New Yorkers Know How to Fix Their City and Have Chosen Not To

Idid not think that Democratic primary voters in New York City would choose a socialist to be their mayoral nominee, even if his most competitive rival was the egregious Andrew Cuomo. I was wrong. Last night, New York’s illustrious Democrats selected the thoroughly absurd Zohran Mamdani to be their standard-bearer in November — and, by the looks of it, the contest was not particularly close. In its write-up this morning, Politico proposes that Mamdani’s victory represents a “clear repudiation of the political establishment” and may even “have reordered the Big Apple’s electoral politics.” In an admirable understatement, the outlet concludes that, despite his victory, “questions persist for Mamdani.”

As it happens, I don’t have questions for Mamdani. I have questions for New York’s electorate. And one, in particular, springs to mind: What, in the name of all that is holy, are you doing?

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Charles C. W. Cooke

Charles C. W. Cooke is a senior editor at National Review and the host of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast.

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Idid not think that Democratic primary voters in New York City would choose a socialist to be their mayoral nominee, even if his most competitive rival was the egregious Andrew Cuomo. I was wrong. Last night, New York’s illustrious Democrats selected the thoroughly absurd Zohran Mamdani to be their standard-bearer in November — and, by the looks of it, the contest was not particularly close. In its write-up this morning, Politico proposes that Mamdani’s victory represents a “clear repudiation of the political establishment” and may even “have reordered the Big Apple’s electoral politics.” In an admirable understatement, the outlet concludes that, despite his victory, “questions persist for Mamdani.”

As it happens, I don’t have questions for Mamdani. I have questions for New York’s electorate. And one, in particular, springs to mind: What, in the name of all that is holy, are you doing?