Tuesday, New York City stands on the brink of an unprecedented socialist takeover, with 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani leading by double digits in every major poll as voters head to the polls. This is not a close contest—it’s a looming catastrophe.

RealClearPolitics’ final average has Mamdani up by 14.3 points over independent Andrew Cuomo. Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa languishes in third, nowhere near competitive.

More than 735,000 New Yorkers cast early ballots—a record turnout more than four times the 2021 total. The city’s future hangs in the balance.

Mamdani’s agenda is radical and unambiguous. He vows to impose draconian rent controls that will scare away developers and crash the housing market. He will hike taxes on the wealthy until they, too, pack their bags. He plans to strip funding from the police and funnel it into untested social programs.

He’s proud of it. He’s defended the violent slogan “globalize the intifada” and refused to condemn it. He’s attacked Israel onstage. He promises $100 million in legal aid for illegal immigrants—money he will extract from taxpayers.

The reaction is fierce. A recent survey shows 765,000 residents are ready to flee a Mamdani administration. Wall Street executives, small-business owners, senior citizens and families with means will head for the exits. The tax base will collapse. Municipal services will crumble.

Crime, already surging, will skyrocket under an underfunded police force. Public schools, already underperforming, will be swamped by budget cuts. The city’s credit rating will plummet. New Yorkers will pay for this socialist experiment with empty wallets and empty streets.

President Donald Trump has already vowed to cut federal funding for the city if Mamdani wins. Without Washington’s support, New York will face a fiscal crisis unlike anything in its storied history.

It doesn’t have to end this way. Curtis Sliwa offers real solutions to restore law and order. Andrew Cuomo has the experience to stabilize the city. But at this hour, the choice is clear: embrace a socialist nightmare or vote to preserve the city’s greatness.

When the polls close, history will record whether New York reclaimed its future—or surrendered it to radical socialism. Tuesday’s vote will determine whether the Big Apple remains a beacon of freedom or becomes America’s first city to fall under the yoke of twenty-first-century communism.