Electing Mamdani will lead to New Yorkers learning hard lessons in real time - comment
No candidate will deliver what they are promising to New York, and Mamdani's housing plan alone is equal to just barely under the entire city budget.
Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, votes in the New York City mayoral election at a polling site at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School in Astoria, Queens borough of New York City, US, November 4, 2025(photo credit: Reuters/Kylie Cooper)ByJOANIE MARGULIES