Washington Post roasts Mamdani's free NYC bus plan, says it'll attract 'vagrants and drug addicts'

The Washington Post editorial board ripped Democratic socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for his pie-in-the-sky proposal to eliminate bus fares, warning the only beneficiaries would be the city’s homeless and drug users.

“Vagrants and drug addicts would camp out all day on New York’s buses, especially in the winter,” the scathing op-ed published Sunday read.

WaPo’s editorial board ripped Zohran Mamdani’s fare-free bus plan, saying it would primarily benefit drug addicts and vagrants. Michael Nigro

“Parents would grow afraid to let their children ride alone,” the board predicted .

The outlet also mocked Mamdani for brushing off the nearly $800 million his plan would cost the city each year, which he compared to “$50 million less than what New York spent on the