The first Mamdani shoe drops

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Zohran Mamdani made a great number of promises during his campaign

  • Rent Freeze: Implement a citywide freeze on rents for over 1 million rent-stabilized apartments to protect tenants from increases.
  • Free Bus Service: Eliminate fares on all city buses, making public transit “fast and free” at an estimated annual cost of $600–800 million to taxpayers.
  • Universal Free Child Care: Provide free child care for all families, with fair wages for providers, funded partly by tax increases on high earners.
  • $30 Minimum Wage: Raise the city’s minimum wage to $30 per hour to boost worker earnings and reduce inequality
  • Affordable Housing Expansion: Build thousands of new affordable housing units while freezing existing rents.
  • City-Owned Grocery Stores: Establish public grocery stores to combat high food prices and ensure access to affordable essentials.
  • Tax Increases on the Wealthy: Hike income taxes by 2 percentage points on those earning over $1 million annually, plus corporate tax reforms, to fund social programs.

And now that he’s been elected those supporting him are coming to collect their due:

The election of socialist Zorhan Mamdani as mayor is unleashing a toxic sludge of unsavory characters poised to seize seats of prestige at City Hall.

These real powers behind the throne are putting the mayor-elect on notice: Toe the Jew- and America-hating line, or we’ll make life very difficult.

At Mamdani’s official swearing-in, set for just after midnight on New Year’s Day, it’s we in the cheap seats who are going to suffer hangovers. He said this would mark a new era of free stuff for everyone. Free buses. Free groceries. Free child care. More prostitutes.

They’re led by the execrable Linda Sarsour, who is already threatening Mamdani:

Sarsour, 45, was co-chair of the 2017 Women’s March on Washington to protest President Trump’s first term. She left that organization in 2019 after, among other outrages, excluding Jewish marchers from the hoopla, saying, “One cannot be a feminist and a Zionist at the same time.” She’s also publicly fantasized about removing the lady parts of political foes.

She denounces the United States, the country that gives her a voice, as a land of “genocide and slavery.”

Now she’s threatening the positions of Mamdani and everyone who refuses to oppose Israel.

You do the right thing, you keep your job,” the fire-breathing Jew-hater railed at the Somos conference last week. The event was titled “Colonialism, Resistance and Solidarity: Puerto Rico and Palestine.”

“You don’t do the right thing, you don’t keep your job,” Sarsour vowed ominously, declaring that any Democrats who back Israel will be unceremoniously dumped from public life.

Like I said in a previous post, Reality bites.

Getting elected was the easy part. Making good on promises is a lot harder.  Mamdani’s schtick runs headfirst into the wall called the Financial Emergency Act of 1975.

The New York State Financial Emergency Act for the City of New York (commonly abbreviated as the FEA) is a landmark piece of legislation enacted in 1975 to address New York City’s severe fiscal crisis during that decade. Often referred to simply as the “Financial Emergency Act,” it established a framework for state oversight of the city’s finances to prevent default and promote long-term fiscal discipline. The act remains in effect today, with its provisions extended multiple times, most recently through at least July 1, 2035.
The FEA empowers the seven-member Financial Control Board (FCB)—chaired by Gov. Kathy Hochul (a moderate Democrat who has clashed with progressives) and including the mayor and city comptroller—to review and veto unbalanced budgets. Here’s how it could derail his plans:

 

Policy Area
Mamdani’s Proposal
FEA Impact
Budgeting & Spending
$9B in new taxes; free buses/transit; city-run groceries; childcare subsidies.
Requires a GAAP-balanced 4-year financial plan with quarterly updates. Any projected or actual deficit (~$100M threshold) triggers FCB intervention, potentially halting new spending. Bondholders get priority on revenues, limiting “freebies.”
Taxes & Revenue
Hike corporate rate to 11.5%; target high earners.

FCB must approve; state can restrict taxing powers if seen as destabilizing. Tax hikes could drive business flight (already sparking “Zohran effect” real estate exodus to suburbs), worsening revenue shortfalls.

@nypost
Housing & Wages
Rent freezes; $30 min. wage.

Wage hikes/fringe benefits limited by fiscal capacity; FCB reviews labor contracts. Rent controls risk housing stock decline (e.g., via denied landlord hardship aid), inflating deficits and inviting state takeover.

Borrowing & Debt
Fund initiatives via increased borrowing.
Prohibits short-term debt for operating expenses; all revenues funnel to a state-managed fund during crises, prioritizing debt service over programs.

And then there’s the Governor, who values self-preservation before Mamdani. She made clear that she’s not on board.

And his party is less than pleased:

This misses the point that 50% voted for Mamdani but about 50% voted for someone else.

Mamdani takes office Jan. 1, 2026, vowing quick affordability wins, but the FEA acts as a “fiscal straitjacket,” per observers—his agenda may shrink to symbolic gestures or face state vetoes. Supporters see it as a chance for creative revenue (e.g., MTA reforms he sponsored), but detractors call it a “trap” that could end his term in gridlock or early ouster. In short: Historic win, but handcuffed governance.

NYC’s $110B+ budget demands math over manifesto.

The fun has just begun. Look for Mamdani to resort to accusations of “Islamophobia” as he fails and keep Christopher Hitchens in mind as well:

“Islamophobia… is a word created by fascists, used by cowards, and exploited by morons.”
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Obama put far left liberalism on the big stage and failed miserably. The result was Trump and, barring massive election fraud, would have won two consecutive terms, accomplished God knows how much and probably ushered in an era of MAGA leadership.

Here we have communism, combined with radical Islam, put in the spotlight. Of course it will fail. And, of course Mamadani will make every excuse under the sun, despite the numerous predictions of the outcome. It will be interesting to see how the DNC will react, as they don’t like for their socialism to be this overt, but they want desperately to use Mamdani.

This could serve to be a real cleansing experience, much like an enema. MUCH like an enema.

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Ironic that Gov Hochul kept her mouth shut about how she wouldn’t allow Mamdani’s policies to happen, BEFORE the election.
Now she speaks up about how the free buses, the tax the rich, the gov’t operated grocery stores and the rent control are all never going to happen while she’s gov.
(She’s done at the end of 2026.)
She left unsaid that she won’t let Mamdani cut off all business with Jews and Israel without a court battle but you know she’s not going to let Mamdani get NY taken thru the courts on that human right’s abuse.
She will stop him from firing Jews just for their religion.

I guess Mamdani really will be blaming women for all his failures.

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I have never been to NYC and ill never ever go to NYC Period Boycott the Big Apple

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What will he do to musicals, places the young dopes who voted for him go to drink dance and not wear veils? All the dogs that people consider their children?Will all street vendors need to go all halal. Whoopie Doopie we’re gonna have big fun.

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I hope this is one of those times when the voters get what they voted for – GOOD and HARD!!

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Maybe Mamdani will be a “do nothing” mayor. With no damage done, fellow socialists will claim that socialism “works”. Actually, I hope he destroys the city. If the Dems can declare Mamdani a success, more socialists may win elections throughout the country. Then we have a true disaster.

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