Zohran Mamdani’s primary win sent one group of New Yorkers into a complete panic

New Yorkers are famous for weathering everything from blackouts to blizzards.

But one primary election result has them running for the hills.

And Zohran Mamdani’s primary win sent one group of New Yorkers into a complete panic.

Luxury real estate agents get flooded with panicked calls

The moment Democrat socialist Zohran Mamdani secured his party’s nomination for New York City mayor Tuesday night, the phones started ringing at luxury real estate offices across the city.

Celebrity broker Ryan Serhant found himself fielding calls from wealthy clients who wanted to abandon their Manhattan apartment deals immediately.

“My number one job will be moving people from New York to Florida. Again,” Serhant told the New York Post. “Based on the results, clients are going to hold off on making any kind of investment in New York City.”

The panic was so immediate that one client who had made an offer on a Chelsea apartment sent her broker an email just minutes after former Governor Andrew Cuomo conceded the race.

The wealthy are clearly spooked by what a Mamdani administration could mean for their wallets and their city.

Florida realtors brace for another COVID-style exodus

Down in Florida, real estate professionals are preparing for what could be another massive wave of New York refugees.

Nathan Zeder, who works with the Jills Zeder Group in Fort Lauderdale, told the Post he was already seeing unprecedented interest from his New York contacts.

“The amount of lifelong New Yorkers texting me [about a move to Florida] is close to shocking,” Zeder said. “People are frightened and over the next three to four months, we’re going to see a lot of people consider South Florida again — it’s going to be a COVID level of interest.”

His firm has already moved $1.8 billion in Florida real estate this year, and Mamdani’s victory could send those numbers through the roof.

The wealthy New Yorkers aren’t just looking at Florida either – some are exploring international options like Uruguay and Milan as potential escape routes.

Governor DeSantis predicted this exodus

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis saw this coming from miles away.

Before Tuesday’s primary even took place, DeSantis warned that a Mamdani victory would trigger a real estate boom in Palm Beach.

“If this socialist mayor candidate wins – you’re gonna see real estate value skyrocket even more in Palm Beach, because people are gonna get out of that city,” DeSantis said.

After Mamdani’s victory became official, DeSantis doubled down on his prediction about the coming exodus.

“If this guy gets in, we may need to up our police recruitment bonuses… you’re going to see a flood of people,” DeSantis said, referring to Florida’s $5,000 incentive plan for officers leaving other states. “When you have a candidate who wants to abolish the NYPD… that ain’t going to end well.”

DeSantis has watched this pattern before – when liberal politicians take over major cities, productive residents head south to Florida.

Florida Republicans draw the battle lines

Florida’s Republican congressional delegation wasted no time responding to Mamdani’s victory with a mix of Southern hospitality and stern warnings.

Representative Jimmy Patronis delivered his message with characteristic Florida flair.

“Hey, New Yorkers! Welcome to conservative Florida, where we vote red, love our BBQ, and keep the gators free,” Patronis said Wednesday. “Don’t roll in with your Big Apple politics, trying to tax our sunshine or ban our sweet tea. Leave the New York politicking up north—down here, we settle debates with a fishing pole, not a soapbox!”

Representative Randy Fine took a much harder stance against Mamdani’s radical agenda.

“Zohran Mamdani would do to New York City what Khomeini and Khamenei did to Tehran,” Fine stated. “We cannot let radical Muslims turn America into a Shiite caliphate.”

These Florida Republicans are making it clear they don’t want New York’s problems imported to the Sunshine State.

Even New York’s governor is worried about the exodus

The concern about wealthy residents fleeing isn’t limited to Republicans in Florida.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has expressed alarm about Mamdani’s tax-and-spend agenda driving more residents to leave the state.

“I’m not raising taxes on people at a time when affordability is the big issue,” Hochul said. “I don’t want to lose any more people to go to Palm Beach. We’ve lost enough.”

Hochul understands that losing wealthy taxpayers to Florida means losing the revenue that funds New York’s massive government programs.

But Mamdani’s socialist platform seems designed to drive away exactly the kind of high earners that New York desperately needs to keep.

Mamdani’s radical agenda energizes the far Left

The 33-year-old Mamdani didn’t win this primary on his own merit.

He had heavyweight endorsements from the Democrat Party’s most radical voices, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders.

According to reporting, Mamdani’s platform includes eliminating bus fares, making City University tuition-free, freezing rents, providing free childcare, establishing city-owned grocery stores, and raising taxes on wealthy residents and corporations.

His campaign also centered on what he called using mayoral power to “reject Donald Trump’s fascism” and “govern our city as a model for the Democrat Party.”

The Uganda-born politician has made his support for the Palestinian cause a major part of his campaign, which has drawn criticism from some quarters while energizing younger progressive voters.

November brings a three-way showdown

Mamdani will face Republican Curtis Sliwa in November’s general election.

Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels volunteer safety patrol, represents a completely different vision for the city focused on public safety and quality-of-life issues.

Also on the November ballot is incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who dropped out of the Democrat primary earlier this year after federal corruption charges against him were dismissed and is now running as an independent.

Sources told the Post that the pro-business community is already rallying behind Adams as the best hope to stop Mamdani’s socialist experiment.

The great New York exodus accelerates

The immediate panic among wealthy New Yorkers shows just how far left the Democrat Party has moved in America’s largest city.

When luxury real estate clients start abandoning deals at the mere prospect of a socialist mayor, it sends a clear message about the economic consequences of radical policies.

Some real estate insiders are already talking about a potential “Mamdani discount” in the housing market as wealthy residents prepare to vote with their feet.

Serhant, who also stars in the “Sex and the City” reboot “And Just Like That,” captured the mood perfectly when he told his agents across 19 states that policy dictates strategy.

Right now, that strategy involves helping wealthy New Yorkers find new homes far away from Mamdani’s planned socialist paradise.

The exodus from New York to Florida has been happening for years, but Mamdani’s primary victory could accelerate it dramatically.

And if that happens, New York City will learn the hard way that there’s only so much you can tax the wealthy before they simply pack up and leave.