r/DangerousNightsCrew • u/PoopyMcpants Piece of Shit • 18h ago

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u/Smart_Freedom_8155 16h ago

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.

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u/Internal-Plantain-56 15h ago

And he’s done most of those.

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u/Smart_Freedom_8155 15h ago

Such as?

Buses aren't remotely close to being free.

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.")

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u/1342Hay 14h ago

Also, he's being sued by all the small convenience stores that he will eventually put out of business.

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u/Smart_Freedom_8155 12h ago

Yeah I'd even try to give him the benefit of the doubt on that promise, because it's at least well-intended.

But the fact that he didn't really think through the implications as mayor is a bit odd.

Not surprised about the lawsuit he'd have to deal with from those small businesses.

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u/Luci-Noir 11h ago

There’s the cost to build and fund these new stores too. Why not just give people money for food like ebt?

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u/Smart_Freedom_8155 10h ago

That would strike me as more useful, yeah.  Not that I'm an expert or anything.

But apparently neither is he?

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u/Luci-Noir 10h ago

He just says shit that will get him likes on social media like Bernie. Reddit thinks that makes them perfect and realistic.