New York City’s mayoral election is a high-stakes referendum on Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who inspired socialist disciple Zohran Mamdani, now on the precipice of running the Big Apple.

If Mamdani, who is the clear frontrunner, blows the election Tuesday, it will be a major setback to the far left and look poorly on Wu, who Mamdani says is his role model mayor.

If Mamdani wins – and polls show him ahead – it will be a test of Wu’s policies and positions since the New York Assemblyman does his best to emulate her with free buses, higher taxes, weak support for law enforcement, opposition to ICE and a lot of smiling and waving.

If she’s going to be allied with him, she has to bear the consequences if he gets tripped up or messes up when he’s running City Hall.

The 40-year-old Wu has been

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