Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for NYC Mayor makes fun of this “dispatch from the Hamptons” article from The Times: “How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?”

NEW YORK TIMES: August in the Hamptons: Ocean breezes. Oversubscribed Tracy Anderson classes. Parking woes. And this year, with a New York City mayoral election looming in the fall, a freakout that the most sumptuous of summer staples hasn’t soothed. Even overpriced lobster salad can’t seem to make people out here feel better, said Robert Zimmerman, a veteran political fund-raiser who has yet to back anyone in the race. Everyone’s talking about it all the time.” What they are talking about, for the most part, is whether anyone – specifically former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo or Mayor Eric Adams – can beat the democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani. In June, he dared to say on Meet the Press: I don’t think we should have billionaires. The Hamptons is basically in group therapy about the mayoral race.” In other words, the plutocrats are panicking. Another recent benefit for Mr. Cuomo took place at the Southampton estate of the conservative media executive Jimmy Finkelstein and his wife, Pamela Gross, a former adviser to first lady Melania Trump. Mamdani has a great smile and is wonderfully articulate, she said. His social media is entertaining, and his promises sound fine until you look at the fine print and they’re not realistic.”