Right after midnight, New York City became an actual socialist city.
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office on the Quran to become New York City’s 112th mayor.
The Uganda-born mayor inherits a New York City still plagued by the housing crisis, as well as a struggling school system with a depleted number of students and staffing shortages in a number of agencies, including NYPD, FDNY and EMS.Mamdani has vowed to quickly deliver on his big-ticket campaign promises such as offering universal child care, city-run grocery stores, free buses and freezing the rent — a slate of socialist freebies and other agenda items that are expected to cost more than $10 billion.A rent freeze and delivering no-cost child care will be Mamdani’s priorities during his first year in office, he has said.But those grand plans could be imperiled by the city facing a budget gap this fiscal year of nearly $400 million and another $6.5 billion next year, on top of potentially billions of dollars in cuts from the federal government.
Then, Mamdani appointed Ramzi Kassem as the City Hall’s chief counsel.
Yeah, um, Kassem defended Mahmoud Khalil, the anti-Israel student who had a hand in those antisemitic Columbia University protests.
Kassem also defended an al-Qaeda terrorist.
Not one of the terrorists involved in 9/11. Ahmed al-Darbi was convicted “of the bombing of a French oil tanker off the coast of Yemen in 2002.”
Are we that far removed from 9/11 that a NYC mayor would even think about appointing an al-Qaeda defense lawyer to any position in the city government?
The City Council doesn’t have to confirm City Hall’s chief counsel.
State Assemblyman Kalman Yeger, a Democrat from Brooklyn, blasted Mamdani for choosing Kassem.
“The mayor-elect probably realized he couldn’t nominate him as Corporation Counsel, as that is subject to City Council confirmation, and even the City Council doesn’t hate America that much,” said Yeger.
Don’t forget, Mamdani appointed Lillian Bonsignore as FDNY commissioner despite having no experience.
She served as EMT chief. That…that has nothing to do with fighting fires. Also, EMT is not the same as a paramedic.
Mamdani just wanted an openly gay woman to have a top spot in his administration. It’s only about diversity for these people.
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