Why do the world’s poor make a beeline for New York City? It is now home to over 3 million immigrants, the largest influx coming from the Dominican Republic, China, Jamaica, Mexico, Guyana, Ecuador, Bangladesh, Haiti and India. How can these overwhelmingly poor new arrivals stay if no one can afford to live there?

Answer: They crowd into small apartments and work their tails off.

They’re largely there because there’s money to be made. Like it or not, rich people have the money and spend it in the city. That’s why the creative class also gravitates to New York. The rich can afford to patronize the theater and the arts.

Which brings us to mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and his family. His father was a professor in Uganda and his mother a filmmaker. Both of Indian descent, they moved to

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