Exclusive | Mamdanis taxpayer-funded troll farm plots new smear campaign against NY CEOs

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inner circle is plotting a string of coordinated smears on top New York CEOs, deploying the hard-left Hizzoner’s 200-strong “influencer army” to bash Big Apple business leaders and drum up support for his tax-and-spend agenda, The Post has learned.Two sources briefed on the matter said Mamdani’s closest City Hall advisers — known as the bullpen, a reference to the open-plan war room where the mayor and his top aides sit desk-to-desk to plan political hits — are looking to target senior executives with their taxpayer-funded troll farm just months after an ugly spat with Citadel founder Ken Griffin.The insiders said the self-styled democratic socialists are zeroing in on top bosses at the Partnership for New York City, explicitly looking to capitalize on a leadership transition earlier this year at the city’s premier business advocacy group.The Post revealed earlier this year that Hizzoner was hatching a plot to roll out his tax-the-rich agenda in early fall to try to solidify a massive influx of money from the state at the start of 2027.And no one with deep pockets is safe.Sources said that the business-bashing left-wingers have already floated Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla as a possible target over drug prices and potentially sabotaging the $2 billion Hudson Yards expansion led by Jeff Blau, the CEO of Related Companies.“They are piecing together ideas on how to take them on,” one person briefed on the bullpen’s plans said.

“Anybody is fair game as long as you’ve got money.There is a menu of options that is presented to the mayor.”The primary strategy is to “blindside” the Partnership’s new CEO, former Jersey City mayor Steve Fulop, who succeeded veteran corporate fixer Kathryn Wylde in January and whom they see as “inexperienced.”“They want to punch Fulop in the face,” a source told The Post.

“Kathy Wylde knew the ropes.Fulop is new, so there’s never been a better opportunity to go at CEOs.

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