He’s the Million Dollar Mam.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani spent the week cozying up to ultra-wealthy liberal power players at pricey private fundraisers to hit his whopping $4 million transition goal — even after insisting during his campaign that billionaires shouldn’t exist.
The Democratic Socialist , elected to City Hall after vowing to take on modern oligarchs and rein in living costs, kicked off his high-dollar haul Tuesday, tapping Michael Novogratz, the billionaire CEO of crypto firm Galaxy Digital, to co-host a sold-out fundraiser at a West Village home, according to the New York Times.
“I’m going to cheer for him until he does something I will really hate,” Novogratz told the paper.
“He’s not batting 1.000, but so far he hasn’t driven the car into the ditch.”
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