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New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

on.wsj.comMamdani Is Shunning New York Business Leaders Who Are Used to Calling the ShotsThe mayor fired corporate leaders from a city fund’s advisory board in the latest sign that he is changing the way such power brokers access City Hall.

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"If there's one thing about the wealthy people in the United States, it's that they are big whiny babies, and that they've got a lot of money to make sure that you hear all their issues that they have with anything that goes on." This is a quote from the hellgate pied-a-terrorism piece but it fits

Gosh imagine having to abide by the same parameters as we peasants, it's almost as if this is a democracy

Because New Yorkers elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani to serve them as his constituents and not just follow concentrated capital interests. bsky.app/profile/wsj....

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

I know it's the wall street journal and they think it's good but "business leaders who are used to calling the shots" is a scathing indictment of normal NYC democracy

"in our administration we will treat all citizens the same. If business leaders would like to have access to the city government will treat everyone the same. Just like the DMV. You will have to get in line and take a number" This guy is so awesome.

"The creation of a new advisory board is an important next step in reimagining how philanthropy can augment, but not replace, public dollars and public goods"