Election Day delivered a political earthquake in the Big Apple. Residents of the largest city in the nation has elected a self-described democratic socialist as their next leader.

Zohran Mamdani, who was a little-known assemblymember in New York last year, is now set to bring his radically left policy agenda to New York City. This win shows a dramatic ideological departure from economic rationalism for a megalopolis that is already struggling with high taxes, rent control, and declining public safety.

Perhaps more dramatic than the turnout for the election is the number of New Yorkers who have stated that they will leave the city in the event of Mamdani’s win — 9 percent of the population or nearly 1 million residents. Another 2 million have stated that they would “consider” leaving. And

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