New Poll Shows NYC May Have First Marxist-Muslim Mayor

He wants the police defunded, a full rent freeze, city-owned grocery stores, a $30 minimum wage, funding for illegals, millions for “gender-affirming” care — and more. Some people call him a Marxist; he calls himself a “democratic socialist.” But there’s something different still that New York City’s Zohran Mamdani may be called next January according to a new poll.

Mayor.

Bad Santa — on Steroids

Now, George Bernard Shaw famously wrote, “A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.” And Mamdani’s rise is not inexplicable because he hasn’t just promised to rob Peter.

He also has vowed to fleece all his relatives, loot his ancestors’ graves, and take the bone from his dog.

Satire aside, just consider Mamdani’s promise to “freeze rent.” Growing up in NYC and having occasion to still visit someone there, I’ve witnessed (campaign ad below) how he has leaned into this position.

Never mind that we’ve already seen rent control’s ravages in NYC. For example, I remember well, as a child in the 1970s, seeing tracts of burned out buildings in the South Bronx. (Unable to make a profit, landlords instead sometimes resorted to arson to collect on insurance.) But most people don’t know history, even recent history, and Mamdani doesn’t care. He wants power.
The Full Socialist Monty

His plan to get that power is quite extensive, too. As commentator Andrea Widburg warns, calling Mamdani “an open Marxist,” he has among other things promised:

A full freeze on rents, plus building more public housing (presumably to offset the inevitable diminution in available units)
“Free” public transportation (a charge on taxpayers)
Universal public childcare
A $30 minimum wage by 2030 (which will destroy small businesses and increase reliance on AI and robotics)
Wealth taxes to fund all his socialist policies (reminding me of the old saying, often attributed to Margaret Thatcher, that “The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money”)
City-owned grocery stores (imagine buying your food from the DMV) [Welcome to Soviet-style “bread” lines?]
The usual “defund the police in favor of social workers” crime policy (the kind of stuff that caused Democrat cities’ homicide rates to soar)
$65 million for “gender-affirming care” (don’t get me started)
Fund illegal aliens and provide them with sanctuary (something that ought to stop all federal funds to NYC)

(Note: Mamdani, a Muslim, also supported a nonprofit that funneled money to terror group Hamas.)

https://thenewamerican.com/us/new-poll-shows-nyc-may-have-first-marxist-muslim-mayor/