WASHINGTON

There’s a saying you hear from disgruntled voters: “It couldn’t get worse.”

Wrong. Things always can get worse. And if unhappy voters in New York City elect democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani to be their next mayor, as top polls and prognosticators predict, they likely will experience an inevitable decline after wealthy New Yorkers and small businesses pull up stakes.

To be sure, Mamdani, 34, is a compelling and charismatic candidate who, as a Muslim an Indian-Ugandan immigrant who moved to New York as a child, may signal a change in attitude among young voters who want to move on from the status quo.

Sadly, many of the state assemblyman’s positions are train wrecks in the making.

Mamdani supports raising Gotham’s minimum wage — now $16.50 per hour for most workers — to $3

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