Zohran Mamdani Says He Wants To Make NYC Affordable

America is watching with anxious anticipation as New Yorkers head to the polls, likely to install socialist Zohran Mamdani as the city’s next mayor.

Since his shocking primary victory this summer, Mamdani’s candidacy has become a national story, with Americans wondering if the young radical represents a new direction for the national Democratic Party. And while Mamdani’s socialism and views on Israel are certainly cause for alarm, the policies he’s proposing for New Yorkers are just as shocking, though often overlooked.

That’s why we asked Jane Menton, a lifelong New Yorker, to write about one Mamdani-backed policy that has New Yorkers on edge. Local Law 97 would force most buildings to “reduce emissions” by 2030, an expensive flight of climate fantasy that could price middle-class New Yorkers out of their homes. The policy, which Mamdani has pledged to enforce without mercy, is reminiscent of Biden-era climate policies that would have forced Americans to shoulder the burdens of climate extremists.

America may have moved on from these policies.

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It’s Election Day in New York, and Zohran Mamdani, the socialist assemblyman from Queens, is almost certainly going to be the next mayor. But on his home turf, residents are terrified of the policies he supports.