It seems that the democratic socialist mayor of New York City is more effective at governing than many viewers on both sides of the aisle anticipated. 

Mayor Zohran Mamdani presented a new budget to the public on May 12, announcing that he’d shrunk the deficit from $12 billion to zero through a combination of slimming down costs and assistance from Albany. Miraculously, he managed to do this without cutting government services, tapping into the city’s “rainy day” fund or raising property taxes, as he’d threatened to do.

This is a huge win for Mamdani and, by extension, national Democrats. He’s doing his job and showing that progressive leadership won’t actually tank the city. It’s proof to every naysayer that he is more than just a good public speaker, and it’s infuriating those on the right.

“New York has a problem, and this latest fiscal foolishness is not making it better,” Liz Peek, a contributor to The Hill, wrote in an op-ed.

I understand where she’s coming from – New York City Comptroller Mark Levine, a Democrat and the person overseeing the city’s finances, expressed concerns about the methods Mamdani is using to balance the budget, and noted that the city is still spending more than it........

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