While Mamdani Faces Backlash Over Grocery Stores, Jenkins’ Government Takeover Is Wrecking Playland

While Mamdani Faces Backlash Over Grocery Stores, Jenkins’ Government Takeover Is Wrecking Playland

As Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani faces growing backlash over his proposal for government-run grocery stores in New York City, a striking parallel emerges with Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins’ costly government takeover of Playland Amusement Park—a venture plagued by financial overruns, legal battles, and shuttered rides.

After Jenkins’ Mamdani-esque government takeover of Playland, the once iconic park has become a ghost town. So many rides are closed, including favorites like the Dragon Coaster and Ferris Wheel — it’s a sick joke for Ken to even say it’s open. Taxpayers have already paid over $50 million—and the park faces ongoing lawsuits as well as financial and operational struggles.

This is the real cost of the Jenkins-Mamdani socialist model of government-run projects: expensive, inefficient, and total devastation. New Yorkers deserve practical, effective solutions—not costly Democrat Socialist experiments that will always fail to deliver.