NYT reporter defends NYC mayoral hopeful Mamdani against socialist labels
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!New York Times reporter Jeffery C. Mays claimed that the closest New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani gets to socialism is his "belief in treating people more equitably" in an article published on Saturday.
Mays argued that Mamdani's opponents have "derogatively" labeled the mayoral hopeful as both a "socialist" and a "democratic socialist" in an effort to bring down his poll numbers, despite the fact that Mamdani is a member of the national Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and its local NYC chapter.
"The closest Mr. Mamdani gets to socialism is in his belief in treating people more equitably," the reporter asserted.
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NYT reporter Jeffery C. Mays says Zohran Mamdani’s opponents call him a socialist to hurt his poll numbers. (REUTERS/Bing Guan)
Mamdani's opponent, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., stated last week that "New York City people are not socialists," and that New Yorkers wouldn't resonate with the self-proclaimed democratic socialist's message.
"Neither, actually, is Mr. Mamdani," Mays contended. "He is a democratic socialist, which means his beliefs are similar to those of socialists but not exactly the same."
The Times reporter added that last week the mayoral hopeful said that his platform differs from both the local and national DSA platforms.
Mays went on to break down the differences between socialism and democratic socialism, and claimed that Mamdani's plans to pay for his proposals, such as providing free busing and childcare in NYC through increasing taxes, are "nothing remotely close to a socialist-like takeover of private companies."
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Although Mays made the case that Mamdani isn't a socialist — and that democratic socialism is not the same as socialism — he did note that the NYC DSA describes itself as a branch of the national group, which calls itself the "largest socialist organization" in the country, and that the mayoral nominee is a member of both.