How Zohran Mamdani is convincing New York’s capitalists to give a little socialism a chance

Zohran Mamdani has not, it turns out, attempted to seize the means of production. At least not yet. During his mayoral campaign, you couldn’t throw a stone without hitting a CEO worried about the effect he’d have on the city’s economy. After his first year in office, business is proceeding as usual, which—New Yorkers being New Yorkers—means that everyone is feeling angsty. “I was very concerned when he was elected,” says Neil Blumenthal, cofounder and co-CEO of the nearly $3 billion eyewea...