New York City’s mayoral race appears to be between Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani and disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Mamdani has dominated headlines thanks to his communist promises to freeze rent prices and create city-run grocery stores. Recent polls show him beating Cuomo in the city’s ranked-choice Democrat primary.
But the Democratic socialist isn’t the only crazy leftist in the race. Here are five of the most insane policy proposals from New York City’s mayoral candidates.
Crime-Fighting Therapists
Michael Blake, a former assemblyman who served in the Obama administration, says he would hire “up to 1,000 mental health professionals” to work alongside — or instead of — law enforcement.
“These professionals will be embedded in 911 dispatch systems and trained to de-escalate emergencies without law enforcement presence,” Blake’s website says.
The professionals would include “peer specialists, social workers, and licensed clinicians.”
The goal, Blake says, is to “[ensure] that whenever possible, mental health experts — not law enforcement — take the lead in responding to crises.”
Pave Golf Courses for Affordable Housing
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander plans to solve the city’s housing crisis by paving over four municipal golf courses to build affordable housing.
“The total land area of the combined golf courses is 2,500 acres, roughly three times the size of Central Park,” Lander’s website says.
Lander says four golf courses would provide 50,000 of the 500,000 homes he’s promised in his campaign.
As part of his “affirming housing” policy, Lander plans to build “LGBTQ+ senior housing.”
Abortion “Hospitality Industry”
When Lander isn’t promising to pave golf courses, he’s turning New York City into a one-stop shop for abortion.
Lander’s website promises “safe, effective abortion care if the federal government limits or withdraws the ‘abortion pill.’”
Lander’s vision extends beyond the city to “build a pipeline of abortion providers for NYC and beyond” and “provide targeted, essential support for people traveling from states where abortions are banned who seek care [in New York City].”
Anti-Hate Crime Curriculum for Kindergarteners
State Senator Zellnor Myrie wants to make sure five-year-olds are anti-racists.
“As Mayor, Myrie will expand the city’s existing tolerance curriculum (which is currently only available to older students) to students aged K-5, so that all NYCDOE students, grades K-12, have access to anti-discriminatory and anti-hate curriculum,” Myrie’s website says.
The NYC Public Schools website offers resources on discussing racism in the classroom — including from the Anti-Defamation League, an organization that encouraged a counterterrorism agency to open an investigation into Daily Wire host Matt Walsh.
Myrie’s policy doesn’t elaborate on the “existing tolerance curriculum,” but it probably doesn’t include Walsh’s hit documentary “Am I Racist?”
$65 Million to Trans the Kids
In addition to copying the communist playbook, Mamdani wants to spend millions on “gender-affirming” trans procedures for adults and children, The Daily Wire reported.
Mamdani’s plan directly opposes President Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict transgender procedures for minors.
Mamdani’s administration would also “investigate and hold public hearings on hospitals that deny trans youth their rightful healthcare and hold them accountable to the law” and turn New York City into a “sanctuary city” for the LGBTQ community.
