\u201cI hate the guy,\u201d Portnoy said of Mamdani. \u201cI can\u2019t stand the thought of him running New York City. I can\u2019t stand it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThirty-something-year-old Communist running New York City who\u2019s never had a job in his life, hates America \u2014 doesn\u2019t seem like the best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Portnoy, 48, weighed the pros and cons of getting out of Manhattan during Mamdani\u2019s reign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHonestly, I\u2019ve given that a lot of thought \u2014 he\u2019s definitely going to win \u2014 going to Hoboken or Jersey City or something,\u201d Portnoy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to f\u2013king have an office [in Manhattan]. But then we have all those people who, like, that f\u2013ks up their life because I hate the guy. Like, all the people in the New York office have to go to Jersey City or \u2026 Hoboken. So it\u2019s a Catch-22.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Still, Portnoy indicated he\u2019s seriously weighing an exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA part of me is like, how much will actually change? But I really have given it thought,\u201d he said. \u201cI told our finance guys to start looking around for property, no joke. Take a principled stand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n After networks projected Mamdani, 34, as the winner on Tuesday night, Portnoy posted on X<\/a>, \u201cThank god I don\u2019t live there anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Portnoy\u2019s frustration with the new mayor has been building for months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a July appearance on Fox Business, he warned that Mamdani \u201chates capitalism\u201d and would \u201cblame the victims of 9\/11 rather than the terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s a very scary time,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t believe that this guy may be the mayor of New York City. He\u2019s closer to a Communist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Barstool, which Portnoy founded in 2003 in Massachusetts, has maintained a major office in Manhattan even after relocating many of its operations to Chicago. The company was worth about $600 million as of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mamdani, a New York state assemblyman who was born in Uganda and describes himself as a Democratic socialist, ran on a platform of rent freezes, city-run grocery stores and expanded public housing \u2014 measures that critics say will cripple investment and drive employers out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His victory appeared to mark a stunning political shift for New York, where business leaders rallied behind Cuomo, who ran as an independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman, who sparred with Mamdani on social media during the campaign, congratulated the mayor-elect on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNow you have a big responsibility,\u201d Ackman wrote. \u201cIf I can help NYC, just let me know what I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The post was panned by business moguls<\/a> \u2014 particularly in light of the hedge fund manager\u2019s considerable spending in hopes of knocking out Mamdani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kathryn Wylde, outgoing CEO of the Partnership for New York City, took Ackman to task for his flip-flopping. But she herself struck a conciliatory tone<\/a> with Mamdani, saying her group looked forward to helping him \u201cachieve his affordability goals while keeping New York competitive as a destination for talent and a generator of jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other executives were more critical. Palantir CEO Alex Karp told CNBC<\/a>, \u201cWe\u2019re about to probably have a complete disaster. I was born in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Portnoy said he\u2019s torn between his political opposition to Mamdani and his concern for employees based in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf it was just me, I would move the company out of New York City because I hate this guy so much,\u201d Portnoy said in another podcast appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut I won\u2019t because there\u2019s a lot of people in New York, and I don\u2019t want to change their lifestyle for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Post has sought comment from Mamdani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy is threatening to close the company\u2019s Manhattan office because of Zohran Mamdani\u2019s election, saying he hates the inexperienced, \u201cCommunist\u201d pol and warning that the mayor-elect will wreck the business climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Portnoy made the comments during a YouTube livestream <\/a>last week, amid expectations Mamdani would defeat former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Nov. 4 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI hate the guy,\u201d Portnoy said of Mamdani. \u201cI can\u2019t stand the thought of him running New York City. I can\u2019t stand it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThirty-something-year-old Communist running New York City who\u2019s never had a job in his life, hates America \u2014 doesn\u2019t seem like the best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Portnoy, 48, weighed the pros and cons of getting out of Manhattan during Mamdani\u2019s reign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHonestly, I\u2019ve given that a lot of thought \u2014 he\u2019s definitely going to win \u2014 going to Hoboken or Jersey City or something,\u201d Portnoy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to f\u2013king have an office [in Manhattan]. But then we have all those people who, like, that f\u2013ks up their life because I hate the guy. Like, all the people in the New York office have to go to Jersey City or \u2026 Hoboken. So it\u2019s a Catch-22.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Still, Portnoy indicated he\u2019s seriously weighing an exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA part of me is like, how much will actually change? But I really have given it thought,\u201d he said. \u201cI told our finance guys to start looking around for property, no joke. Take a principled stand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n After networks projected Mamdani, 34, as the winner on Tuesday night, Portnoy posted on X<\/a>, \u201cThank god I don\u2019t live there anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Portnoy\u2019s frustration with the new mayor has been building for months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a July appearance on Fox Business, he warned that Mamdani \u201chates capitalism\u201d and would \u201cblame the victims of 9\/11 rather than the terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s a very scary time,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t believe that this guy may be the mayor of New York City. 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