Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani schmoozes with NY Dem leaders wholl be key to passing his socialist tax the rich plans

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The TaxMam cometh.Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was spotted rubbing elbows in Puerto Rico on Friday with state legislative leaders, who hailed him as the “man of the hour” — as the Democratic socialist took jabs at President Trump and doubled down on his pledge to take on his “authoritarian” administration.Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins hosted a reception during the annual SOMOS conference, where Mamdani was among those palling around with the very lawmakers he’ll need to make his “tax the rich” dreams come true.“We’ve had to face opposition on our way here; some of that opposition can total tens of millions of dollars,” the 34-year-old Assemblyman quipped to the large crowd of longtime pols.“What we have seen time and time again is the very voters we have read obituaries of leaving the Democratic party, can be won back if we actually treat them with the respect and recognition that they deserve,” he added, seemingly knocking the Democratic party’s inability to connect with voters.Mamdani urged the crowd to join forces as “partners” to prove to New Yorkers that the Democratic Party can deliver real improvements while restoring their faith in government “lost a long time ago.”“Because in this moment lies that opportunity to address both the authoritarian administration in Washington, DC, and the affordability crisis that has ravaged our city,” the Ugandan-born pol pressed.“And I look forward to doing so with the incredible leaders that have been fighting for this very thing in the one-house budgets you can see every single year in Albany, and to be the partner coming from New York City who works together to amplify that work and, most importantly, deliver on that work.”Heastie introduced Mamdani as the “man of the hour” and “the most important guy in the world,” joking that all the “good things” the mayor-elect knows, he learned from him �...