Balthazar owner Keith McNally — whose SoHo hotspot has been a magnet for A-listers and one-percenters for years — is throwing his support behind marxist New York City mayor candidate Zohran Mamdani.
McNally — who owns more than a dozen eateries in Manhattan including Minetta Tavern, Pastis and Morandi — called the democratic socialist “fantastic” on Instagram, adding: “More so, when my affluent, paranoid friends tell me Mamdani’s dangerous.”
Zohran Mamdani is the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor. Paul Martinka for NY Post
The restaurateur joins left-leaning financiers, corporate lawyers and other business leaders who are aligning behind Mamdani — despite his platform to tax wealthy to pay for his expansive social programs, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Mamdani became the front-runner to lead the nation’s center of capitalism by shocking former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to win the Democratic primary for mayor last month.
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