New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s endorsement of Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City, reminds me of an old Groucho Marx line: “Those are my principles and if you don’t like them … well, I have others.”

Only last week, Hochul called on Mamdani to apologize to police for calling the NYPD “racist” and a “major threat to public safety.” Four days later she said while they still have their differences, she is for him anyway. What those “differences” are she did not say, but perhaps a reporter might ask her.

Mamdani’s major campaign theme has been making New York City more “affordable.” The way to begin that process is by cutting taxes. The state income tax can run as high as 10.9 percent for high earners. The city income tax is $18,000 plus nearly 4 percent additional

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