this phrase is often understood by those saying and hearing it as encouraging violence against Israelis, Jews, and institutions supporting Israel.