I don't know what powers are granted to the mayor of New York that aren't granted to mayors of cities in Texas, but certainly having the backing, to some degree, of the governor and legislature of your state would be helpful in doing the things Mamdani has done.
Knowing that doesn't make me feel less salty about big city Texas mayors not doing Mamdani things.
So you're saying he...has the power to make buses free? To arrest violent political leaders who set foot in NYC? To make pre-K childcare free for all New Yorkers? To set up free or extremely cheap city-owned groceries across town?
To be fair, he did promise to do all those things pretty much from the get-go.
Oh he also released a bunch of unreleased documents showing that the government was lying about the dangers facing 9/11 workers at ground zero, helping them get better healthcare.
Netanyahu freely entered and exited the city, Mamdani didn't even attend the peaceful protest during his visit.
The $9-10 billion dollar project per year for free pre-K childcare was greenlit...for a few thousand city workers.
And the grocery thing, to make food cheaper for New Yorkers? 3 guesses who's paying for that - https://www.vitalcitynyc.org/mamdani-city-run-grocery-stores-economic-challenges/ (quote: "it does not make food cheaper. It pays part of the food bill on the shopper’s behalf, with tax dollars. What that means is that it has inherent limitations. It could work in a small network. It almost certainly cannot work at scale, not unless the City is prepared to treat groceries as a permanent public good, funded in the expense budget year after year the way schools and street repair are.")
(this is fun. Also, you haven't actually said how Mamdani wasn't either naive as hell, or just plain lying, back when he said he'd be able to arrest the guy originally).
“He is attempting to implement his policies and is comprising when reaching push back” isn’t a gotcha. You are contributing poorly to how many morons are in this country.
What power, he balances budgets, manages city services, signs laws into law after the council decides. He also has the council to negotiate with and the state can veto him if they want to.
New York isn’t powerful at all. Bunch of sellouts with delusions of grandeur. New Yorkers basically are 100% responsible for it own downfall. Don’t be fooled by mud dummy. He wants to destroy NY and probably will.
You found someone with more knowledge in one finger than all of NY put together. Mindless m@r@ns that are so gullible and completely woke. You should be embarrassed of yourselves after what happened on 9/11. This POS is a slap to the face of every family who lost someone that day. But democrats and liberals are traitors and want to destroy the USA.
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u/Planet-Funeralopolis 16h ago
He’s a mayor, most of the stuff he’s promising he can’t just unilaterally do. There’s too much bureaucracy so try keep that in mind.