Mamdani is filling every office he can with radicals on a mission to advance specific positions. Now he’s pivoting to the predictable Step 2 of announcing that he can’t fulfill the wild promises that he never intended to keep without tax hikes. His DSA allies are already preparing a protest campaign to demand tax hikes on the ‘rich’. “We must raise taxes on the wealthiest few in New York City so that we can invest in the many,” Mamdani said. Nothing will ever be achieved except the dismantling of New York City.