I like your take, William! I was so excited to see Zohran Mamdani win. He reminds me of FDR in his willingness to stand up, unapologetically, against the billionaires. FDR said that “government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.” If Mamdani and his supporters can withstand the NYC organized money mob, they will be role models for all of us.
I agree. Give Mamdani a chance. The hedge fund and real estate billionaires are freaked out because their precious loopholes and tax structure and ways they avoid paying their fair share are threatened. Will they really move their affairs to Florida or Texas from the greatest city in the world. Give me a break. The others who are panicked are those who are really comfortable -- they loved Bloomberg's bike lanes, how he beautified their parts of the city, 311 and his innovations that served them. I have to admit I liked all that too. There was a lot to like. Esp the smoking ban. But he kicked the can down the road on affordable housing and homelessness. This town is so out of whack. Is it really surprising that Mamdani's message of fighting for those with less, for those who are being pushed out, for those young people who want to live and work here but you need a well-off parent to make that possible? Is it hard to understand that how the national Democrats failed us, how as a party they aren't putting up a real opposition to a lawless president and his radical administration, is exactly why the "fight" that is Mamdani won the day in a City where our immigrant neighbors are being disappeared in the most brutal of ways??? I am not surprised. I was Team Lander but I am willing to give Mamdani a chance because the things he is fighting for resonate with my hopes and dreams that all people can thrive here -- not just survive.
I like your take, William! I was so excited to see Zohran Mamdani win. He reminds me of FDR in his willingness to stand up, unapologetically, against the billionaires. FDR said that “government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.” If Mamdani and his supporters can withstand the NYC organized money mob, they will be role models for all of us.
I agree. Give Mamdani a chance. The hedge fund and real estate billionaires are freaked out because their precious loopholes and tax structure and ways they avoid paying their fair share are threatened. Will they really move their affairs to Florida or Texas from the greatest city in the world. Give me a break. The others who are panicked are those who are really comfortable -- they loved Bloomberg's bike lanes, how he beautified their parts of the city, 311 and his innovations that served them. I have to admit I liked all that too. There was a lot to like. Esp the smoking ban. But he kicked the can down the road on affordable housing and homelessness. This town is so out of whack. Is it really surprising that Mamdani's message of fighting for those with less, for those who are being pushed out, for those young people who want to live and work here but you need a well-off parent to make that possible? Is it hard to understand that how the national Democrats failed us, how as a party they aren't putting up a real opposition to a lawless president and his radical administration, is exactly why the "fight" that is Mamdani won the day in a City where our immigrant neighbors are being disappeared in the most brutal of ways??? I am not surprised. I was Team Lander but I am willing to give Mamdani a chance because the things he is fighting for resonate with my hopes and dreams that all people can thrive here -- not just survive.