What Zohran Mamdani’s Policies Will Do to New York

The inevitable has finally been confirmed: Zohran Mamdani, the socialist dynamo we’ve gotten to know over the last five months, will be the next mayor of New York City. This result has many troubling implications. An avowed enemy of capitalism will soon be running the government of the world’s financial capital. An anti-Zionist crusader will be responsible for the safety of the largest population of Jews in America. And, as the mayor of America’s most populous and prominent city, a de facto communist may become the new face of the Democratic Party.

All these implications are by dint of Mamdani’s sheer persona as the avatar of left-wing grievance. The effects will be national. But Mamdani’s concrete policy proposals — what he has expressly promised to do once given the levers of power — should be of greater concern to New Yorkers. In campaigning to solve the city’s many problems through limitless government, Mamdani has committed to policies that would make New York less livable, less secure, and less prosperous. To his credit, he has laid out his plans in precise detail.

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John R. Puri

John R. Puri is the Thomas L. Rhodes Fellow at National Review.

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The inevitable has finally been confirmed: Zohran Mamdani, the socialist dynamo we’ve gotten to know over the last five months, will be the next mayor of New York City. This result has many troubling implications. An avowed enemy of capitalism will soon be running the government of the world’s financial capital. An anti-Zionist crusader will be responsible for the safety of the largest population of Jews in America. And, as the mayor of America’s most populous and prominent city, a de facto communist may become the new face of the Democratic Party.

All these implications are by dint of Mamdani’s sheer persona as the avatar of left-wing grievance. The effects will be national. But Mamdani’s concrete policy proposals — what he has expressly promised to do once given the levers of power — should be of greater concern to New Yorkers. In campaigning to solve the city’s many problems through limitless government, Mamdani has committed to policies that would make New York less livable, less secure, and less prosperous. To his credit, he has laid out his plans in precise detail.