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Former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio “Fox News @ Night” on Wednesday he said he believes his fear of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the Democratic primary is highly exaggerated.
Mamdani, 33-year-old democratic socialist, supported by a 33-year-old Bernie Sanders Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed victory in the New York City Democratic Mayoral primary after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recognized the race.
The outcome of the race should be determined by counts ranked on July 1, but Mamdani’s far left policy proposals have caused unease among more moderate Democrats.
LR: Virde Blasio will be taking part in the 2022 Puerto Rico Day Parade held in Midtown on June 12, 2022 in New York City. Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani will speak at NBC Studios on June 4, 2025 in New York City in a major debate for the New York City Democrats. (Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images)
De Blasio downplayed these fears and argued that many of Mamdani’s proposals, including creating a free bus network, expanding grocery stores, and implementing rent controls, are being tested in other cities.
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani will compete in the primary party in New York on Wednesday, June 25th, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
“These are not incredible ideas. If he wants to tax the wealthy, he has to get Congressional approval, and they may give it,” said de Blasio.
“I think there’s a lot of exaggeration here, and I’m not going to see people leaving in large numbers,” de Blasio said. “They said it would happen when I became mayor. It didn’t happen. I just don’t buy it.”
De Blasio, who served as mayor of New York City between 2014 and 2022, argued that Mamdani’s success was due to its focus on “kitchen table issues.” 2024 Election Cycle.
Former Mayor de Blasio is protesting the Supreme Court’s ruling with New York City residents. (Peter Gerber/Fox News Digital)
“Here we talked all day long about affordable prices and rent. He talked about life, the basics of food, and how people struggle to achieve their goals,” de Blasio said.
The former mayor predicted that police would not be repaid under the future of Mamdani administration.
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“In the end, he thinks that because this place is so expensive and working and middle class people struggle to live here, he will focus on the kinds that everyday New Yorkers want here beyond the ideological spectrum,” De Blasio said.
