NYC billionaire John Catsimatidis rages over Zohran Mamdani win

NYC billionaire John Catsimatidis rages over Zohran Mamdani win

NYC grocery store mogul John Catsimatidis voiced rage over the beautiful win by Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani — who infamously proposed creating publicly run grocery shops.

“I don’t give a s–t about grocery stores!” Catsimatidis fumed in a quick telephone interview Wednesday, voicing his frustration about Mamdani’s plans for the metropolis.

The billionaire founding father of Red Apple Group — which has an enormous empire that spans media, real property, fossil fuels and the Gristedes and D’Agostino’s grocery chains — also voiced concern about “the quality of life” deteriorating.

Billionaire John Catsimatidis. James Messerschmidt

“New York can’t afford to lose more people,” Catsimatidis said.

He said he was most involved about the menace of Mamdani chopping the police drive and about whom the mayor-elect appoints to judgeships.

Hizzoner has the energy to nominate lots of of judges to household, felony and civil courts, together with administrative legislation and housing court docket judges. The mayor fills lots of of extra posts.

Mamdani infamously called to defund the police in 2020 however has since modified his tune, promising to not shrink the NYPD’s numbers or price range.

He tweeted in 2020, “We don’t need an investigation to know that the NYPD is racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety. What we need is to #DefundTheNYPD” — however he walked that again, too.

Mamdani now says the remarks have been made in “frustration” about the “murder of George Floyd.”

Zohran Mamdani walked again controversial comments about defunding the police. AFP by way of Getty Images

Gov. Kathy Hochul ought to exercise her oversight of NYC, Catsimatidis warned. YouTube/Raging Moderates

Catsimatidis urged Gov. Kathy Hochul to strengthen her oversight of the metropolis.

“The burden is on the Governor’s office right now and [Hochul] needs to keep her thumb” on the metropolis, he said, echoing a latest Post editorial.

Catsimatidis also weighed in on whether or not President Trump will minimize federal funding to his hometown.

“The president of the United States is going to make sure that the federal funds New York City gets are used properly,” Catsimatidis said.

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