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ugly, dangerous, and inconvenient: another would-be socialist utopia. Like Khan and Mamdani, Hidal-


go prioritizes the comfort and ease of illegal newcomers over long-term city dwellers. No wonder she is vying to become the U.N.’s high commissioner for refugees. It would be the perfect role for her. Hidalgo has dug up 19th- century fountains, lampposts, and benches, replacing them with plastic mushroom seats, while ruling over the worst garbage crisis the city has seen in generations. She axed half of Paris’ parking spaces because they take up too much public space. The blight of eco-obsessed socialist


mayors used to feel distinctly Euro- pean. The fact that American cities are electing people like this is particu- larly jarring. Just a decade or two ago, the American dream meant the very opposite of what people like Mamdani stand for. Karen Bass, the woke mayor of Los


Angeles, and Mayor Michelle Wu, who has been peddling social justice ideol- ogy in Boston, my hometown, are two further examples. Let us hope that this moment of destructiveness passes before it becomes impossible to resurrect our great cities from the embers of social justice zealotry left by the worst gen- eration of mayors ever.


Zoe Strimpel is a columnist for London’s Daily Telegraph.


Continued from page 45 Garry Kasparov, a former


world chess champion who fled the old communist Soviet Union for New York, is appalled: He was reminded of Winston Churchill’s remark that a nation trying to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. Second: How bad can New


York City get if Mamdani is elected? On a formal level, his powers would be limited by state control


46 NEWSMAX | AUGUST 2025 Democrats Struggle With


‘Dark Horse’ Radical Mamdani energizes youth vote but turns off moderates.


I BY JOHN GIZZI


f zohran mamdani were to emerge triumphant in Novem- ber, he would become the first- ever Muslim mayor of a major U.S. city — albeit it with a greater


and oversight. The only tax the mayor and city council can raise is the politically sensitive property tax, and the New York Legislature took away most of the mayor’s power over public education years ago. Still, New York has 120


billionaires, and they can easily move to Florida or Texas, neither of which has a state income tax. The owners of bodegas and


landlords of small buildings aren’t as portable, but many of them have been abandoning New York for years, as its


number of Jewish residents than Tel Aviv and Jerusalem combined. It is here that some Democrats


begin to hesitate about embracing their charismatic mayoral nominee. Should the most high-profile


declining quality of life and high cost of living have squeezed them.


As for crime, Democrat


political consultant Hank Sheinkopf predicts: “The police department will shrink; there’ll be more crime in our schools. “As a former police oficer


myself, I can assure you many will retire and join police forces where there is less stress and better pay.” Chicago, the nation’s third-


largest city, is a cautionary tale when evaluating a Mamdani


victory. Two years ago, teacher union


lobbyist Brandon Johnson was elected mayor after pledging to bring a “bold, progressive movement” to Chicago. In June, the Chicago Tribune


editorialized: “Want to know how a socialist mayor would govern New York City?” It detailed how Johnson has seen his approval plummet to just over 20% after two years of inexperienced and dysfunctional leadership.


Mamdani is even more


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