GOP Rep. Pushes ‘MAMDANI Act’ To Cut Federal Funding From New York City After Socialist Wins

A Republican lawmaker in the House introduced a bill Thursday seeking to halt all federal funding to New York City for as long as Zohran Mamdani serves as mayor.

The legislation, introduced by Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia, is titled the “Moving American Money Distant from Anti-National Interests Act” — shortened to the “MAMDANI Act.”

According to the bill, “notwithstanding any other provision of law,” during any period that Mamdani serves as mayor, “any unobligated Federal funds available” to New York City “are hereby rescinded,” and “no Federal funds may be obligated or expended for any purpose to New York, New York.”

Mamdani, a 34-year-old self-described socialist, won Tuesday’s New York City mayoral race, defeating both former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

Although Carter’s proposal is unlikely to advance in Congress, it underscores the GOP’s strong response to Mamdani’s win. Republican leaders in the House have quickly cast him as the face of the modern Democratic Party and a symbol of its shift to the far left.

A GOP campaign strategist told Fox News Digital that Republicans intend to use Mamdani’s socialist record to politically tie vulnerable Democrats across the country to his policies and positions.

Carter, who is also running for U.S. Senate in Georgia, said he doesn’t believe taxpayer dollars from his state should “be wasted on programs that will bankrupt the financial capital of the world.”

“If New Yorkers want communism, we should let them have their wish and not artificially prop them up with our successful capitalist system,” Carter said. “Any New Yorker with common sense is welcome to move to the great, FREE state of Georgia.”

Historically, New York State has sent more in federal taxes than it receives in federal funding — a dynamic that could be sharply affected if the proposed legislation ever gained traction.