Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew slammed New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for his policy proposals based on socialist initiatives.

Mamdani has promised to push for free buses, free child care and rent freezes if elected to office.

“The policies that he’s outlined are not policies that are good for New York. He’s running for mayor of New York, and I worry deeply having spent most of my life in New York about a city that I call home,” Lew, who served in the Obama administration, said during a Wednesday appearance on CNBC.

“You know, I see a similarity between the kind of........

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