Mamdani’s ideas are so loony – free childcare, free buses, government grocery stores, low cost housing by his say so, legal prostitution (not free though), that nothing is going to get done … but he’s unlikely to further damage the city – except for the antisemitism. He’ll probably be mayor for eight years – unless he runs for President. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s the Journal, excerpted from their Best of the Web section. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allegedly savvy media practitioner hands his critics an irresistible metaphor.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n New York City\u2019s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is reaching into the dustbin of history, and not just for his Marxist ideology. Jeffery Mays reports for<\/a> the New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n As hundreds of thousands of people amass in Times Square for the annual New Year\u2019s Eve ball drop, a much smaller gathering of historical importance will begin underground at a long-abandoned subway station.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will be sworn into office at the old City Hall subway station, its tiled arches, chandeliers and vaulted ceilings emblematic of a Gilded Age civic ambition that Mr. Mamdani is seeking to honor in spirit\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The City Hall station, which opened in 1904, was closed down on New Year\u2019s Day in 1945 because its curved platform did not line up with the doors of newer trains, leaving dangerous gaps.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\n