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Cuomo on NYC mayoral race: 'You can't have a socialist city in a capitalist nation'
CNBC Television 2025-08-01 23:45
uh I didn't put forth my vision uh with enough clarity uh and enough aggression and I didn't debunk uh the assemblyman's positions, right. Um the uh freeze the rent, the grocery stores in every burrow, you know, this socialism is the answer, which is absurd because you can't have a socialist city in a capitalist nation, right. It's not going to work.New York City as anti- business. We don't do a lot of farming here. I don't know if you've noticed.Right. So, to be anti- business, anti-corporate doesn't reall ...
Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew: Mamdani's policies are not good for New York
CNBC Television 2025-07-02 15:28
Political Landscape & Policy Concerns - Democratic socialist Zoran Mdani's nomination for New York City mayor raises anxiety on Wall Street and within the Democratic party [1] - Concerns exist that Mdani's policies may not be beneficial for New York City [2] - Policies satisfying populist sentiment may lack practical effectiveness [3] - New York City's policies require approval from the state legislature or governor, ensuring centrist voices influence tax and spending [4] - The Democratic Party benefits from building the center, appealing to both center-left and center-right [4] - Jack Lou's explicit criticism of Mdani's policies highlights divisions within the Democratic party [6][7] - Potential anti-Semitic and anti-capitalist sentiments within the Democratic party are noted [8] New York City Budget & Financial Considerations - New York City's budget is approximately $110 billion to $115 billion [9] - Healthcare, fringe benefits, and pensions account for about $25 billion of the $115 billion budget [10] - Education is a significant line item in the budget [11] - Maximizing revenues to deliver services is crucial for the next mayor [11] - Antagonizing taxpayers could lead to their departure, impacting revenue [11][12]
Can Socialism Work for Business in NYC?
Bloomberg Television 2025-06-29 14:05
Zohran Mamdani is a very charismatic 33 year old young man who has been an assemblyman for less than four years and is somebody who, from the business community standpoint, came out of nowhere. He latched on to the issue that is the biggest one in our city and in America, which is financial insecurity. 90% of the people in New York are not sure they can continue to afford to live here.We are the most expensive city in America, the third most expensive city in the world. So there's a disconnect between the w ...
David Friedberg on Zohran Mamdani's Win in NYC: The College Debt Crisis Has Led People to Socialism
All-In Podcast 2025-06-28 17:25
Kla Harris is going to look like a conservative candidate pretty soon. A lot of people don't quite recognize and see how important the debt and the deficit is with respect to how it's ultimately going to lead to socialism as it has every single time in history when you've had a free voting democracy. People call it left, but it's actually quite different than just being more traditionally left.It's really a revolution against the system that brought them to this moment. Because the promise that we gave in A ...
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Ansem 馃Ц馃捀 2025-06-27 01:49
RT Tyler Winklevoss (@tyler)A lot of people have asked me if I will get involved in the NYC mayor race by supporting a candidate that can defeat Zohran Mamdani. TBH, I鈥檓 torn and undecided. Like every other city run by democrats, NYC is a broken kleptocracy. Taxes are astronomical and services are pathetic to nonexistent. Anarchy and socialism are the next logical steps in this story arc. It's what the people of NYC have been asking for for years and it looks like it's what they are about to get. Trying to ...
Zohran Mamdani surges ahead in NYC Mayor Race... and Friedberg called it!
All-In Podcast 2025-06-24 04:48
You're a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist running for mayor of the financial capital of the woods. New Yorkers are hungry for a different kind of politics. A politics that puts working people first.There is a new poll showing Zoran Mami actually leading Andrew Cuomo in New York City's race for mayor. This one poll hints at the possibility of a major political upset. My contrarian belief is that we'll see a rise, a dramatic rise in socialist movements in 2025 in the United States.Okay. And I think that s ...