“We inherited a budget that mismanaged finances at every turn,” Mayor Mamdani told reporters at a press conference in Albany following the governor’s State of the State address.
Archived at https://archive.ph/2rQKn
“We inherited a budget that mismanaged finances at every turn,” Mayor Mamdani told reporters at a press conference in Albany following the governor’s State of the State address.
Archived at https://archive.ph/2rQKn
Assuming he is honest and competent.
I certainly hope he is, and every indication seems to point to that being the case. But honest people rarely make it far in politics.
I don’t know why, but this time, I’m willing to give the guy the benefit of the doubt. I guess it’s just that I haven’t heard anything inconsistent out of him yet, which is already notable. Very interested to see how this all goes.
Agreed.
I am a few steps removed from his social circle. I’ve never met him, but a few friends of mine have. They all have said he’s a sincerely good person.
Now, that’s just a second hand story from the Internet, but for my part that’s helping me be optimistic about him.
He immediately backtracked on his Israel and police positions before he was even elected.