Zohran Mamdani, Slumlord

He wants to build more public housing when there’s no natural gas in many current buildings

WSJ editorial. Excerpts:

"New York Attorney General Letitia James, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and New York City Council member Crystal Hudson on Monday issued a press release condemning a months-long natural gas outage at a New York City Housing Authority (Nycha) complex in Brooklyn." 

"Perhaps the Democratic leaders could file a complaint with the city about this slumlord."

"Nycha says it needs $78 billion to bring every apartment up to standard. That’s $439,275 per unit"

"Mr. Mamdani last month proposed that the agency finance new housing projects"

"His plan would require construction workers on these projects to be paid at least $40 an hour in wages and benefits. Such wage mandates are why it cost Nycha $1,973 per apartment to install LED lights"

"Washington already covers two-thirds of Nycha’s operating budget"