In June, 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won New York City's Democratic Party mayoral primary and is likely to become the next mayor of America's largest city. His platform contains eye-popping proposals such as state-run grocery stores and a rent freeze, and Mamdani claims he can decrease costs for New Yorkers with fare-free buses.
Eliminating bus fares would be an expensive boondoggle, but it wouldn't be the first time New York City greenlit expensive and inefficient public transportation projects.
