And he does it fast too. Potholes get fixed within the week when residents alert the city about them. It completely undermines the narrative that government has to be so slow and useless at getting things done. That’s a serious threat to politicians who now can’t sit around doing nothing without the public asking why they can’t do what Mamdani does. Even moreso that it’s a socialist getting things done, something Americans have been so thoroughly trained to treat as a scary boogeyman until now.
And he does it fast too. Potholes get fixed within the week when residents alert the city about them. It completely undermines the narrative that government has to be so slow and useless at getting things done. That’s a serious threat to politicians who now can’t sit around doing nothing without the public asking why they can’t do what Mamdani does. Even moreso that it’s a socialist getting things done, something Americans have been so thoroughly trained to treat as a scary boogeyman until now.