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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani Has Been Stopped<\/p>\n
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The wheels are coming off the socialist bus.<\/p>\n
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is tapping the brakes on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani\u2019s $700 million plan for free city buses, casting early doubt on one of the far-left lawmaker\u2019s biggest campaign promises, The New York Post\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the SOMOS political retreat in Puerto Rico on Saturday, Hochul said she\u2019s already spent heavily to support the city\u2019s struggling MTA and questioned how much further the state could go.<\/p>\n
\u201cI continue to be excited at the work of making the slowest buses in America fast and free,\u201d Mamdani said Monday during an unrelated press conference. \u201cAnd I appreciate the governor\u2019s continued partnership in delivering on that agenda of affordability.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Hochul\u2019s comments in San Juan marked the latest break between the moderate Democratic governor and Mamdani, the Democratic socialist she endorsed just two months ago.<\/p>\n
Hochul happily rode Mamdani\u2019s coattails during the campaign as he energized progressives with promises of affordability and social programs, but she has shown far less enthusiasm for actually paying for them.<\/p>\n
The governor has rejected several of Mamdani\u2019s cornerstone ideas, including proposals to raise taxes on wealthy New Yorkers to fund $10 billion in new benefits like free child care and fareless transit.<\/p>\n
Her caution could create a serious roadblock for the incoming mayor, whose ambitious plans rely on support from Albany to move forward.<\/p>\n
The top two Democratic leaders in the state Legislature \u2014 Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins \u2014 have signaled more willingness to help Mamdani pursue his agenda.<\/p>\n
That divide leaves Hochul increasingly isolated from the party\u2019s energized left flank, which has been openly pressuring her to embrace higher taxes on the rich.<\/p>\n
During recent public appearances, activists have twice interrupted the governor with chants of \u201cTax the rich,\u201d drawing a sharp rebuke.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more you push me, the more I\u2019m not going to do what you want,\u201d Hochul told the SOMOS crowd in response.<\/p>\n
Still, Hochul did not fully reject Mamdani\u2019s wish list.<\/p>\n
She said she\u2019s open to working with him on expanding free child care, though she made clear it would be an expensive and long-term goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll be on a path to get there, because I\u2019m committed to this as \u2018mom governor\u2019 \u2014 I get it,\u201d Hochul said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut also to do it statewide, right now, it\u2019s about $15 billion \u2014 the entire amount of my reserves.\u201d<\/p>\n
The cautious tone was a reality check for Mamdani, who has portrayed himself as the champion of \u201ceveryday New Yorkers\u201d and promised to make the city more affordable through massive new public spending.<\/p>\n
Hochul\u2019s remarks also came as she continues her own political maneuvering ahead of a likely 2026 re-election bid.<\/p>\n
After the SOMOS conference, she flew to the Dominican Republic to attend a breakfast celebrating cross-cultural exchange \u2014 an event seen as an appeal to one of New York\u2019s largest and most influential immigrant voting blocs.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers trace family roots to the Dominican Republic, making the outreach a politically savvy move for a governor seeking to rebuild her base while keeping the party\u2019s left wing at arm\u2019s length.<\/p>\n
Whether Hochul and Mamdani can maintain their uneasy alliance may determine not only the future of free buses and child care, but also the balance of power within the New York Democratic Party.<\/p>\n
Recent political commentary has seized upon the campaign of Democratic Socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani, framing him and his ally, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), as the embodiment of an ideological threat to the American economic and political system. The critique, which heavily references warnings from President Donald Trump, focuses on Mamdani\u2019s policy proposals, controversial associations, and the political infighting within the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n
The commentary opens by asserting that Mamdani is a \u201c100% communist lunatic\u201d and that Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d warnings about socialist figures \u201cdestroy[ing] the economy\u201d have proven accurate.<\/p>\n
The Socialist Agenda Critique:<\/strong>\u00a0The critique centers on the progressive platform, which is summarized as a promise of\u00a0\u201cfree everything\u201d<\/strong>\u2014including free buses, housing, health care, and groceries\u2014funded by a\u00a0<\/p>\n Financial Panic:<\/strong>\u00a0The core economic argument is that Mamdami\u2019s math \u201cdoesn\u2019t work.\u201d The commentary claims that\u00a0<\/p>\n A second major line of attack focuses on Mamdani\u2019s associations, which are used to raise questions about his loyalty and commitment to American values, particularly in the context of New York City\u2019s history.<\/p>\n The Imam Photo:<\/strong>\u00a0The most controversial claim revolves around a photo showing Mamdani posing\u00a0\u201carm-in-arm smiling with Imam Siraj Wahhaj.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0The commentary identifies Wahhaj as a figure who once served as a character witness for the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Critics argued this association should have \u201cended his campaign on the spot\u201d due to its profound insensitivity in the city that still bears the scars of the 9\/11 attack.<\/p>\n Representative AOC is portrayed as rushing in to defend Mamdani, but her efforts are dismissed as a \u201ctired playbook\u201d of immediately labeling any criticism as\u00a0<\/p>\n The Argument of Desperation:<\/strong>\u00a0The commentary interprets AOC\u2019s defense not as leadership, but as\u00a0\u201cdesperation,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0claiming that Trump\u2019s movement is leaving the socialist wing \u201cin the dust.\u201d<\/p>\n Political Liability:<\/strong>\u00a0The key political observation is the alleged\u00a0\u201cDemocrat civil war.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0The socialist wing is accused of becoming a\u00a0\u201cliability\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0rather than an asset to the Democratic Party. The narrative claims that moderate city officials and longtime Democratic donors are privately pulling back their support, signaling a fracture within the party over the embrace of the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) agenda.<\/p>\n The commentary concludes that the Mamdani controversy serves as a microcosm of a larger national political and ideological battle: a fight for \u201cAmerica\u2019s soul\u201d between American capitalism and constitutional loyalty versus Marxist collectivism and ideological infiltration.<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani Has Been Stopped This article may contain commentarywhich reflects the author’s opinion. The wheels are coming off the socialist bus. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is tapping the brakes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t