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How Bruce Blakeman Could Block Mamdani

If elected, N.Y. gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman would have significant influence over Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

“I don’t have to work with Zohran Mamdani. He has to work with me,” Blakeman said.

Blakeman would end the Hochul-Mamdani alliance, and his appeal to many New Yorkers doesn’t end there.

What if Mayor Zohran Mamdani only cut ribbons and rode in parades? New York City could do worse than boast a young figurehead with limited powers and abundant pizzazz.

Bruce Blakeman could make this happen.

Fifty-one weeks ago, Mamdani won City Hall. Alas, he has proved himself to be a democratic socialist dynamo, rivaling only Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N..Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for leadership among the leap-off-a-cliff Left.

Nassau County Executive Blakeman is New York’s Republican gubernatorial nominee. If elected, he could slip a leash around Mamdani’s neck and yank him back from the neo-Marxist fringe.

The governor of the Empire State has a surprising level of influence over the mayor of New York, largely due to reforms implemented after Gotham City nearly went bankrupt in the 1970s. The straits were so dire that the Big Apple lobbied President Gerald R. Ford for a federal bailout in October 1975. Ford balked. The next morning, the New York Daily News ran its most famous headline ever: “FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD.” 

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“I don’t have to work with Zohran Mamdani. He has to work with me,” Blakeman told Fox News Digital. “When I become governor, I’m not going to let him destroy the fabric of New York City. I’m not going to let him destroy the economy of New York City, and I’m not going to let him make New York unsafe. Those are all things he’s doing right now, and I will stop him.”

Blakeman explained how he would manage Mamdani during a July 5 campaign event at The Hampton Synagogue.

“I believe in incremental discipline, like with our children. First, you give them a timeout, then you ground them,” Blakeman said. “I’m going to give Mamdani, the first time, a timeout. Then I’m going to ground him. And the discipline will........

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