Hard Questions Unanswered by Mamdani

Mamdani Strategy is the Distract the Press:  The 5 Borough Tour Attacking Trump and Affordability Promises during the Primary — Free Buses, Free Rents Free Food, Distractions on How he Will Really Run the City

Press Questions Not Asked Mamdani

Mamdani was not asked by the press if he thinks there will be more bar gang shoots if he sticks to his plan that NYPD get rid of its gang data base?   Gang-Related Attack Kills 3 in Shootout at a Brooklyn Bar Nine others were treated for injuries after the early-morning shooting in the Crown Heights neighborhood, the police said.

Mamdani actually said Sunday his violence interrupters would end gang violence like the bar shot out . . . Adams already have violence interrupters in that area of Brooklyn

Mamdani bill in Albany to legalize prostitution will increase gang control of prostitution and trafficking of immigrant woman

Law enforcement and community leaders have indicated that gangs, including the 18th Street Gang and Tren de Aragua, have been involved in various criminal enterprises on Roosevelt Avenue, including operating and controlling the prostitution market.

NYPD Questions Not Asked to Mamdani About the NYPD

“Mamdani, you’ve called for defunding and dismantling the NYPD. Your plan scraps the Strategic Response Group — the same unit that just stopped a Park Avenue mass shooter — and replaces it with a ‘Department of Community Safety’ run by your allies. Isn’t that just ‘defund the police’ with a PR scrub — one that would make New York even more dangerous?”

Crime

Mamdani you oppose any changes to the bail law. Do you believe the no-bail policy has contributed to an increase in crime?

You oppose allowing judges or medical professionals to order institutionalization. How would you protect New Yorkers from violent mentally ill individuals?

You want to close Rikers Island, which currently holds about 7,000 inmates, and replace it with community jails that can hold only 4,000. What do you propose to do with the remaining 3,000 inmates?

Subway Safety

Given that both Mayors de Blasio and Adams failed to make mental health–police response teams work in the subways, what makes you confident you can succeed using only mental health professionals — especially when you’ve never managed anything in your life?

“Do you think your plan to open homeless drop-in centers in empty subway station stores will number of Homeless and mentally Ill hanging out in the Subway?

Closing Rikers Prison

Mamdani demands Rikers be shut down — with no plan for the thousands of inmates left behind. His borough-based jails fit just 4,000, while Rikers holds over 7,000 today. So, what happens to the other 3,000 — back on the streets?

Wall Street Leaving NYC

“Wall Street provides nearly 18% of New York City’s tax revenue, yet over a trillion dollars in business has already left for Florida and Texas. What’s your answer to Wall Street leaders who warn the rest will follow if you raise taxes on billionaires?”

“If the billionaires and financial firms still footing the bill leave, how will you replace the lost tax revenue without blowing a hole in the city’s budget?”  “Do you believe New Yorkers are willing to accept cuts in police, sanitation, schools, and transit if your tax hikes drive away Wall Street?”

About Mamdani Proposal for City Run Stores

Cities from Kansas City to Salt Lake City, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Newark have spent millions trying to run city-owned stores — only to see empty shelves, bad management, crime, and eventual closure. Kansas City’s experiment cost taxpayers $27 million before it shut down. Given this track record, why are you willing to risk putting New York’s bodegas out of business by pursuing a city owned model with such a high failure rate elsewhere?

Private Sector Business Decline

“New York City added fewer than 1,000 private-sector jobs in the first half of this year — the slowest payroll growth outside a recession in decades, with major industries like finance, hospitality, and retail actually shedding jobs. Last year during the same period, we gained 66,000 jobs. If elected, what’s your plan to reverse this slowdown and make New York a place where companies want to hire again?”

Sanctuary City

“You want to keep New York City as a sanctuary city. Would you use the City Charter to allow New Yorkers to vote on whether the city should be a sanctuary city?”

Free Buses

Mamdani, you’ve promised free buses for New Yorkers. But given the long trail of failed fare-free transit experiments — Portland scrapping its program in 2012 over costs and crime, Trenton and Denver dropping theirs when federal grants dried up, Tucson reinstating fares after a surge in drug use and assaults, and Kansas City quietly ending its ‘pioneering’ policy amid budget pressure — what city services are you planning to cut to pay for this scheme, and why should New Yorkers believe the outcome here will be any different?”

Experience

Mamdani has no management experience. As an Assemblyman, he’s passed just one bill — and even missed the vote on it, along with 231 other votes on bills. Before politics, he never held a job.

Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia gave New Yorkers the best advice for choosing a mayor: “It doesn’t matter if a mayor is a Democrat or a Republican, as long as they can pick up the garbage on time.” The real job of New York’s mayor isn’t hashtags and slogans — it’s managing a $115 billion budget, overseeing 306,000 city workers, and administering 362 million square feet of city-owned property. In short, the mayor needs the skills of a Fortune 500 CEO. Putting socialist Mamdani — with zero management experience — in charge of New York’s $115 billion budget is like putting the wolf in charge of the sheep.

Domestic Violence

Mamdani, survivors of domestic violence have raised alarms over your stated belief that police should not respond to domestic violence incidents. Advocates like Michelle Esquenazi, who still remembers her husband holding their two-year-old over a banister during an attack, warn this approach could cost women their lives. If not the police, who exactly will respond in those life-or-death moments — and how can you guarantee victims will be protected?