‘No Such Thing As Santa Claus’: Socialist NYC Mayor Hopeful’s $10 Billion Wish List Meets Reality

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‘No Such Thing As Santa Claus’: Socialist NYC Mayor Hopeful’s $10 Billion Wish List Meets Reality

1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026

Democratic New York Assemblyman and New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani is offering voters a generous menu of government-funded benefits, but how he plans to pay for them remains unclear, according to Politico…

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