Mamdanis contempt for doing his job will cost him and NYC

The Post’s exposure of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s weird habit of not bothering to sign bills into law bodes ill for him and for the city.He’s taken the trouble to sign just one in his first 10 months, vs.30, 47 and 28 for the last three mayors — and that merely allowed year-round outdoor dining.Everything else has faced the process known as “returned unsigned,” where bills automatically become law if they sit on his desk unsigned without a veto for four weeks.Far-left state Sen.

Jabari Brisport posted that this is great news: “That’s why he gets done more than other Mayors.”Gets what done?Critics suggest Mamdani’s chosen this path because he can’t spare the time — instead, he “and his team are obsessed with becoming a content farm, often delaying or can-kicking boring governmental meetings so the mayor and his staff can hold pitch sessions for social media videos,” as one source who often works with City Hall told The Post.Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email.

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Indeed, Mamdani’s pumped out video after video — opera-ticket giveaways, fake trash basketball with Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez, and on and on — while his staff has also recruited an army of social-media influencers to do the same thing, even as close to a hundred bills languish on his desk. That comes with a price: The City Council members who worked to pass these laws have to feel dissed — they not only don’t get to bask in a signed ceremony, they must wait a month for their achievements to start kicking in.That bad blood can easily come back to bite him down the line.Likewise, this distancing means the mayor hasn’t “taken ownership” of the new laws, something that insiders will surely take into effect — again, with potential grim future consequences.Most important, the time and energ...