Chicago mayor’s ‘incompetent leadership’ should be a red flag

Chicago’s budget woes under far-left Mayor Brandon Johnson should serve as warning to New Yorkers planning to back socialist Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid.

“Chicago is proof that incompetent leadership can turn a deep-dish city into a half-baked mess,” ex-Gov Andrew Cuomo wrote on X Friday.

“From long before we built the Erie Canal to compete with Chicago, New York has always been about making things happen I believe in government that works,” boasted Cuomo, a registered Democrat who is running for NYC mayor as an independent.

“I have done it time and time again for the people of New York. Let’s do it again.”

Cuomo’s indirect dig at the Democratic nominee and frontrunner to win this year’s NYC mayoral race came in response to Johnson earlier this week saying Chicago needs to deal with looming budget shortfalls even as it’s education, housing, health care and transportation systems are “woefully underfunded.”