DSAs panhandling pol is just the start as Democrats careen toward a socialist cliff

New Yorkers, hold onto your wallets and brace yourselves for financial chaos.Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s minions in the Democratic Socialists of America are preparing to radicalize the state Legislature in January, when they take their newly won seats in Albany. A warning sign of their coming craziness appeared Friday, when Mamdani-endorsed Assembly candidate Brian Romero put up a GoFundMe page with an unusual request.He begged for handouts to cover his own rent and groceries for the rest of this year, until he’s sworn in to represent East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Astoria and other parts of Queens.Romero won the Democratic primary in June — and with no Republican opponent, he’s a shoo-in.But he can’t start collecting his $142,000 salary and $203 per diem until January, and he says he can’t figure out how to support himself in the meantime. Beggar Boy Brian calls this a “challenging time.”“I’m trying to find sort of some gigs, but I don’t know how other folks do it,” he said.“Other folks,” meaning the rest of us who .

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go out and get a job to pay our bills.He took the page down after The Post started asking questions.Romero, who earned $106,469 as a legislative staffer before resigning to run for office, says he’s run through his savings.Yet he’s the guy voters are entrusting with billions of dollars in state spending?His political platform includes a pie-in-the-sky list of government giveaways — universal child care, free legal services for immigrants and more — all paid for by making the wealthy “pay their fair share.” The DSA’s agenda is in truth a freeloader’s agenda, and Romero is its living, breathing poster boy.He’s one of the eight New York City DSA members who swept to victory against more moderate Democrats in the party’s June primary.The meager 17% voter turnout fueled their “hostile takeover,” as University of Mount Saint Vincent professor JC Polanco told The Post: “They’ve taken over th...