America’s largest metropolis is about to elect a swaggering socialist as mayor. Thanks to an avalanche of outside cash, the foreign-born child of privilege named Zohran Mamdani leads the contest to run New York City.
Passing himself off as a man of the people, Mr. Mamdani built a 17-point advantage over his nearest rival in the RealClearPolling average. His success demonstrates the extent of the mainstream Democratic Party’s leftward lurch, considering the range of zany schemes Manhattanites appear willing to endorse.
Mr. Mamdani will freeze monthly payments for anyone in “rent stabilized” apartments — a giveaway to his biggest fans, illegal aliens. The foreign-born occupy 44% of the space in rent-controlled tenements, and a third of those living in taxpayer-funded units were also born outside the United States, according to city data…