Posted on 01/04/2026 5:29:50 AM PST by MtnClimber
In New York, officials elected in November take office on January 1. And thus, on New Year’s Day 2026, we had the inauguration of our new Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Can you feel the excitement?
For myself, not so much. The best I can say is that this too shall pass. Hopefully without too much destruction in the meantime, but we have no assurance of that.
And yet it seems that plenty of people really do feel excitement. I’m not making this up. For example, here is the big piece on the inauguration from the New York Times. Excerpt:
The message from the stage was unmistakable: In New York City, the left is ascendant. And to national Democratic leaders struggling to regain the party’s footing, Mr. Mamdani’s victory and the excitement surrounding it may suggest a path forward.
None other than Senator Bernie Sanders showed up to administer the oath of office (on a Quran!). Sanders got to utter a few remarks. He said that Mamdani embodied “hope” and “vision.” From the Times:
“New York, thank you for inspiring our nation,” Mr. Sanders said. “Thank you for giving us, from coast to coast, the hope and the vision that we can create government that works for all, not just the wealthy and the few.”
CNN was able to capture the excitement of a gaggle of attendees at the event. For example, there was Jen Shoemaker, who moved to New York from New Orleans 14 years ago, and recently served as a Mamdani campaign volunteer:
“Everybody’s so energetic. We’re so ready for Zohran,” said Shoemaker, who arrived more than two hours before the inauguration began. “We need Democrats with backbones and Zohran has one.”
Here is a picture of Ms. Shoemaker from CNN:
And from lifelong New Yorker Fernando Restrepo:
[Restrepo] said he’d never attended a mayoral inauguration in the city before but was inspired to come out because of the message of hope and unity he felt Mamdani’s election represented.
Teen Vogue was also on the scene, collecting some choice quotes. Here’s one from someone identified only as “Rawlins”:
“I am excited for him to make New York more affordable and make New York for the people again instead of just the fricking rich people.”
Over at NPR, they get a quote from an attendee named Enid David:
“I believe in what Zohran is going to do. I believe in his mission. I believe in his plan, and I think he can make it happen.”
You get the picture.
What the future in fact holds for New York is a continuation, and likely acceleration, of its ongoing decline relative to the rest of the country. When I moved to New York in 1975, the population of the state was 18.1 million, while Florida’s population was 8.4 million. Today, New York State’s population is about 20 million, while Florida’s is nearing 24 million. Over the same period, New York City’s population, like the State’s, has inched up, from about 7.5 million to about 8.5 million.
New York, City and State, represent a tremendous missed opportunity. We created the world’s greatest economy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and ever since we have gradually undermined it by over-taxation and over-regulation. People genuinely want to live here, but many of the most productive are driven away by overtly hostile government.
As I have previously pointed out, there is a limit to what Mamdani can do as Mayor of New York City to accelerate the destruction. However, he gives every indication that he will try his best to do the maximum damage possible. From his inaugural address:
“I was elected as a democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist. I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical.”
How about fear of being deemed a moron?
When Manhattan Contrarian moved to NYC in 1975 non-Hispanic whites made up around 55% of the population. That share has fallen to around 30%. NYC is doomed.
The crazy clowns voted for this clown , clowns stick together
If I was a Jew, I’d get the F out of NYC… like, yesterday.
Somewhere in NYC, Imamdani has an open manhole with his name on it...WHOOSH!
Nice hat freak! Carmen Miranda would be proud. Could have added a few pineapples and mangos though.
Useful idiots are what they are. They simply don’t understand that the government is what made NY expensive in the first place. Now they want more government. The prog mind virus is virulent and widespread in NY. Unfortunately, it has infected useful idiots everywhere.
Mayor Mamdani: Can You Feel The Excitement?
I hear a lot of NY’ers are posting pictures
of the Mayor........in their toilet bowls.
Great. Now America has a ‘Magic Muslim’ to go with our ‘Magic Negro.’ Too bad Heels Up Harris lost. They could’ve added a ‘Magic Female Jamaican’ to the boxed set!
I’m sure everything will be just fine, based upon past events all over the USA where people were elected solely on skin color alone.
*SMIRK*
I spent about 18 months while in the US Army from Jan ‘63
until the fall of ‘64 station with the Armed Forces Police
Detachment headquartered in the Brooklyn Naval Yard. Our
group worked along with the NYC Police 24 hour units. It
was nice in that your off time was very enjoyable with all
the things you could do free of charge as a member of the
US Military.
Those of us raised in the south should know better, so I don’t know what my brother was thinking, but he’s stuck with her now. And he wonders why family has drifted away.
Good and hard...
No bathroom facilities… so they can practice peeing on each other’s feet and telling them it’s raining.
Mayor Mamdani: Can You Feel The Excitement?
He has his hand in his pocket playing with his pocket rocket he’s a insane communist at best hunting for troops.
Lemmings standing by.
Is the City Council ready to help Mamdani destroy NYC ?
To me, Mad-mani comes across as a antagonist right out of an Ayn Rand novel.
Let’s check back in a year and see if they’re still celebrating.
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Yes.
A lovely quote from a lovely article.
There are a lot a smart people in NYC, that may not want to give their inheritances away to this "demigod" that is Zorhan.
A true media creation.
I’m just all a-tingle.
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