Fifty days into Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty, the real estate industry’s worst fears have not been realized. But give him time! During the mayor’s race I wrote a bunch of columns criticizing Mamdani’s simplistic or unrealistic promises, while realizing that the point of campaigns is to win. Candidates with complicated, plausible proposals tend to lose, as Hillary Clinton could tell you. I also felt that Mamdani would moderate his views, appoint some experienced and pro-housing people and try to govern, rather than let the Democratic Socialists of America take over City Hall, impose Sharia law and replace the Stars and Stripes […]

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