In 1990 I made my home in New York City, having grown up in the Midwest.

To paraphrase E.B. White, I am “the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something.” After living and working here for more than 30 years, and despite the city’s many challenges, I continue to find New York a source of business innovation and opportunity.

That is why I am—and other business leaders should be—pleased that Zohran Mamdani will be our next mayor.

Last summer, following Mamdani’s stunning primary victory, many friends and colleagues were anxious that this Democratic candidate was too liberal, too anti-business, too inexperienced for the global stage, and simply too young. So, I sought out the chance to meet him—and was pleasantly surprised to find that Mamdani is an active

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