1. He hates the police.<\/p>\n
Mamdani called <\/a>the NYPD a \u201cracist, anti-queer and a major threat to public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n His \u201capology\u201d rings hollow, saying that it was for \u201cthe language that I used\u201d \u2014 but not the sentiment. His plan for public safety would instead send \u201cmental health teams\u201d without police backup on 911 calls, because negotiation is key when you\u2019re about to be shoved onto the subway tracks.<\/p>\n 2. He really hates the police.<\/p>\n The number of officers in the NYPD is at its lowest levels in 20 years \u2014 below 34,000. Outgoing Mayor Adams wants to increase the ranks to 40,000 by 2028.<\/p>\n Mamdani insists on no additions \u2014 and is noncommittal about shrinking the agency. He claims he doesn\u2019t want to \u201cdefund this rogue agency\u201d as he has said in the past.<\/p>\n But then he suggests that\u2019s exactly what he\u2019d do. \u201cIt\u2019s not a question of headcount. It\u2019s a question of safety,\u201d Mamdani said recently.<\/a><\/p>\n 3. He hates the police \u2014 with a splash of antisemitism.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it\u2019s been laced by the IDF,\u201d Mamdani claimed.<\/p>\n To Zohran, <\/a>a few collaborative training exercises between the Israel Defense Forces and the police department is a full-blown conspiracy theory. The NYPD draws on the experience of many groups (including for community outreach), but since Israel=Evil in Mamdani\u2019s worldview, the program must end.<\/p>\n 4. His mental-health plan is half-baked.<\/p>\n Mamdani is right that we need to help the mentally ill living on our streets, but he doesn\u2019t have a realistic plan. He says his outreach teams will provide counseling, but any treatment program will be voluntary. How can someone who is mentally ill make decisions in their best interest? We\u2019ve seen this movie before. Mayor Bill de Blasio spent $1 billion on his wife\u2019s Thrive initiative, which prioritized a phone hot line. When schizophrenics told city workers they didn\u2019t want to go to a shelter, they were allowed to sleep on the floor of a subway station. Expect more of the same \u2014 and worse.<\/p>\n 5. Promises a bus boondoggle.<\/p>\n Mamdani wants free buses for everyone, which he says will cost $700 million annually \u2014 though the head of the MTA predicts that will climb to $1 billion a year. That the same thing has been tried before and failed \u2014 numerous times! \u2014 doesn\u2019t phase Zohran.<\/a> Kansas City ran out of money when it tried free buses. Olympia, Wash., had to raise sales taxes to pay for it. Meanwhile, in both those cities, as well as Portland, Ore., the quality of rides decreased. There was more vandalism; homeless camped out on them all day. We don\u2019t often agree with The Washington Post, but its editorial board was absolutely right when it declared that \u201cParents would grow afraid to let their children ride alone,\u201d as free buses become havens for drug users.<\/p>\n 6. He\u2019s never met a failed idea he didn\u2019t like.<\/p>\n Zohran Mamdani speaking at a campaign event in Queens. Getty Images<\/p>\n Capitalism is bad, so let\u2019s have a city-run grocery store with controlled prices! These stores wouldn\u2019t have to pay property taxes, or rent, since they\u2019d be in city-owned buildings. How many immigrant-owned bodegas will go out of business trying to compete against a store that gets such advantages? Details! Again, this has been tried before. And again, in places like Kansas City, city-run grocery stores were too expensive and unworkable. But that\u2019s not going to stop Zohran!<\/p>\n 7. He wants to globalize\u00a0the intifada.<\/p>\n To this day, Mamdani refuses<\/a> to condemn the phrase that calls for the destruction of Israel and the killing of Jews. New York already suffered when anti-Israel protesters marched through the streets, harassed Jewish residents and broke into a building at Columbia University. How much worse will it be under a Mayor Mamdani, who will encourage the protesters from inside City Hall?<\/p>\n 8. He\u2019ll cause an international incident.<\/p>\n Mamdani doesn\u2019t like the NYPD, but he\u2019s happy to order it to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It doesn\u2019t matter that the US is not a party to the International Criminal Court, which indicted Netanyahu on trumped-up charges. It doesn\u2019t matter that arresting him would likely violate federal law, torpedo our relationship with Israel, and embolden terrorist states \u2014 Mamdani\u2019s hate for him must be satisfied.<\/p>\n 9. He sides with hate.<\/p>\n Mamdani wrote and sang a rap song giving his \u201clove\u201d to the Holy Land Five, Americans who helped finance Hamas and were sent to prison for up to 65 years. He posed gleefully with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. He sits for pleasant interviews with Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who says the US \u201cdeserved 9\/11.\u201d His mentor was antisemite Linda Sarsour.<\/p>\n 10. But then claims he\u2019s the victim. <\/p>\n Despite all this, Mamdani says Muslims <\/a>are the real injured party here. He welled up at a press conference saying his aunt was scared to wear a hijab on the subway after the 9\/11 terror attacks, as if there\u2019s any sort of equation between the two. That the aunt turned out to be his father\u2019s cousin, that her \u201cfear\u201d never had any manifestation of reality, and there was actually no proof to back up Mamdani\u2019s tears? Quibbles.<\/p>\n 11. He\u2019ll flood the streets with criminals.<\/p>\n Mamdani insists he\u2019ll close Rikers by 2027, even though replacement jails in the boroughs are behind schedule. And even if they are built, they would hold 3,000 fewer inmates than the 7,000 currently held at Rikers. Despite the propaganda of the left, these aren\u2019t people being held on misdemeanor drug arrests. Because of the \u201cno bail\u201d laws, most criminals aren\u2019t locked up. Rikers therefore holds the worst of murderers, gang members, rapists \u2014 and Mamdani is saying let \u2019em go.<\/p>\n 12. He\u2019ll put children at risk for sex trafficking.<\/p>\n Mamdani has long wanted legal prostitution, which lowers the quality of life in neighborhoods and puts women at risk. \u201cDecriminalizing\u201d in Los Angeles has led to child sex trafficking, since police can\u2019t stop prostitutes to make sure they are of age. Or what pimps might be exploiting them.<\/p>\n Zohran Mamdani speaks at a canvass launch in Harlem. James Keivom<\/p>\n 13. He\u2019ll make the housing crisis worse.<\/p>\n