{"id":5129,"date":"2026-07-22T22:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5129"},"modified":"2026-07-22T22:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:38:11","slug":"mamdanis-netanyahu-backtrack-marks-another-broken-promise-as-mayor-prioritizes-ideology-over-running-nyc-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5129","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani’s Netanyahu backtrack marks another broken promise as mayor prioritizes ideology over running NYC: critics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reality killed the TikTok star.<\/p>\n

Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s carefully manicured online image took another hit this week when the lefty pol had to back down on his ridiculous vow to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \u2014 just the latest in a string of polished promises that failed the real-world test.<\/p>\n

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Free bus rides for all New Yorkers, a tax hike for the Big Apple\u2019s upper crust and cheaper groceries for everyone \u2014 all of them pie-in-the-sky campaign promises that have fizzled out of the gate.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, critics contend Mamdani is so fixated on ideological wars that he\u2019s forgetting the job he was hired to do \u2014 run the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cMayor Mamdani knew that he does not have legal authority to arrest Prime Minister Netanyahu, yet he continues with his blood libels against Israel,\u201d the Israeli General Consul said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe should start focusing on the people of his city instead of meddling in matters he doesn\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

The socialist mayor, who repeatedly harped on the Israeli leader on the campaign trail and in his curated online profiles, was finally forced to admit he doesn\u2019t have the juice to lock up Netanyahu when he visits the city \u2014 but continues to flash his disdain for the Jewish state<\/p>\n

Democratic insiders told The Post that Mamdani\u2019s online polish gives him a \u201cget out of jail\u201d free card \u2014 but it won\u2019t last if he doesn\u2019t follow through on his online persona.<\/p>\n

Part of the Mamdani sales pitch was a vow \u201cto make buses fast and free,\u201d but the estimated $1 billion price tag put the brakes on the idea right away and it has gone nowhere.<\/p>\n

Mamdani said he would impose a corporate tax and a 2% personal income tax on \u201cthe most affluent New Yorkers,\u201d but neither has happened, with the controversial \u201cpied-a-tierre tax\u2019 on second, non-residence homes coming the closest \u2014 and that came from Gov. Kathy Hochul.<\/p>\n

Hizzoner also pitched a plan to open public, city-owned grocery stores in every borough to make essentials more affordable. However, only two locations have been identified, and the first won\u2019t be stocking the shelves until 2027 at the earliest.<\/p>\n

Mamdani also promised a $1 billion \u201ccommunity safety\u201d program that would replace the NYPD on most 911 calls, and yet only two staffers have been assigned and cops continue to respond to the calls.<\/p>\n

He also said he would \u201cfreeze the rent,\u201d and while he stacked the rent-stabilization board with like-minded lefties, a lawsuit filed by landlords this week has cast doubt on that crusade.<\/p>\n

The latest promise to fizzle is the unrealistic claim that he would have Netanyahu busted. Several of his other pledges are out of his direct authority as mayor, critics have argued \u2014 with the MTA in control of bus fares, the state in control of income tax hikes.<\/p>\n

The International Criminal Court\u00a0issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu\u00a0in November 2024 for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza, and Mamdani bragged he would execute the warrant if the Israeli prime minister set foot in the five boroughs \u2014 which is about to happen. <\/p>\n

But in a typically polished social media video earlier this week, Mamdani admitted he doesn\u2019t have the authority to pull it off \u2014 even while he continues to dabble in what he himself described as \u201cuniversal politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Democratic operative Ken Frydman said Mamdani knew he couldn\u2019t have Netanyahu arrested \u201cbefore he floated the idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cUnfortunately, that threat plays politically to his far-left base. So it was worth it to him to float it,\u201d Frydman argued.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a fifth New Yorker has died from a troubling outbreak of Legionnaires\u2019 disease on the Upper East Side that has infected dozens of people, with city lawmakers blasting the mayor for not acting. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday, City Council Speaker Julie Menin unveiled a bill that calls for stepped up efforts to address the deadly outbreak \u2014 and slams City Hall for not doing enough, particulary after a similar outbreak in Harlem last year killed five people. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut public health depends on public trust \u2014 and public trust depends on\u00a0timely, transparent communication and action,\u201d Menin wrote in a follow-up Op-Ed in The Post. \u201cThis outbreak exposed a dangerous\u00a0gap between what our laws require and how\u00a0the city\u00a0executes them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Veteran Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf said that\u2019s where Mamdani needed to focus \u2014 not on an international debate over Israel that has nothing to do with.<\/p>\n

\u201cLegionnaires\u2019 disease knocks off Manhattanites and the best this guy can do is to pretend he\u2019s got powers that he doesn\u2019t,\u201d Sheinkopf said. \u201cThis proves again that hating Jews gets you news but fighting for dying New Yorkers gets you zero.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evan Roth Smith of Slingshot Strategies said the mayor \u201creally can do no wrong\u201d with his supporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has total undying loyalty form his political base and, beyond that, he has a whole lot of people who watch to attach themselves to his politics and his rise,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen he has to sell something to his own base that diverges that they actually want like arresting Netenyahu he know exactly way to say.\u201d<\/p>\n

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At the same time Mamdani was also slow to react to a homeless encampment along more than a dozen city blocks along Manhattan\u2019s West Side, dragging his feet for days \u2014 then botching the response.<\/p>\n

City Hall wasted more than a week to address the issue despite concerns from locals about the filthy shantytown, where drugs and sex were peddled in the shadow of the Intrepid Museum.<\/p>\n

When Mamdani finally had city workers and police move in, the vagrants simply relocated.<\/p>\n

Still, supporters said they stand behind their man, and said New Yorkers just have to give him time.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s like a bullfighter and he\u2019s just dancing with everyone in a good way,\u201d said Jose Bayona, CEO of Grassroots Strategies and executive director of the mayor\u2019s Office of Ethnic and Community Media. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe first year is the honeymoon, and he is extending that, and we don\u2019t know yet if it\u2019s anything,\u201d Bayona said. \u201cWe will know in 2027. Have to give the guy one or two years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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