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Just after midnight, while much of the world rang in the New Year (where celebrations weren’t canceled for security concerns), New York City ushered in a new political era.
Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor — the city’s first Muslim, openly pro-Palestinian mayor who has tolerated or excused rhetoric such as “Globalize the Intifada” and has built his rise on an aggressively anti-Israel political posture.
Many used their platforms to warn about Mamdani. It wasn’t enough. One of my favorites is Sid Rosenberg and he is relentless. You all agreed and laughed but not enough acted at the ballot box.
To those who did fight — keep fighting. Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams, while far from perfect, did at least encourage New Yorkers to be vocal and engaged rather than silent spectators to their city’s decline. With respect to anti-semitism, he created the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism and appointed Moshe Davis (another fighter) as its Executive Director to make an impact.
During his transition, Mamdani met with leaders from the Jewish community and others. He even visited the Ohel to pray and hear concerns. Yet symbolism does not outweigh policy — and many of my Jewish friends remain deeply fearful about what comes next.
Perhaps most alarming has been the advocacy of more than 3,500 New York City public defenders and legal services attorneys, primarily represented by the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA-UAW Local 2325), who have demanded the removal of NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. Their claim: that stops of Black and Brown New Yorkers have “surged,” and that policing of pro-Palestinian demonstrations and other “movements for justice” has intensified.
Frank Sinatra would roll over in his grave.
Sinatra’s New York vs. Mamdani’s New York
New Year’s Eve in New York evokes New York, New York and My Way. But the Mamdani Way is the opposite of Sinatra’s.
Sinatra’s New York didn’t hand out guarantees — it handed out chances. It rewarded those willing to seize opportunity, to fail, to try again, and to earn respect through performance. You showed up. You delivered. If you made it, the city respected you.
Mamdani rewards complacency.
He promises rent freezes, free transit, and “affordable” housing — not through increased supply or innovation, but through a crushing sea of regulation. In Sinatra’s New York, you showed up on time — not late to a Zoom call in pajamas with unlimited personal days — and you earned your place. No one needed to understand your lifestyle. You either performed, or you were gone.
Sinatra’s city was loud, imperfect, sometimes cruel — but to the victor went the spoils. And if you made it there, you could make it anywhere.
Mamdani’s New York is built on empty promises layered with social-media slogans. Transit will be “free,” which means inefficient and unsafe, with social workers replacing enforcement. Expect endless press releases, task forces, and visions that bankrupt the city as the Sinatra New Yorkers — the tax base — flee to make it anywhere else.
Don’t expect a bailout from Kathy Hochul. Instead, pray for a Bruce Blakeman victory for governor this November.
From Skyscrapers to Safety Nets
Sinatra’s New York made you rise to the heights of its skyscrapers.
Mamdani’s New York embraces the nine most terrifying words in the English language, as warned by Ronald Reagan:
“I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”
Only now, the message is worse: New York will lower itself to you.
If you succeed, you don’t deserve it. If you build something, it should be taken, canceled, or nationalized.
The Mamdani regime promises to tax the wealthy and successful, regulate everything in sight, and re-educate the city with a DEI soup that promotes diversity without merit. The result will be a fractured backbone and shattered infrastructure — masked by “vibes,” redistribution, and the illusion that tax dollars will flow forever, no matter how aggressively the city punishes those who generate them.
When Mamdani pushes too far, the tough will leave. Capital will flee. Builders will stop building. Crime will rise. The city will become even more unaffordable — and a new scapegoat will be blamed. The biggest losers won’t be the “ultra-wealthy,” but the middle class still clinging to the belief that this city works, or that they’re not liquid or flexible enough to escape.
A Warning, Not Just for New York
Sinatra’s New York dared you to be great.
Mamdani’s city dares you to stay comfortable — until there’s nothing left worth staying for. And when the next parasitic exodus begins, don’t worry: the same failed Democrat-Socialist policies will be exported to the next host city. Sanctuary city mandates. Leaf-blower bans (so you can Zoom from home). Public-benefits charges to pay your neighbor’s electric bill.
If Mamdaniland can happen in New York, it can happen anywhere.
It’s up to you to stop it this November at the ballot box.
Wake up, middle-class voters.
May New York serve as the warning — the iceberg ahead — so your city, county, and state don’t become the next Titanic.
Get Engaged - and if you do not know how, reach out and spread the message.
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