Mamdani could walk out onto the street corner and just stand there, and Republicans would just shit their pants and scream all day. it's their job. just the fact that he exists is absolute torment to them.

I love it

he's their new Obama. remember the tan suit and the dijon mustard bullshit? it's what they attack because they have nothing else.

"Bloated" lmao. I don't think there's a single school district in the US that has sufficient funding

Josh Johnson said it’s like Mamdani found the “make government work” button that nobody else wanted to press.

But the school budget is "bloated," how could he give more money to the public school system? Charter schools need that money so we can teach our future about being taken advantage of and being propagandized.

Can we make the New York post just... Go away? They're a net negative on society

"already bloated budget"

This bitch is crying that they spend too much on education in the same article that he talks about how edution stats from last year show that students are falling behind. And just to be clear, the budget was 38 billion, and this increase makes it 38.6 billion, a 1.6% increase. Pretty fucking marginal. He's specifically whining that those dollars don't go to police instead.

The majority of that money is going to keep schools funded and open whose enrollment is dipping, because otherwise you have school closures, redistricting, and lost teaching, administrative, service, and maintenance jobs, etc. And that only after months or years of limited resources and worse overall education and opportunities for the students.

How do media outlets report like this and still get taken seriously by any human being on this planet?

Schools and teachers are so underpaid and under budgeted that it's WIDELY known and universally accepted as a systemic problem all across the united states.

new York post be like

Mamdani seen petting a dog and calling him good boy. this is the worst thing that has ever happened in NY history.

Tax the rich and educate the public. He must be evil

I liked it when he froze the rent and a lot of Republicans started ranting about how people didn't have to pay rent at all. They might not know what a policy even is, but if it's Mamdammy, it must be bad.

Schools make you intelligent. Intelligence is anathema to conservatives/regressives.

He might legit be the only effective politician

Many other politicians are also very effective. Just not for their voters.

I just want to put this here for context...

Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-16/nyc-must-spend-700-million-to-cut-class-sizes-watchdog-says

• wayback link: https://web.archive.org/web/20251216213749/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-16/nyc-must-spend-700-million-to-cut-class-sizes-watchdog-says

NY Independent Budget Office FY 2026: https://www.ibo.nyc.gov/assets/ibo/downloads/pdf/education/2025/2025-december-a-slow-start-limited-progress-in-first-years-towards-class-size-compliance.pdf

This is extremely valuable to see wins on the local level, and that it is getting national press.

It will serve to blunt the years of "socialism = always bad" propaganda that has been endemic since forever. More local wins so we can elect and win on the state and national level in numbers with a mandate to actually get something done.

I like how they say bloated. Carry that implication that public school bad.

I can't WAIT to VOTE him Out and get that Money OUT of Schools and into Elon's Pockets!

-LITERALLY Republican Voters!

Do you know a school that has a bloated budget, do they exist?

Hey, $700M is a lot of money! That's $81.50/ per New Yorker! That's $6.80 every month! Where are poorer New Yorkers going to get that kind of money? From some kind of public transit discount?!

Doesn't seem quietly at all if the New York Post writes about it.

Somehow directing millions to people's education is wasteful, but having a trillionary ($1.000.000.000.000) is totally reasonable.

bLoAtEd

I love how they chose a picture that makes him look like he has the coke sweats.

Some neolib putz on Mastodon was arguing with me about Mamdani not including enough money to the budget for education. I guess he has to shut the fuck up now.