Mayor Mamdani just joined the nurses’ picket line against himself

In joining striking private-hospital nurses on the picket line Monday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani forgot that he’s the city’s chief executive — and so part of the management the union is fighting. The city’s public hospitals, under NYC H+H , have already committed to matching the private-sector nurse contracts: The union opted not to strike against them out of PR calculations. Yet the union’s demands mean big trouble for city taxpayers and Mamdani’s...