Assemblyman Pat Burke thinks everyone needs to calm down about his Queens colleague, who may be the next mayor of New York City.
The western New York Democrat is responding to what he feels are misplaced fears about Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s personal beliefs and agenda, as well as the Democratic politicians falling all over themselves to denounce or embrace the movement launched in New York City.
Burke explains all of this and his expectations for a Mamdani mayoral agenda in Albany.
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