Q. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Mamdani?

When inexperience meets moral arrogance, the result isn’t leadership — it’s lunacy.

When inexperience meets moral arrogance, the result isn’t leadership — it’s lunacy.

Last night’s debate between Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani, and Curtis Sliwa wasn’t just revealing — it was enjoyably excruciating. Watching Mamdani, the self-proclaimed savior of the socialist left, freeze like a deer in the headlights when faced with critically important questions requiring depth beyond his social media prowess was must-see TV. Mamy’s performance was less “candidate for mayor” and more “kid who won a UNRWA participation ribbon.”

And then came the embarrassing stunt — Mamdani planted the woman who accused Cuomo of sexual harassment in the audience, a move so low it bordered on something Trump would do. For all the Mamdani-addicts who thought that was a flex, it only exposed how unserious and unfit he really is. The one who should’ve been embarrassed was Mamy himself. Even the moderators refused to acknowledge that shameful, pin-drop moment. Proof that what I said after the first debate still rings true: “Mamdani’s inexperience was glaring.”

Cuomo came armed with experience, receipts, and a command of facts. Mamdani came armed with platitudes and a smile straight out of a horror movie — Children of the Corn meets Seed of Chucky with a smidge of The Bad Seed. His grin is what nightmares are made of. What you’ve got is a condescending candidate who thinks “governing” means posting moral outrage threads on social media and pitching lofty, pseudo-Communistic initiatives that will never come to fruition.

It’s the curse of our times: we’ve mistaken virality for viability. Mamdani’s campaign is fueled by slogans, selfies, and pie-in-the-sky solutions. The city that once birthed visionaries and builders is now entertaining a candidate who can’t articulate a plan beyond blaming “the system” and retweeting his own indignation.

New York doesn’t need another digital revolutionary with a God complex and no governing skills. We need a leader who knows how the city actually works — who’s had to make hard calls under pressure, not just hashtag justice from the sidelines. Cuomo, for all his flaws, knows how to run the machinery of government. Mamdani? As a state legislator, he hasn’t put forward any meaningful bills — if any at all — and has reportedly missed most of the votes he’s required to attend in Albany.

He’s a poster boy for moral arrogance and outrage. His refusal to name Hamas, his hollow understanding of global politics, and his recycled rhetoric about “colonialism” show just how unprepared he is for real leadership. And when it came to the issues that actually matter to New Yorkers — policing, education, housing — Mamdani sounded like Porky Pig: “Badee badde bada… that’s all folks.”

So, how do you solve a problem like Mamdani? You don’t. You vote for Andrew Cuomo — and save New York from becoming a socialist experiment gone horribly, pathetically, upsettingly, unnecessarily wrong.

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