It is just a few weeks before New York City hands the keys to a socialist who plans on giving most everything away for free if he can.
Some city officials are getting out of the line of fire right now, while they still can.
One notable name in city government just resigned, and he did not hold back on his opinion of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as he walked out that door.
Mamdani is turning out to be everything we thought he would be, and he has not even moved into Gracie Mansion yet.
For instance, this weekend, reports surfaced that Mamdani was already giving tips to New Yorkers on how to resist ICE agents. His video stated, "First, ICE cannot enter into private spaces like your home, school or private area of your workplace without a judicial warrant signed by a judge.”
It continued, "If ICE does not have a judicial warrant signed by a judge, you have the right to say, ‘I do not consent to entry' and the right to keep your door closed."
First, if you are a legal resident, you have nothing to fear. ICE is not deporting legal immigrants. It is comments like this from Democrats that have led to an absurd number of attacks on federal agents, so Mamdani has clearly drawn a line in the sand.
Mamdani also announced that he would halt Mayor Eric Adams’ program of sweeping up homeless encampments around the city.
Mayor Adams responded to the move by saying, “I appreciate the idealistic view he has of life because you need that as a mayor.”
He continued, “But the realism is -- imagine if we said that you are allowed to sleep on the streets of our city in tents and encampments with 230,000 people coming to our city. You know what that would look like? All you have to do is go look at other cities that are having that take place.”
I can tell you exactly what that would look like because I see it every time I visit my friends in Austin, Texas. You literally cannot travel a block in the downtown area without at least one person asking you for money or going off on some maniacal rant. It is not exactly good for tourism, or anything, for that matter.
That brings us to Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro, who just resigned his post, deciding to take a big shot at Mamdani on his way out the door.
Mastro, in his resignation letter to Adams, wrote, “While I told the press months ago that, ‘I will never work for a socialist,’ the mayor-elect’s transition team needlessly included me (and you) last week on a list of 179 City Hall staffers it intends to replace on January 1, 2026. No need to have done so. We will be leaving city government together.”
Adams publicly responded, stating, “I’m so glad Randy answered my call to return to City Hall after such a distinguished career in and out of government. His experience, wisdom, common sense and many contributions have been invaluable. As mayor, I often talk about landing the plane. Over the past few months, Randy has landed enough planes to fill an airport.”
My gut tells me that things are about to get very ugly in New York City. Rumors are that a moderate will take over as the City Council speaker, and Gov. Kathy Hochul has already stated she will not be able to give Mamdani the money he needs to fund all of his desired programs. With socialist candidates being elected around the country, as well as in Congress, the first year of Mamdani’s administration could very well shape how our congressional midterm elections go.
