Mamdani’s main victims, trans demands warp reality and other commentary

Urbanist: Mamdani’s Main Victims

Zohran Mamdani’s “agenda would disproportionately affect middle-class and poorer New Yorkers,” warns City Journal’s Nicole Gelinas .

His rent freeze will slam building maintenance and push owners to leave “vacant units indefinitely empty rather than leasing them to new tenants at a loss” — and risks “an equally radical reaction,” as “the increasingly conservative Supreme Court may see an indefinite rent freeze by mayoral whim” as reason to strike down the rent laws entirely.

Making buses free “could set off a cascade of revenue loss” for the MTA, as subway riders demand equal treatment and “suburban rail commuters, too, who pay far higher prices than subway and bus riders to commute.”

He aims to move “many police duties, including approaching people w