Zohran Mamdani Faces a Telling Decision on Election Reform
Failing to give independent voters a say in primaries suggests Hizzoner has more in common with Red State Republicans than one might think.
By HOWARD HUSOCK
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HOWARD HUSOCK
Westchester, New York
Howard Husock is a Contributor of The New York Sun.
Mr. Husock is a senior fellow for Domestic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and author of ‘The Projects: A New History of Public Housing.’
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Yiddish at Home and the King James Bible in School: A Formative Experience for Earlier Immigrant Generations
Yet Texas’s plan to expose students to the Judeo-Christian tradition finds little favor with today’s left.
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Spencer Pratt’s Rise at Los Angeles Showcases Need for More Open Elections at New York City
Zohran Mamdani’s cruise to the mayoralty follows a primary that excludes the city’s nearly one million independent voters.
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Mamdani Faces Refusal of Far-Left Activists To Allow Private Investment Needed To Repair City’s Public Housing
Agitators are blocking the only reliable means to bring new funding to New York’s dilapidated network of projects.
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Ken Griffin and New York’s Distorted Property Tax System
Mamdani’s quarrel with the hedge fund billionaire spotlights the illogic of levies that punish single-family homeowners at Staten Island and Queens.
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Bensonhurst Protests Emerging as Flashpoint Against Mamdani’s Push To Build More Adult Homeless Shelters in Middle-Class Neighborhoods
Reassurances about mental health ‘case management’ are not assuaging concern among residents and local elected officials.
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A Victory for Property Rights in New York Courts
A state appeals court overturns a law seeking, in the name of diversity, equity, and inclusion to force landlords to accommodate tenants whose rent is paid by the government.
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Why Mamdani’s ‘Free’ Buses Will Be Costly
The revenue those fares have generated will have to somehow be replaced — or its loss felt elsewhere in the transit system.
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Franklin’s Legacy of Thrift Tarnished by New York Lottery’s ‘Multiply Your Benjamins’ Campaign
The Founder would have heartily disapproved of gambling of any kind, as well as the state becoming the agent of this and other vices.
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Memo to Mamdani: To Improve Housing Affordability, Rein In Rent Control
Call it capitalism with New York characteristics — which turns out not to be capitalism at all.
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‘The Growing Up Tape’: As America Nears Its 250th Birthday, a Collection of Songs To Tell the Nation’s Story
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