"He's a TikTok man, quick with a slogan, full of fiery rhetoric, and ready with a viral soundbite. But behind the social media gloss lies a troubling silence. When it comes to older New Yorkers, the people who built this city and continue to sustain it, Mamdani has nothing to say, or worse, he allows his supporters to say it for him."
"Scroll through his online army on social media and you'll see the contempt on full display: 9/11 is over, boomer! You're irrelevant! Go away, old lady! These are the words hurled at retirees, the same retirees who kept New York running through crisis after crisis, who staffed the hospitals, classrooms, and firehouses, and who raised the generations now mocking them."
"And what does Mamdani say in response to this cruelty? Nothing. Not a word of rebuke. His silence speaks volumes. That silence is not just disrespectful; it's policy. Mamdani's vision of New York appears to have no place for the people who are over 50, the very New Yorkers who need compassionate leadership the most. When he talks about the average New Yorker, he paints a picture that somehow excludes the elderly, the disabled, and the retired civil servants living on fixed incomes."
Zohran Mamdani relies on performance politics and social media for slogans, rhetoric, and viral soundbites. He remains silent when supporters direct contempt at older New Yorkers and retirees online. Retirees who staffed hospitals, classrooms, and firehouses have been insulted and dismissed. Mamdani's silence has been characterized as a form of policy exclusion that overlooks New Yorkers over 50. Campaign promises of fairness and equity fail to address the needs of the elderly, the disabled, and retired civil servants living on fixed incomes. Older New Yorkers face housing insecurity, rising healthcare costs, threats to Medicare, erosion of retiree benefits, and public safety concerns that limit mobility.
Read at www.amny.com
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