Local Paper Opines on Mayor's Race

Recently, the Wall Street Journal’s Opinion section has run a few articles about local mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

June 18: Cuomo vs. Mamdani: A Fight for the Democrats’ Future

“There is ample reason to believe that Mr. Mamdani would steer the nation’s largest city in a disastrous direction.”

June 20: Zohran Mamdani Wants New York City to Try Real Socialism

“Despite his appeal, Mr. Mamdani’s policy agenda would make New York more expensive and less safe.”

June 22: Does Mamdani Know What ‘Intifada’ Is?

“Globalizing it would bring suicide bombs and Oct. 7-style attacks to New York.”

June 22: New York’s Choice: Cuomo or Socialism?

“Manhattanites are warning that Mr. Mamdani’s ruinous utopianism could prompt a flight of talent and capital, since many won’t stick around to be punished. Has Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis considered donations to the Mamdani campaign?”

June 25: The People’s Republic of New York City

“The irony is that this ‘affordability crisis’ is the result of failed Democratic governance. Rent control and eviction limits have caused landlords to take tens of thousands of apartments off the market. A higher minimum wage raised the cost of food and other basics, while rich union contracts keep transportation inefficient and costly. Climate bans and mandates have raised energy costs. Mr. Mamdani’s solution is more socialism.”

June 26: How Democratic Failure Made Mamdani

“The failure of Democratic urban governance is one of the tragedies of 21st-century America. Mr. Mamdani’s ideas are bound to fail, but it’s not surprising that Democratic voters didn’t trust Mr. Cuomo and the rest of the party establishment to do any better.”

June 26: Mamdani Is as Extreme as Trump

“Democrats rightly deplore the Republican Party for capitulating to Donald Trump and an agenda that threatens democracy and decency. But we’d better pause and note how our own party is creeping dangerously close to an agenda that’s equally outlandish and radical. The clearest sign is the victory by Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York.”

June 26: Rahm Emanuel: My Party’s Future Isn’t Mamdani’s New York

“Affordable healthcare, lifetime retirement security and affordable community college are as American as apple pie, but they won’t be realized by consulting the Democratic Socialists of America’s playbook.”

June 27: Zohran Mamdani and the Jews

“None of this is surprising once one learns the candidate’s father is a Columbia University professor who has for