Jessica: There was an enormous amount of fearmongering about Mamdani that there was going to be sharia law. There are a bunch of senior citizens doing line dancing in Bryant Park.. he's turning the lights on for soccer field so that kids can play. Compagno: ...he's an anti-semite. Jessica: It didn't work. Donald Trump is charmed by him. The city feels, generally speaking, that he is trying to make it better, more livable, where the arts are accessible to people, and where you might have a shot at being able to go see your doctor and not walking out of there with a bill that bankrupts your family, and that your kid has a decent day care.