[RedState] On Wednesday morning, while talking about New York's mayoral primary with the host on a live radio spot, I heard myself saying something alarming. Only days ago, I would have bet serious money that those words would never be uttered by me. The fateful words were these: "It would have been better if Cuomo had won."
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I know, right?
The guy who won, full-bore Communist Zohran Mamdani, is now making all kinds of promises, and while we all know that his mouth is writing checks his butt can't cash on many of these, he can do enough to make things very unpleasant on the very people who keep the Big Apple's economy afloat. Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio started this trend, and now, assuming he wins - and he's well-positioned to do so - he'll be de Blasio on steroids.
Predictably, those same people, the productive, the few people who can still make money in New York, the few people who pay most of the taxes, are looking to the exits.
Within minutes of Zohran Mamdani clinching the Democratic nomination Tuesday night, real estate agents like Ryan Serhant were flooded with calls from clients looking to walk away from deals to buy apartments in NYC. High-end buyers are now looking to purchase property outside of the city.
“My number one job will be moving people from New York to Florida. Again,” Serhant told me. “Based on the results, clients are going to hold off on making any kind of investment in New York City.”
According to a note I reviewed, one client who had made an offer on a Chelsea apartment sent her broker an email minutes after former Governor Cuomo conceded to Zohran Mamdani. “We are going to take a break from looking until there’s more clarity on the mayoral election,” the client wrote.
Let's just hope these same people don't take their New York voting habits with them.
Of course, there's still the general election to come, and it's not certain that Mamdani will win, although his clinching the Democratic nomination puts him in a strong spot in that deep-blue city. People's reactions to that speak for themselves:
“There are plenty of other places to live,” he said. Agents in the Sunshine Belt, which covers the southern part of the U.S., including Arizona, Texas, and Florida, have been the busiest since lat night, Serhant noted.
Of course, it might not be all bad. Another source told me that the number of New Yorkers looking to flee the possibility of a socialist mayor could create a significant “Mamdani discount” in the real estate market.
Yeah, except it's a fair bet no one will be willing to buy - and the commie Mamdani may just take over those buildings for "free" housing, since playing Santa Claus seems to be his bag.
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