It could be a case of deja zoo.

Zohran Mamdani could be the second coming of former lefty Mayor John Lindsay if elected to City Hall — a controversial and polarizing tax-and-spend figure during the 1960s-1970s blamed for the infamous fiscal crisis that nearly bankrupted the city.

Historians and veteran politicos cite Mamdani and Lindsay’s similarities — charismatic figures who attracted young people to their cause and having liberal, big government agendas. 4

It was Lindsay who proposed and got Albany to approve New York City’s first income tax that Mamdani wants to raise on the wealthy.

“They both inspired young people. They both tapped into the idea that the city is in trouble and big change is needed,” said Vincent Cannato, author of “The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and

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