Did the people get to voice their opinion? God forbid that spreads across the country?
Personally, IDGAF who the mayor of NYC is, it doesn't impact me in the slightest. If he can show his policies can produce results, I'm all for it. Better for them to play in someone else's backyard than mine, bring successful policies my way after they're proven.
He probably won't get far on his agenda.
He is a practicing Muslim so he's being compared to London's mayor. He's also only 34 and never had a job. New York is the financial capital of the world with 8.48 million residents. He made a lot of promises he won't be able to keep.
• Fast and free buses
(paid for by the tax increase, not sure how you make them faster?)
• Government run grocery stores with cheaper groceries
(there's only a 1-2% mark-up on groceries to begin with and over 16,000 grocery stores in NY so he will never be able to make a dent)
• Tax millionaires and above 1-2%
(Governor Hochul is the only one who can increase this tax and it doesn't sound like she's going to do it because the rich will flee)
• Rent freeze
(he can only freeze rent in government housing and I think again, the Governor has to approve it and not sure she is going to do that)
• Construct 200,000 new government apartments
(with all the regulations and red-tape - good luck. It takes 6-12 months just to build a 1 family house)
• Defund the police crap again so will probably become more dangerous and with all the "free" handouts a haven for losers looking for free stuff.