Zohran Mamdani’s Mayoral Agenda Could Unravel New York City, Veteran Strategist Warns
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 24: New York mayoral candidate, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani (D-NY) speaks to supporters during an election night gathering at The Greats of Craft LIC on June 24, 2025 in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough in New York City. Mamdani was announced as the winner of the Democratic nomination for mayor in a crowded field in the City’s mayoral primary to choose a successor to Mayor Eric Adams, who is running for re-election on an independent ticket. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Veteran political strategist Dick Morris warned recently that newly inaugurated New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is charting a course that will ultimately undo his administration.
Morris, an adviser to former President Donald Trump, offered a blunt assessment of the new democratic socialist mayor after Mamdani’s inauguration speech and first moves in office.
Asked for his take on Mamdani and what may come next, Morris said the mayor is already moving in directions he described as dangerous and destabilizing.
“Well,” Morris stated, “he is moving obviously in exactly the wrong direction. He is heightening antisemitism, decreasing the protection that Jews have, and basically authorizing his administration to move against Israel. But I do believe that the correct way to counter Mamdani is to give him some rope and let him hang himself.”
Morris argued that Mamdani’s agenda, if implemented, will have direct and severe consequences for New Yorkers, particularly as it relates to public safety and foreign policy positions taken at the municipal level.
“The more he takes action,” Morris said, “the more he implements his programs, the more he threatens and dangerously endangers the lives of New Yorkers. I think people are going to move against him and understand how bad this guy is, but let him hang himself.”
Rather than responding preemptively to rhetoric, Morris urged critics to focus on concrete actions and outcomes.
“Don’t pounce on him for predicting violence,” Morris added. “Pounce on him for inciting it. And I think that we’re going to see a tremendous focus on how Mamdani governs.”
Morris predicted that Mamdani’s campaign promises, if carried out, would lead to a rapid collapse of public support and a historic failure at City Hall.
“And he set up a series of expectations,” Morris said. “A series of promises that, if he fulfills them, will make him the worst mayor in history and ultimately, the shortest administration in history.”
Conservatives accused legacy media outlets of applying a double standard to Mamdani after his inauguration. Critics pointed to footage showing Mamdani extending his arm at Thursday’s ceremony, a gesture they say resembles one Elon Musk made last year that triggered widespread media coverage accusing the tech billionaire of delivering a “Nazi salute.”
By Jim Thomas
Friday, January 2, 2026
