In my opinion, Mamdani’s charisma, savvy, and eloquence are highly overrated compared to his bona fide lack of executive, judicial, or legislative experience. His economic policies, as reflected in his campaign platform, will probably bankrupt New York City, which was considered the best urban economic powerhouse in the world in 2025 according to the Oxford Economics’ Global Cities Index.
I believe that two major reasons that Mamdani will be an economic disaster, risking another financial collapse circa 1975 or worse, are because of his past radical anti-prison stance of “Agenda for Decarceration” that he “explicitly signed on to in 2020 as part of his first Assembly campaign.” Criminals roaming the streets instead of being in prison, committing misdemeanors, graduating to felonies, will just worsen crime.
Mamdani’s rancid antisemitism, as epitomized in his repeated refusal to renounce the Jew-hating phrase “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” could cause many Jews to decide to pack up and move. Any toleration of antisemitism will only totally alienate the 1.4 million Jewish residents living in metropolitan New York City, potentially causing lawsuits, economic disruption, and migration to other parts of the tristate area…