Panelists be part of ‘FOX Enterprise In Depth: Socialism Risk and the Way forward for Capitalism’ to debate how the election of Zohran Mamdani as the subsequent mayor of New York Metropolis might affect the nation’s political and financial path.
New York Metropolis’s newly elected mayor has promised sweeping adjustments when he takes workplace, together with a hire freeze and common free childcare. However his democratic socialist messaging, critics say, has put some New Yorkers on edge.
Metropolis Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, whose household fled the Soviet Union, stated she is “completely devastated” by what she known as the town’s shift towards socialism.
“The previous Soviet Union was a communist nation, and we fled right here within the 80s and 90s for capitalism, for the free market financial system, for the American dream,” Vernikov stated Saturday as a part of a panel on “FOX Enterprise In Depth: Socialism Risk and the Way forward for Capitalism.”
Zohran Mamdani, New York Metropolis’s mayor-elect, arrives for an election night time occasion at The Brooklyn Paramount Theater within the Brooklyn borough of New York on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (Adam Grey/Bloomberg/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
“We grew to become docs, we grew to become legal professionals. I am a member of the federal government within the largest metropolis on this planet, and the concept every part we escaped is coming right here is completely unbelievable,” she added.
Fox Information Digital reached out to representatives for Mamdani for remark.
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Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, was declared the winner of the mayoral race on Election Night time. He defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.
His platform has included a hire freeze, free public buses, common childcare and a pilot program of city-run grocery shops in each borough.
New York Metropolis’s then-mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, heart, celebrates with Sen. Bernie Sanders, left, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, proper, throughout an election rally at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York, on Oct. 26, 2025. (Andres Kudacki/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
The worth tag of those applications has some enterprise leaders questioning how Mamdani can pay for them.
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“It’s [going to] be harder,” businessman John Catsimatidis instructed FOX Enterprise’ David Asman.
Catsimatidis has repeatedly spoken out towards Mamdani, threatening to maneuver his grocery retailer chain, Gristedes, out of the town.
MTA buses are seen in New York Metropolis on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)
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Marcus Lemonis, CEO of Tenting World, additionally expressed concern about working companies in New York Metropolis, although he acknowledged affordability is a nationwide concern for a lot of People.
“Affordability is a matter all over the place. It’s not simply in New York Metropolis, from Seattle to Minneapolis to Chicago to wherever it might be,” stated Lemonis.
Then-mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters throughout a marketing campaign canvas occasion at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
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“However I’ve a excessive stage of confidence, and also you in all probability would count on me to say this, that capitalism will at all times win out and that the concept of socialism is, for my part, an excellent experiment,” he stated.
A Fox Information ballot discovered that affordability was a major purpose Mamdani soared to victory. 56% of voters felt the price of residing was an important concern going through New York Metropolis. It was adopted by crime at 22% and immigration at 9%.
‘Hannity’ has the most recent on the outcomes of the New York mayoral election.