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Social media erupts after Mamdani's far-left supporters turn on him over homeless shelter: 'Oops'
foxnews.com ^ | April 24, 2026 | Andrew Mark Miller , Leo Briceno

Posted on 04/24/2026 8:25:28 AM PDT by V_TWIN

East Village residents who voted for New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani by a 40-point margin are now suing to stop a building in their neighborhood from becoming a temporary homeless shelter.

The lawsuit, filed with the New York City Supreme Court on Monday, shows hesitation even among Mamdani supporters about the cost of implementing some of his plans.

News of the lawsuit has prompted conservative mockery online, with figures like Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, noting the irony of Mamdani’s supporters turning on the fruits of his administration.

"Oops," Sen. Ted Cruz said in a post to X.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a press conference at La Marqueta in East Harlem on April 14, 2026, outlining plans for city-run grocery stores aimed at lowering food prices. (New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference announcing a city-run grocery store plan in East Harlem.)

"No one is more ‘not in my backyard’ than white progressives. This community voted for Mamdani in a landslide but don’t want to live with the consequences," Michael Henry, a former New York attorney general candidate, wrote on social media.

"Not shocked," Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said in a post of his own.

Election District 45, the area that includes East Village, voted for Mamdani in a 70.1% victory over independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, who garnered just 26.0% of the vote.

Even so, 10 residents joined the Village Organization for the Integrity of Community Engagement (VOICE) in their suit against the city after Mamdani announced plans earlier this year to turn a building at 8 East 3rd Street into a citywide intake shelter to house homeless adult men.

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To: telescope115

Not just Illinois!

There is nothing more permanent than a government temporary program.


21 posted on 04/24/2026 10:29:58 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: V_TWIN

Exactly, votes matter and there is no sympathy here at all. Put all the homeless in this area of town.


22 posted on 04/24/2026 1:42:59 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: V_TWIN

Pegged my schadenfreude meter!


23 posted on 04/24/2026 2:18:55 PM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS. )
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To: LouAvul

But that would be before they figured that it was for homeless & before they figured out who would be paying the bills.


24 posted on 04/24/2026 4:19:36 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: V_TWIN

Wait until they’re required to start housing fent and meth addicts.


25 posted on 04/24/2026 5:05:11 PM PDT by dynachrome (“They don’t kill you because you’re a Nazi; they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.”)
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To: V_TWIN
"No one is more ‘not in my backyard’ than white progressives. This community voted for Mamdani in a landslide but don’t want to live with the consequences,"

If they're unhappy they can move to a different democrat hellhole - these folks are NOT welcome in Florida.

26 posted on 04/24/2026 7:47:27 PM PDT by GOPJ (Oil was over $100 for three and a half years of Obama’s term without daily headlines - MSM sucks...)
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