Zohran Mamdani’s unbelievably dishonest NYC budget Mayor Zohran Mamdani spiked the ball Tuesday, as the city’s budget crunch seemed to go away as quickly as it had appeared. He announced that Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers would dollop a few extra billion dollars on Gotham over the next few years to patch up the city’s suddenly balanced budget. But the mayor’s revisionism, coupled with the slipshod manner in which the budget is being balanced, gives reason to worry that he will struggle to handle less avoidable fiscal challenges ahead. The mayor insists he “uncovered” a massive budget deficit upon... View Article