Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani campaigning in Manhattan on Oct. 27, 2025. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

New York City survived Mayor Bill de Blasio; can Zohran Mamdani really be that much worse?

Sadly, the answer is a clear YES.

Indeed, Blas just cast major doubt on Mamdani’s expensive agenda, telling the Times of London (of all places!): “In my view, the math doesn’t hold up under scrutiny, and the political hurdles are substantial.”

Yep: Even Bill de Blasio is more realistic than Mamdani (who he nonetheless endorsed last month); let’s review the contrasts.

Mayor de Blasio’s impact on public safety was awful, but largely delayed: Crucially, he took office certain he couldn’t let the bottom fall out after 20 years of falling crime and hired Bill Bratton, an architect of the city

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