"Only days remain until Zohran Mamdani ascends the throne of New York City, and nearly all his great opponents have given up. Andrew Cuomo, vanquished. Financier Bill Ackman, reduced to congratulations for the mayor-elect and even offers of support. Donald Trump, singing his praises after inviting him over to hang. Maybe the great socialist boogeyman isn't so scary after all."
"In a recent interview with Fox News, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman in Long Island announced a novel approach to combat the threat of socialism bearing down from America's largest city: He is building a wall. Mamdani, he said, "talks like he's pro-criminal, not pro-victim." And as such, in a last-ditch effort, Blakeman is going up with a wall on the border of Queens and Nassau counties, where New York City ends and what most think of as Long Island begins."
Zohran Mamdani won New York City mayoral election, prompting many opponents to concede, including Andrew Cuomo and financier Bill Ackman, and even Donald Trump offered praise. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announced construction of a border 'wall' between Queens and Nassau as a response, characterizing Mamdani as 'pro-criminal, not pro-victim.' The planned barrier will deploy license-plate readers, facial-recognition systems, and video cameras. The New York Post framed the project as a 'wall of surveillance.' An estimated 90 percent of surveillance cameras are manufactured in China. A requested tour of the installation site was denied by the county executive's office.
Read at Slate Magazine
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]