Mamdani may have won the mayoral race in New York, but he has a long road ahead of him. It doesn’t help that he just fell flat on his face.
And now Zohran Mamdani will never recover after his brain broke on camera.
Mamdani Dodges Questions on Funding Free Buses as Hochul Rejects Tax Hikes
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani faced tough questioning in a PIX11 interview but repeatedly failed to offer a viable backup plan for his proposed $800 million-a-year free-bus program after Gov. Kathy Hochul made clear she will not support new tax increases on the wealthy or corporations.
Pressed on how he would secure the hundreds of millions needed for the MTA without state tax hikes, Mamdani offered no concrete alternatives and instead insisted the money must simply be found—somehow.
“How are you getting that money, the $700 million to make the buses free, into the MTA if she’s not for raising taxes?” PIX’s Dan Mannarino asked.
“You know, I think that the two clearest ways to raise that money is through the raising of the state’s corporate tax to max out of New Jersey,” Mamdani said.
“But she said no,” Mannarino continued.
No Plan B: “The Most Important Fact Is That We Fund It”
Mamdani stuck to his tax-hike talking points and dismissed the need for specifics, declaring that the “how” is secondary to simply spending the money.
“I think that a lot of this is still a case to be made. Whether it’s the corporate tax or the personal income tax on those who make more than a million dollars a year or more, I think that these are the clearest ways. I’ve also said that if there are other ways to raise this funding, the most important fact is that we fund it, not the question of how we do it, but that we do it,” Mamdani said.
The mayor-elect similarly sidestepped cost questions about his broader far-left agenda—government-run grocery stores, universal childcare, citywide rent freezes on stabilized units, and a new Department of Community Safety that would replace police with social workers for many 911 calls—during a Nov. 4 appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
Socialist Roots and Immediate Fundraising Push
Mamdani’s vision aligns with his long-standing self-described democratic socialism. Resurfaced 2021 footage shows him telling a Young Democratic Socialists of America conference that the movement must focus on “seizing the means of production.”
He has earned enthusiastic endorsements from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Since his election victory, Mamdani has posted multiple social-media videos urgently soliciting donations from supporters—even as he promises hundreds of millions in new city spending without identifying offsetting cuts or revenue sources.
