Funny line in this one -- "The real estate hysteria is an early sign of just how hard Mamdani will have to work to win over New York’s economic establishment" -- why would he have to win them over?? The whole point is they can get fucked
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jon ben-menachem
"NYC’s developers and landlords are in a mad scramble to block the socialist who wants to freeze rent. Zohran Mamdani struck fear across the business community...phones across the real-estate industry are ringing almost nonstop as panicked executives scrape together their contingency plans."
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Moreover, ICE must be abolished.
—the rich must always be begged for approval, the poor must follow orders;
—the rich only work when happy; the poor only when flogged; and
—the votes of the rich are the Word of God, however few. The votes of the poor, however numerous, stink like shit.
#ZohranTheDestroyer could easily drive down real estate prices by 95% simply by hinting that he might one day be considering to mull over expropriation. And then have the city just buy the stuff.