He might improve life in New York City by a matter of degrees, but his reach is surely limited to the borders

He starts aiming for a higher position and he's gonna end up dead or ghoulified

Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will

In other words, I don't expect Mamdani to be any more effective than any other Dem, but if I'm wrong, good. Unlikely, but good.

he's promised more than they have been lately, even at the same rate he'll achieve more but it depends on what the rest of the city government cooperates on and if he goes full mini-obama or not.