Source: Common Dreams
by Ralph Nader
“Usually, such a great primary win in overwhelmingly Democratic New York City guarantees a smooth path to a November win against a Republican opponent. Not this time. No sooner than Wednesday, a clutch of wealthy Wall Streeters, real estate giants, and supporters of the genocidal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were meeting to plan the strategy to defeat this 33-year-old three-term state assemblyman in the November general election. 2. Mamdani won with one repeated pledge: ‘affordability’ to live in the nation’s largest city. That meant freezing rent on 1 million rent-stabilized apartments, free bus fares, free, universal childcare, ‘city-owned grocery stores,’ and a higher minimum wage, higher taxes on the super-rich and higher corporate taxes.” (06/28/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/mamdani-won-what-s-next