Mamdani’s Socialist New York City Is Covered With Trash and Rats

Feb 02, 2026

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A man in a blue hat pushes a child in a stroller past large piles of black trash bags and a dog.

New York City is getting a real taste of socialist utopias, and it smells like rotting garbage and dog urine.

While ordinary New Yorkers wade through eight-foot piles of trash and unplowed snow after Winter Storm Fern, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s little socialist kingdom at Gracie Mansion looks like a luxury ski resort without the snow. The block around his o…

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