When Zohran Mamdani hailed Kerala communist leader as 'kind of Mayor New York City needs'
Zohran Mamdani in 2020 shared a post by CPIM's Puducherry committee congratulating Arya Rajendran for becoming the youngest mayor of a city anywhere around the world and now many Americans are branding him a communist over this "endorsement" of Left-leaning politics
There is a hunger for bold, transformative politics in the United States right now. Zohran Mamdani shows how the Left can run on a principled, disciplined message that speaks to voters’ lived concerns — and win.
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You win by energizing your base on core issues, not by pandering to the middle. 2024 taught us that; Biden and Harris taught us that.
He talked to New Yorkers that voted for Trump in 2024, who had voted for Biden in 2020. Cost of living is out of control.
His platform has been to try to deal With that red tape, which he might be able to make a difference, in doing business in the city, and whose costs get passed on to consumers. We don’t need as many middle man, red tape, and policies holding back development.
He will need to work on public safety, but will at least have a year with a friendly governor, running for reelection herself to try to make head way in 2026 if he’s elected.
We New Yorkers know the fears of a return to the BLM environment, but having gone through 2020, he is no longer defund the police.
Silwa and Cuomo campaigns work in a city with growing crime, so they may have a chance. Mamdani will have to get serious on crime fighting, and needs to have a plan from day 1.
Adams will get the blame for the increase crime and not being able to manage it. See the graph of the increase in crime starting when Adams was elected. Adams (and DA Bragg) is perceived, by criminals, as soft on crime.
Coumo signed the 2019 end to Cash Bail, and that contributed to crime.
Sliwa is the most “innocent” of the three challengers to Mamdani, but Curtis has his own out of step ideas on other topics, many New Yorkers wouldn’t want to sign onto.
The solution to crime in NYC, is maximizing employment for residents. Mamdani will also have to put the fear of the law back into criminals but in a measured way as not to antagonize the public.
He has to get the balance right, to create the virtuous cycle of safety, employment and economic prosperity to make New York the go to place. He will get a great opportunity with the world cup scheduled to have its final match near town in 2026. A great opportunity to push for changes that might not other wise be seen as palliative.
If Hochul and Mamdani pull it off, she could win re-election, and be able to support him through his full 5 year term.
FDR realized, taking care of the working class, through the new deal, made capitalism healthier. New Yorkers need to be able to stretch a buck again to have hope, and not become desperate. Desperation leads to crimes.