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Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration: New mayor vows not to soften democratic socialist agenda for governing NYC
AM New York ^ | 1/1/26 | Adam Daly

Posted on 01/01/2026 6:27:37 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

Mayor Zohran Mamdani opened his administration Thursday with an explicit pledge to govern the nation’s largest city as a democratic socialist, saying he would not soften his politics as he ushered in the “new era.”

“I was elected as a democratic socialist, and I will govern as a democratic socialist,” Mamdani said in his inaugural address on New Year’s Day before a crowd of thousands gathered at City Hall and at a block party down the Canyon of Heroes.

The declaration, made on the steps of City Hall, set the tone for a speech that framed his mayoralty as a test of whether a left-wing government can deliver for working people while confronting corporate power and economic inequality.

“No longer will City Hall hesitate to use its power to improve New Yorkers’ lives,” he said, arguing that decades of deference to the private sector had eroded trust in government.

He rejected advice to lower expectations at the outset of his term. “The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations,” Mamdani said. “Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously.”

(Excerpt) Read more at amny.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: 5yearplan; classwarfare; mamdani; nyc; proletariatunite; socialism; workersparadise; zohranmamdani; zoltarspeaks; zoltarwisdom

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1 posted on 01/01/2026 6:27:37 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Totally a scam to steal OPM.

Smoke the Hopium peeple.


2 posted on 01/01/2026 6:30:23 PM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Free everything except taxes.


3 posted on 01/01/2026 6:33:05 PM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Pedal to the metal, eh Zohran?


4 posted on 01/01/2026 6:33:51 PM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Pay attention, New Yorkers. What follows is what you wanted!


5 posted on 01/01/2026 6:44:17 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Did he ever hear about Nicolae Ceaușescu ?


6 posted on 01/01/2026 7:17:23 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
It looks like Mamdani will do what Confederate agents were unable to do it 1864 - burn NYC to the ground.

I can't see anything residents of the city can do to stop the impending disaster.

“Flee” is the only advice I can offer.

7 posted on 01/01/2026 7:22:40 PM PST by jeffersondem
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

We have to make sure he runs his little experiment without any Federal tax dollars.


8 posted on 01/01/2026 7:26:55 PM PST by TigersEye (The primary Democrat/leftist strategy is "Create maximum chaos every which way you can.")
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To: BradyLS

New Yorkers are going to get what they want good and hard, it serves them right and I will not shed a tear for their self inflicted paint


9 posted on 01/01/2026 7:30:05 PM PST by tet68 ("We would not die in that man's company that fears his fellowship to die with us." Henry V.)
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To: tet68
Self-Inflicted Paint.

Best description of Abstract Expressionism I've ever seen.

10 posted on 01/01/2026 8:15:10 PM PST by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union to get paid for loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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To: BradyLS

I’m afraid it’ll spread to other parts of the country.

I hope he destroys New York in record time so others won’t be tempted to follow.


11 posted on 01/01/2026 8:37:45 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Nu Yawkers can suck it. They will get what they voted for.


12 posted on 01/01/2026 8:42:16 PM PST by dinodino ( Shut it down anyway. )
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To: dinodino

Nu Yawkers can suck it. They will get what they voted for.


Good and hard.


13 posted on 01/01/2026 8:45:31 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Gooder and harder, Nyawkers. No whining, now.


14 posted on 01/01/2026 9:04:00 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Those of us who live in Upstate NY (which leans Right/Republican for the most part, although towns like Ithaca where I am are the exception) have for decades suffered due to the increasingly heavy financial weight of New York City dragging the rest of our state into a hole. We're freakin' sick of it!

So now NYC will go irretrievably down the tubes even faster. Great.

Just as long as it doesn't take the rest of the state with it. I'm not optimistic about that....

15 posted on 01/01/2026 9:32:07 PM PST by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Communists never soften their agendas. They just lieabout them until they get their way. Madmani is no different.


16 posted on 01/01/2026 9:37:15 PM PST by OrangeHoof ("Our property is protected by two pitbulls. They love visitors, especially with marinara or garlic.")
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Has he announced his plan for a wall to keep New Yorkers from fleeing?


17 posted on 01/01/2026 9:37:54 PM PST by sphinx
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
With what's going on in Minneapolis, it might be harder to shove universal child care down the throats of New Yorkers.
18 posted on 01/01/2026 9:44:51 PM PST by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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To: butlerweave

Saw another piece about his downfall the other day. Always amazing, King of the heap, pep rally to firing squad in ten days or so !

Funny thing is, I remember back in Soviet days we were being told he was a moderate and someone we could engage. What a crock !


19 posted on 01/01/2026 10:00:50 PM PST by 1066AD
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To: 1066AD

Yep, Nixon and Reagan loved the guy, because he was perceived of being independent of Moscow.


20 posted on 01/01/2026 10:02:21 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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