It’s been a little over a month since a Muslim socialist from Uganda named Zohran Mamdani became the mayor of the largest city in the United States. And while a month isn’t a lot of time in a normal administration, you have to wonder what the city’s many young “democratic socialists” think about the progress so far, or lack thereof.  After all, Mamdani wasn’t supposed to be like any other mayor. The whole point was that he’d be a “revolutionary.” He’d take quick, decisive action to “replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” He would disregard the rule of law, tax all the rich white people, and make everything cost zero dollars. Unfortunately for Mamdani, it looks like the locals are getting a little restless. They’re not happy with his mother’s appearance in the Epstein Files (she was mentioned by Epstein’s publicist, who said she attended an afterparty for a film at Ghislaine Maxwell’s house). And they’re also angry that Mamdani hasn’t shifted oversight of the police department to a civilian board called the CCRB, which he promised to do, as a way of dismantling the police force and terminating more police officers. So, the other day, a mob gathered outside Mamdani’s house. Watch: New Epstein files show filmmaker Mira Nair, mom of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, went to an afterparty at Ghislaine Maxwell’s house. Now Zohran’s getting called out by voters. “We know about your mom! Shame on you, Zohran, you lied to us.”pic.twitter.com/8msbgWx8eY — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) February 2, 2026 Credit: @MarioNawfal/X.com That didn’t take long.  They elected a theater kid — supposedly from the middle of nowhere — who promised to burn everything down and completely transform New York City. A month later, they realize he’s a fraudster who has no idea what he was doing, and that his life story is a lot less “storybook” than they had been told. You see, when these people heard Mamdani reading the speechwriter’s line about the “Mexican abuelas, Yemeni bodega owners, Uzbek nurses, and Ethiopian aunties,” they were under the impression that Mamdani had something in common with the working class. And now they’re finding out that, while the Yemeni bodega owners and Trinidadian pimps were earning a living the hard way in the Bronx, Mamdani’s mother was getting name-dropped by Epstein’s publicist. That’s got to be a tough, confusing realization. And it gets worse when you realize that the buses still aren’t free. Mamdani hasn’t even done that yet. The whole point of his campaign was to enable every hobo, drug dealer, and psychotic murderer to hop aboard a bus, any time they wanted. And yet, the buses still cost money. In fact, bus fares have increased since Mamdani took office by around 10 cents. And now the Trump administration says they’re thinking about cutting federal funding to New York if they don’t charge fares, as part of a new transportation bill. So all of a sudden, what seemed to be a very simple, straightforward proposal is turning out to be a lot more complicated. And from the moment Mamdani was elected, that’s raised some questions for New Yorkers. Watch:  New Yorkers are fuming bc Mamdani ain’t delivering on any of the free s’hit he promised So this TikTok’r goes up to a NYC bus driver and asks, ” I thought the fares were free now since Mamdani won ” – driver laughs, “that’s funny, that’s never gonna happen” Can’t make it up pic.twitter.com/iL4CuAPXAc — @Chicago1Ray