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Hochul will be the governor for Mamdani's first year in office, and, as mayor, Mamdani will be powerless
to enact most of his agenda without Albany's help. Political tit-for-tat is extremely ill-advised.
No New Yorker wants a situation where one politician says, "She made me wait. Now I'm gong to make her wait", lest that becomes Albany's response for the first year of the new mayor's term.
Besides, it will be impossible for Mamdani to enact most of his agenda without Kathy Hochul's help. The mayor cannot raise corporate and income taxes on his own, so Hochul's pragmatism might be something to emulate.
What's ironic is that Zohran Mamdani actually currently the has power to help advance the agenda he is now promoting as a mayoral candidate. He ran for NYS Assembly on the same agenda in 2020.
New Yorkers are still waiting.