Michael Goodwin: NYC is in grave danger with Mayor Mamdani’s anti-policing policies
By Michael Goodwin
Published Jan. 10, 2026, 8:55 p.m. ET
The late Colin Powell, in an interview about the difference between governing and campaigning, invoked his long experience and humor to describe it this way: “I think any human being with an IQ over 40, who is a mammal, loves governing more than campaigning.”
It’s a shame that Powell, a top military leader and a secretary of state who died in 2021, isn’t available to counsel Zohran Mamdani.
If he were, perhaps he could get through to New York’s new mayor, who appears to be so in love with campaigning that he can’t kick the habit.
How else to explain Mamdani’s grating tendency to speak in ways that appeal only to his base of far-leftist supporters?
Though he’s been in office less than two weeks, his Socialist-echoing choices of words and topics are early warning signs of trouble ahead.
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