Everything socialists touch they ruin. In New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani tried to freeze rents and imposed a pied-à-terre tax (which is currently being blocked by a pending lawsuit), and all it did was push rents in Manhattan to an all-time high of $6,655 a month.
The “affordability” agenda, ladies and gentlemen.
Because the plan was never to bring down rent. The goal is to accelerate the discontent, blame free markets, and then centralize even more power. https://t.co/zBcamjnDqa
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 12, 2026
