Manhattan Institute scholars oppose Mayor Mamdani's socialist agenda

8 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 1

President Reihan Salam said at least 16 scholars are challenging the New York mayor on public safety, homelessness, budgeting, grocery stores and elite-school admissions.
Salam said the think tank has already influenced City Hall, citing Mamdani's acceptance of mayoral control of schools and later support for sweeps of vagrant encampments.
He cast the campaign as part of a longer effort to shape New York's post-Mamdani politics, echoing the institute's role in the Giuliani era after opposing earlier Democratic leadership.

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