New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani quickly advanced his democratic socialist agenda on Jan. 1, passing a series of executive orders and using his inauguration speech to promote collectivism.
“We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism,” he said after a swearing-in ceremony in front of City Hall.
After speeches from fellow democratic socialists Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Mamdani advocated universal childcare, freezing rents, and making “buses fast and free.”
Hours into his new administration, Mamdani launched a series of changes, such as establishing a deputy mayor for economic justice, a new Office to Combat Antisemitism, and an advisory Commission on Universal After-School….