If a Socialist Mayor Runs New YorkZohan Mamdani has just won the Democrat nomination for mayor of New York. He calls himself a “Democrat Socialist.” Some call him a communist. Nearly all the establishment (both Democrat and Republican) believe he’s bad news for the city. He won the nomina t ion because the highly liberal youth vote went for him. He’s been endorsed by AOC. He probably got as many votes as he did because rent in New York City has always been obscenely high, and he came out in favor of rent control.Rent remains high because landlords have by ...