New Yorkers, hold onto your wallets, and brace yourselves for financial chaos.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's minions, also known as the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), are preparing to radicalize the state legislature when they take their newly won seats in Albany at the end of the year.

How crazy will it get? One warning sign appeared on Friday, when Brian Romero, a DSA member endorsed by Mamdani, put up a GoFundMe page to raise money for his own rent and food expenses until January, when he'll get sworn in as the assemblymember representing East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Astoria, and other parts of Queens.

Romero won the Democratic primary in June, and since he has no Republican opponent, he's a shoo-in. But he can't start collecting his $142,000 salary and $203 daily per diem until the end of the year. And he says he can't figure out how to support himself in the meantime.

Beggar Boy Brian calls it a "challenging time."

"I'm trying to find sort of some gigs, but I don't know how other folks do it," he said.

"Other folks" meaning those of us who go out and get a job to pay our bills.

After being questioned by the New York Post, he took the page down.

Romero earned $106,469 as a legislative staff member before resigning in March to run for office. He says he ran through his savings.

Voters are entrusting him with billions of dollars in taxpayer money and the financial........

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