The candidate for the socialist town hall of New York faces a difficult battle to implement the vision

Mayor Eric Adams, chief of the Democratic candidates, the Democratic candidate, Zohran Mamdani, quickly underestimated Mamdani’s ambitious political program after the socialist declared the victory in the primary of the mayor of New York last Tuesday, arguing Mamdani did not have authority to deliver key promises as mayor.

“It is a snake oil seller,” said Adams about Mamdani.Fox & Friends. “” “He said and would do anything to be elected.”

The 33 -year -old democratic socialist, born in Uganda and is the first Muslim mayor in New York if he was elected in November, has a list of radical campaign promises Easily available on its website. These promises include the freezing of rent, grocery stores belonging to the city, free buses, free childcare services, increased corporate taxes and increased minimum wage.

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Zohran Mamdani, New York town hall candidate, arrives for a press conference in Astoria Park during the Democrat primary of the New York town hall in the Queens of New York’s arrondissement on June 24, 2025. (Christian Monterrosa / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Mamdani sparked a political earthquake with his decisive primary democratic victory last week when the Republicans and moderate democrats criticized his socialist policy and the accused of being anti -Semitic. His opponents said that Mamdani did not have the power to offer a large part of his campaign promises. The reality is a little more complicated.

Eric Adams warns Zohran Mamdani is a “snake oil seller” after the primary victory of Mayoral of Dem Socialist in New York

Freeze

“As mayor, Zohran will immediately freeze the rent of all stabilized tenants, and use all the resources available to build the needs of New York accommodation and lower the rent,” the Mamdani campaign website.

Mamdani accused Adams of appointing the members of the board of directives of rent guidelines to increase rents on stabilized apartments. While the owners and the defenders argue that the frost would be illegal, Mamdani can achieve this objective by naming the members to the council who would not vote to increase the rent.

The board of directors of the former mayor Bill de Blasio voted for Gelz the rent three times During his mandate.

Former governor Andrew Cuomo, who lost the primary against Mamadani, described the socialist’s plan to freeze the rent “a politically practical posture”, and declared that such a decision would harm the owners who would be “unable to maintain their buildings”.

The local Bodega with EBT (transfer of electronic services) accepted the sign window in Queens, New York. (Image Group Lindsey Nicholson / UCG / Universal via Getty Images)

Grocery stores belonging to the city

Mamdani is committed to creating a “network of grocery stores belonging to the city focused on low prices, not making profit”.

“Without having to pay rent or land taxes, they will reduce the general costs and reduce savings to buyers. They will buy and sell at wholesale prices, centralize storage and distribution, and will associate with local districts on products and supply,” promised Mamdani.

The mayor of New York has control of the programs managed by the City, so that he can achieve this objective by obtaining the approval of the New York Municipal Council. Other cities have implemented similar programs.

John Catsimatidis, owner of Gristedes and Agostino, the largest independent supermarket chain in New York, organized a rally this week protesting against Mamdani’s proposal, calling it “direct threat to jobs, dignity and livelihood of tens of thousands of New Yorkers who work every day.”

A MTA bus driver has a protective mask while collecting passengers at a bus stop on the 8th avenue in New York on April 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Free bus

Mamdani has promised “to constantly eliminate the price on each bus in the city – and make them more quickly by quickly building priority tracks, widening the bus jumping signals and in dedicated loading areas to keep the double parkers away.”

This proposal would require coordination with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The MTA is an agency managed by the State, of which the mayor of New York has no direct control.

According to City and New York StateMamdani’s free bus price promise would require additional expense, perhaps more than $ 700 million. We do not know how Mamdani plans to pay the additional costs.

A nurse takes care of a boy hospitalized in bed. (istock)

Free children’s guard

“Zohran will implement free childcare services for each New Yorker aged 6 weeks to 5 years, ensuring high -quality programming for all families,” according to the Mamdani campaign website.

This would probably require a series of stages, including the signaling of states legislators in Albany, As Bloomberg reported. Mamdani has launched an increase in tax on New Yorkers and richest companies to pay increased services, which would require state approval.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul A vocalized his opposition to tax hikes, which could create obstacles for Mamdani. However, Hochul pushed to increase the state tax credit at the start of this year, and it almost doubled the financing of subvenient childcare programs by the state about $ 2 million, According to the New York Times.

The corner of Wall Street and Broad Street in the Manhattan financial district. (Fox News Photo / Joshua Comins)

Tax corporations and 1%

Mamdani said he would finance his programs thanks to an “income plan” that “would increase the tax rate of companies to match the 11.5% of New Jersey, report 5 billion dollars. And he will tax the richest 1% of New York – those who earn above one million dollars per year – a 2% flat tax.”

While Mamdani has Certainly done the calculationA plan like this requires the approval of the state’s legislature and the governor’s signing.

While Hochul doubles his opposition to tax hikes, Mamdani could face roadblocks in the holding of this marquee campaign promise, as indicated in The New York Times.

A building of advertising apartments “for rent” is in the Chelsea district of Manhattan, on January 11, 2018, in New York. (AP Newsroom)

Increase the minimum wage to $ 30 by 2030

“As mayor, Zohran will defend a new local law, which has brought salary soil to New York up to $ 30 / hour by 2030. After that, the minimum wage will automatically increase depending on the cost of living and productivity increases,” said Mamdani on the website of his campaign.

We do not know if the mayor has this power.

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By allowing the municipal council to create its own law on minimum wage, Mamdani proposed a means of increasing the minimum wage in New York without the approval of the State.

But an increase in the state level is unlikely, because a similar effort of the state legislature to increase the minimum wage to $ 21.25 did not obtain a lot of support, because reported by the New York Times.

Bill Ackman, a billionaire founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, said on x“Its policies would be disastrous for New York. Socialism has no place in the economic capital of our country.”

Mamdani did not immediately respond to the request for comments from Fox News Digital.

Fox News Remy Numa contributed to this report.