Wealthy New Yorkers are feverishly calling their financial advisers after Zohran Mamdani’s blowout mayoral win , desperately looking to protect their investments, their paychecks – and even themselves, On The Money has learned.
The fatcat freakout began late Tuesday as the election was called for Mamdani – and is expected to last for days as rich New Yorkers assess how they might escape the financial chaos that Mamdani could unleash – even if it means leaving the city altogether .
“The calls are coming in,” said one financial adviser at Morgan Stanley told The Post, just hours after the 34-year-old lefty assemblyman and former rapper was named mayor-elect – easily defeating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and GOP challenger Curtis Sliwa.
“People are really worried,” the advisor added. “M

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