No place in the country rings in the New Year like New York City, but as the crystalline ball of lights drops in Times Square to mark the coming new year, so, too, does a shadow fall over the city as Zohran Mamdani takes power as the new mayor. Mamdani has promised greater affordability and âfreeâ services (paid for by taxpayers, of course) such as child care and bus rides, but if he were to actually implement his schemes, his brand of âdemocratic socialism,â like all other forms of socialism, will only sp