(The Center Square) – In the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s rise to become the mayor of New York City, researchers and policy analysts are slamming his policies and calling for free market economics to remain dominant.

Researchers at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, discussed Mamadani’s policies during a panel on Friday and highlighted how they could make the cost of living more expensive in the nation’s largest city.

One of Mamdani’s proposals in

John Peluso, a research associate at the Heritage Foundation, said Mamdani’s proposal would decrease the competitiveness of businesses in New York City. He said this will cause wealthy individuals and businesses to leave the city in response to these policies.

“As those people leave, the people that are stuck and left behind are

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