Comments on: New Yorkers are already moving to Connecticut in anticipation of a Mamdani win

By: Niketas Choniates

Niketas Choniates — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 00:22:18 +0000

Incidentally it's not as though Mamdani lives the sharia lifestyle or anything like it. Wife doesn't even cover her hair, far from it. They're about as Muslim as the Obamas are Christian.

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 21:22:38 +0000

Niketas
Selective law enforcement has been obvious in a number of large cities.
But if the Muslims get that treatment, I think (hope) that the larger society will be less comfortable than if the Favored Group were another bunch.
NYC and the US in general don’t have the drooling submission to Islam which seems to be the case in the UK and other European nations. “ISLAMOPHOBIA!!” won’t have the same impact here, I hope.

By: miguel cervantes

miguel cervantes — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:19:29 +0000

the city council of Gotham will likely not put up any resistance, maybe the Russian born one, vernakova (if memory serves) look at the Capital of Airship One, London’s mayor as a guideline, (khan is a more respectable barrister than mamdani, but not by much) we think the Courts, that did nothing to stop the Trump proscriptions, will do anything,

he has said he wants to put principal bowman as superintendent, and check if not remove tisch as police commissioner,

Cuomo has proved unreliable in many respects, see cashless bail, his virtue signaling on abortion, the way he disowned that rather sharp commercial last week

By: Nikita Choniates

Nikita Choniates — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 17:48:27 +0000

@Richard Aubrey: How do you know that isn’t the case now? Even if not, why would Cuomo do it differently? Selective law enforcement is not new for NYC.

By: Sennacherib

Sennacherib — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 10:30:30 +0000

No distance is far enough.

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 09:49:24 +0000

Nikita
If local, informal sharia takes over a neighborhood, could Mamdani force the police to leave it alone? See the UK.

By: Niketas Choniates

Niketas Choniates — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:36:22 +0000

@AesopFan:we all know they have no knowledge of history and so no anticipation of disaster because of his socialist policies

Granted the first part, but Mamdani cannot impose socialism or sharia on New York City. He can do stuff like work to raise city taxes, defund or defang the police, spend money on stupid things that don’t work, implement various policies that annoy rich and/or poor, but he only has the powers available to a mayor.

If there are any New Yorkers fleeing because Mamdani is going to create gulags or behead people who insult Islam, they are just as delusional as anyone in GenZ expecting he’s going to create woke paradise.

I personally think he is an Obama-style huckster, an empty suit willing to do or say about anything to climb the ladder. I’m anticipiating a lot of talk and very few consequences, because the party machine is behind him and he will be doing what they want done or he’ll find himself ejected from office like Andrew Cuomo. I’m quite certain that life in NYC will be slightly more of the same as it has been.

By: FOAF

FOAF — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 23:47:08 +0000

It is badass. But not in the sense Patrick thinks.

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:56:28 +0000

@ Niketas > “it’s anti-journalist.”

I’m not surprised to see the Gen Z enthusiasm for Mamdani; we all know they have no knowledge of history and so no anticipation of disaster because of his socialist policies (they need to listen to those TikTok ladies from Iran and Russia on another thread).
BUT, there is no journalistic excuse for publishing this tripe with such obvious approval:

“And while the participants are supporting Mamdani because they believe his policies would make their lives easier, the historic nature of his candidacy is not lost on them.

“New York City was the center of Islamophobia after 9/11, and New York City is about to elect their first Muslim mayor. And that’s badass,” Patrick said.”

It is NOT “Islamophobia” if they really ARE trying to kill you, and succeeding!

By: FOAF

FOAF — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 21:49:33 +0000

Well maybe some of those towns in CT with 1000 people or fewer elect a Republican once in a while …

“North of Milford”

Like Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury and New Britain lol