George Soros’s $37 million pipeline to radical activist groups backing Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign proves once again that New York City is for sale to the highest leftist bidder—leaving taxpayers and working families to foot the bill for utopian experiments that defy common sense.
At a Glance
- Billionaire George Soros has funneled over $37 million to the Working Families Party and allied left-wing groups supporting Zohran Mamdani’s 2025 NYC mayoral run.
- Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, clinched the Democratic nomination with a platform of city-run grocery stores, a $30 minimum wage, and higher taxes on “richer and whiter” neighborhoods.
- Business owners and centrist Democrats warn of economic chaos and hypocrisy as Mamdani rails against billionaires while benefiting from billionaire-funded networks.
- The outcome of this race could reshape not just New York City, but the entire Democratic Party’s direction nationwide.
Soros Money Fuels Far-Left Takeover of NYC Politics
Nothing says “for the people” like a billionaire writing checks to bankroll the revolution. According to public records, George Soros’s Open Society Foundations have quietly funneled over $37 million since 2016 into the Working Families Party (WFP) and at least nine other left-wing groups, all of them now working overtime to put Zohran Mamdani—a democratic socialist with a taste for radical policy and anti-Israel grandstanding—into Gracie Mansion. The WFP alone has pocketed $23.7 million of that total, making it the engine behind the coalition that steamrolled establishment Democrats and delivered Mamdani’s surprise primary win.
While Mamdani rails against “the billionaire class” and calls for policies like rent freezes, city-run grocery stores, and a $30 minimum wage, he’s benefiting from the most elite funding pipeline the left can muster. The Open Society cash has not only fueled relentless ground operations and slick campaign messaging, but has also enabled backroom deals—brokered in part by former Soros lieutenant Patrick Gaspard—that unified progressive unions, national figures like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and local power brokers behind Mamdani’s banner. Now, with the Democratic nomination secured, the city’s business leaders are sounding the alarm about economic disaster while centrist Democrats scramble to stop the slide into socialist utopia.
Hypocrisy on Parade: Denouncing Wealth, Powered by Billionaires
Let’s not mince words: Mamdani’s campaign is a case study in progressive hypocrisy. The candidate’s stump speeches are a litany of anti-wealth rhetoric—he’s gone so far as to declare “billionaires shouldn’t exist”—yet his rise was engineered by a network flush with Soros dollars. The Working Families Party and its allied groups, all recipients of Soros’s largesse, provided the boots on the ground, the media muscle, and the pressure tactics that sidelined centrist contenders like Andrew Cuomo and consolidated the fractured left.
Mayor Eric Adams, who’s running as an independent after being abandoned by his own party’s progressive wing, has called out this “extreme” agenda and what he labels “un-American” policies. Business leaders like grocery magnate John Catsimatidis have threatened to scale back operations or leave the city entirely if Mamdani’s plans for city-run supermarkets and draconian tax hikes on “richer and whiter neighborhoods” become reality. Yet, the most galling aspect is the refusal of Mamdani and his supporters to acknowledge the contradiction: denouncing wealth while drawing on the deepest pockets in global leftist philanthropy.
The Real Stakes: Economic Turmoil and a Leftward Lurch
This isn’t just about New York City’s future, but the soul of the Democratic Party nationwide. If Mamdani wins, his agenda—free buses, universal child care, government-run groceries, a $30 minimum wage, and massive new taxes—will become the template for progressive takeovers everywhere. The city’s already fragile business climate, battered by high taxes and regulatory overreach, could see a full-scale exodus of job creators and high earners, not to mention a collapse in public safety and basic services as resources are funneled into costly social experiments.
The real kicker? All of this is sold as “for the working class,” yet the price will be paid by the same families struggling with inflation, rising crime, and a city government that seems more interested in subsidizing its activist class than dealing with reality. Nationally, the Democratic establishment is panicking, with calls mounting for centrist unity to block Mamdani’s path to City Hall. But as the Soros-backed machine rolls on, the message is clear: in today’s progressive politics, principles are negotiable, but billionaire funding is non-negotiable.
