There’s something incredibly delightful about this story that you, dear readers, are going to love, for it combines the old NIMBY – “not in my back yard” – screed often invoked by leftist Democrats and their historical hypocrisy.
We all know that these bleeding hearts are all about the homeless – er, sorry, they now call the homeless “unhoused.” Cities should move heaven and earth and ‘tax the rich’ whatever it takes to provide homeless people with food, shelter, and a living that none of them have to ever pay for. It’s the ‘right thing to do,’ you see. The decent thing. The ‘humane thing.’
Enter socialist/commie New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. He wants to do what the bleeding heart hard left seeks when it comes to taking care of the homeless – but he wants to put a new homeless shelter in the artsy and “diverse” East Village, where there’s a lot of money and where he won by 40 points.
East Village residents who voted for New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani by a 40-point margin are now suing to stop a building in their neighborhood from becoming a temporary homeless shelter.
The lawsuit, filed with the New York City Supreme Court on Monday, shows hesitation even among Mamdani supporters about the cost of implementing some of his plans.
News of the lawsuit has prompted conservative mockery online, with figures like Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, noting the irony of Mamdani’s supporters turning on the fruits of his administration.
More than 70 percent of the vote in the East Village went for Mamdani. How fast they turned on their savior once he dared to think that they meant he could take care of one of their favorite virtue signals in their backyard.
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— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) April 23, 2026
The lawsuit against the homeless shelter raises several issues, including environmental concerns. Seriously? What environment are we talking about in that concrete jungle? Sure, the East Village has its parks, and it’s not entirely made up of brick and cement. However, if we weigh NIMBY against environmental considerations to see which one truly influences East Village residents, I would bet on NIMBY.
And honestly, can we blame them? I understand they don’t want a shelter full of homeless individuals in their neighborhood. However, the real issue here is not just the NIMBY mentality, but the hypocrisy and the complete misunderstanding of what they were voting for: a clueless representative from the far-left who has never held a real job in his life.
Just astonishing. The hard left continues to show us who they really are: Empty, vacuous hypocrites who want to tell the rest of us how to live without having to be inconvenienced themselves.
