Much of the Left’s agenda focuses on creating feel-good but nonfunctional programs for the supposed downtrodden and oppressed, while ensuring that they—and their allies—share in the spoils of government largesse.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani could very well be a maestro at giving his left-wing base exactly what they want while doing nothing to solve the problems he says he intends to address.

Mamdani has really stressed the problem of “affordability” and abusive landlords in his so-called rental ripoff tour.

“In a city filled with older buildings that could use some tender loving care, some landlords are taking advantage of the housing market to gouge tenants with outrageous fees, all while leaving them trying to survive in homes with collapsing ceilings and sinking floors,” Mamdani said in an Instagram video according to the New York Post.

To address this issue, Mamdani intends to use the power of government, which, by his estimation, can fix any problem.

To make everything better with housing in New York, Mamdani appointed some notable advisers.

One is his tenant director, Cea Weaver, a committed communist whose goal is apparently to collectivize property........

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