2026年4月9日 美国东部时间下午2:18 / 福克斯新闻网
保守派评论员称纽约选民被市长“耍了”，其承诺“永远都不会兑现”
作者：安德鲁·马克·米勒、阿曼达·马西亚斯 福克斯新闻网
纽约市市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼近日在网上遭遇强烈反弹，此前他承认，其竞选时提出的城市公交免费承诺遭遇了资金障碍。
保守派人士迅速对Politico的一篇采访做出回应，这位市长在采访中承认，他最受热议的竞选承诺之一今年无法兑现，因为他的政府正努力争取奥尔巴尼州议员的支持。
“这永远都不会发生。这是一个备受瞩目的承诺，但永远都不会实现。它本来就不是认真的。”保守派媒体主持人杰森·兰茨在X平台上写道。
“事实证明，社会主义口号在现实面前不堪一击，”美国全国共和党国会委员会新闻秘书迈克·马里内拉在X平台上发帖称。
从免费公交到市属杂货店：马姆达尼的关键经济承诺
2026年3月18日周三，纽约市市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼在其团队于纽约出租车司机工会举办的斋月开斋晚宴上发言。（安杰莉娜·卡塔尼斯 / 美联社）
“哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈。纽约人，你们被耍了，”保守派作家艾米·柯蒂斯在X平台上写道。
“马姆达尼在免费公交问题上撒了谎——几乎他竞选时的所有承诺都是如此，”美国传统基金会媒体研究员蒂姆·杨在X平台上写道，“而纽约的蠢货们还信了。”他补充道。
“社会主义就像一个有毒的前任：一开始许下大把承诺，最后只剩失望，”保守派媒体机构普拉格大学在X平台上发帖称，“问问纽约人关于免费公交的事就知道了。”
不过也有人为这项努力辩护，指出资助大型公交改革的复杂性，并赞扬政府仍在继续谈判。
社会主义派纽约市长马姆达尼与霍楚尔就增税问题发生冲突，部分批评者警告将引发灾难
2025年11月6日周四，美国纽约，帝国大厦旁的大都会运输署公交巴士。（迈克尔·纳格尔 / 彭博社/盖蒂图片社）
马姆达尼的办公室在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中表示，市长仍致力于该计划，并补充称，他的政府正与州官员合作，争取在其任期内实现公交免费。
“马姆达尼市长承诺，在他卸任前，一定会让公交变得快捷又免费，仅此而已，”一位发言人说道，并指出目前正与纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔的办公室进行持续磋商。
“与此同时，马姆达尼政府将继续与州和地方各级合作伙伴合作，为所有纽约人打造更快捷的通勤体验，让我们的公交系统更加亲民。”
马姆达尼从未明确承诺在任期第一年兑现该竞选纲领，但曾表示打算在其首个四年任期结束前实现这一目标。
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2026年3月5日周四，纽约市市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼在纽约WIN NYC家庭收容所的新闻发布会上发言。（亚当·格雷 / 彭博社/盖蒂图片社）
“让公交变得快捷又免费，快捷这项我们已经着手推进了，”马姆达尼在1月份说道，“我之前说过，在我卸任市长一职前，公交都会免费。不过，在本财年以及下一财年，我们必须依法履行职责，同时也要当好一名合格的市长，提交平衡预算。”
作为州众议员时，马姆达尼在皇后区启动了一项免费公交试点项目，他称该项目取得了巨大成功，称其客流量增加了30%以上，公交司机遇袭事件下降了近40%。
尽管如此，马姆达尼的批评者认为，免费公交的成本在财政上存在风险，对于庞大的纽约市公交系统而言在后勤上也存在缺陷，并警告称，这可能会使其原本旨在改善的服务质量下降。
这场辩论发生之际，马姆达尼正推进一项更广泛的民生议程，该议程基于其竞选时提出的多项承诺，比如开设市属杂货店和冻结租金，这些提议令华尔街感到不安，并遭到了尖锐批评。
这场冲突凸显了该市的进步派抱负与长期为纽约经济提供动力的金融界之间日益扩大的分歧。
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Mamdani ripped after conceding key campaign pledge won’t happen this year
April 9, 2026 2:18pm EDT / Fox News
Conservative commentators say NYC voters ‘got played’ by the mayor with a promise that ‘won’t ever happen’
By Andrew Mark Miller , Amanda Macias, Fox News
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing backlash online after admitting that his campaign pledge to make city buses free is hitting funding roadblocks.
Conservatives were quick to react to a Politico interview where the mayor acknowledged that one of his most hotly discussed campaign promises wouldn’t be fulfilled this year as his administration works to gain support from lawmakers in Albany.
“It won’t ever happen. It was a high-profile promise that won’t ever happen. It wasn’t really meant to,” wrote conservative media host Jason Rantz on X.
“Turns out socialist slogans don’t survive contact with reality,” National Republican Congressional Committee Press Secretary Mike Marinella posted on X.
FROM FREE BUSES TO CITY-OWNED GROCERY STORES, HERE ARE MAMDANI’S KEY ECONOMIC PROMISES
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a Ramadan Iftar hosted by his team at the New York Taxi Workers Association, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in New York.(Angelina Katsanis / AP)
“Hahahahahahahahahaha. You got played, NYC,” wrote Amy Curtis, a conservative writer, on X.
“Mamdani lied about free buses — and basically everything else in his campaign,” wrote Tim Young, a media fellow at The Heritage Foundation, on X. “And the idiots of New York fell for it,” he added.
“Socialism is like a toxic ex: big promises upfront, disappointment later,” conservative media outlet Prager U posted on X. “Just ask New York about those free buses.”
Others, however, defended the effort, pointing to the complexities of funding major transit changes and praising the administration for continuing negotiations.
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The Empire State Building behind an MTA bus in New York, US, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025.(Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
Mamdani’s office said in a statement to Fox News Digital that the mayor remains committed to the plan, adding that his administration is working with state officials to make fare-free buses a reality before the end of his term.
“Mayor Mamdani is committed to delivering fast and free buses by the time he leaves office, full stop,” a spokesperson said, noting ongoing discussions with N.Y. Governor Kathy Hochul’s office.
“In the meantime, the Mamdani administration will continue to work with our partners at the state and local level to make commutes faster and our transit system more affordable for all New Yorkers.”
Mamdani never explicitly pledged to fulfill the campaign platform in the first year but said he intended to accomplish the goal by the end of his first four-year term.
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Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, during a news conference at the WIN NYC family shelter in New York, on Thursday, March 5, 2026.(Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Making buses fast and free, the fast thing we’re already getting started on,” Mamdani said in January. “And what I’ve said is that by the time I’m finished being mayor, they’re going to be free. What we have to deliver, however, in this very year, required by law, but also required just by being a good mayor, a balanced budget for this fiscal year [and for] the next fiscal year.”
As an assembly member, Mamdani launched a free bus pilot program in Queens that he has touted as highly successful citing increased ridership by more than 30% and showing a nearly 40% drop in assaults on bus operators.
Still, Mamdani’s critics argue that the cost of free buses is fiscally risky and logistically flawed for the behemoth New York City system and warn it would likely to degrade the very service it aims to improve.
The debate comes as Mamdani advances a broader affordability agenda built on campaign promises such as city-owned grocery stores and rent freezes, proposals that have rattled Wall Street and drawn sharp criticism.
The clash underscores a widening divide between progressive ambitions for the city and the financial sector that has long powered its economy.
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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