November 19, 2025 • 8 mins
Jake discusses his concerns with Zohran Mamdani’s policies and urges Republicans to develop new policy solutions beyond just opposing Democrats and Socialists. He worked closely with Mamdani during his time as an Assemblyman.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Mark simon On seventy tenor.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Hey, Jake blumen Krantz, very popular assemblyman State Assembly. He's
from Oyster Bay. He might have seen a lot of
him on television and everywhere lately. Served with Mamdanie. Can
give us some insight into that whole phenomenon. And he's
with us right now, Jake blumen Krantz. How you doing good?
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Thank you for having me on.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Hey. Also, you're a young guy. How old are you?
Speaker 1 (00:27):
I am twenty nine.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Twenty nine and you're in the State Assembly. Mamdannie is
thirty four. We're seeing more and more of this. What
is this new phenomenon of all these very young public servants.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Look, I think when you see issues go unaddressed by
establishment candidates on either side of the aisles, as a
young person, you got to step in and you got
to say this isn't right. We have solutions, we have answers,
and in reality, my answers and Mayor elect Mondomi's answers
are different. But I think that the sentiment that things
need to change is the same.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Yeah, but we're used to these Sheldon Silver, Chuck Schumer
old men with the glasses all flogged up, kind of
people in the government. But good, so it's good to see.
Hey tell us about Mam Donnie. You served with Mom Donnie.
What did you think of him back then? I do.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
He's been an assemblyman with me since I started. Interesting character.
I think what I'd say to anyone who asked me
that question is he means what he says, and he
says what he means. He's an ideological guy, and he
believes a lot of the rhetoric that he espouses. And
unfortunate as a Jewish legislator to see someone like him
rise so prominently because he introduced legislation like not on
(01:37):
my Dime, which would effectively empower the AG's office to
hurt Jewish charities and not for profits for supporting Israel,
among many other very dangerous pieces of legislation. Yeah, in
a new place of power, we're gonna have to see
what he's gonna do.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Well, you were two young guys there up in Albany
in the Assembly. Did you have any a lot of
personal interaction with him?
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Yeah, we did interact quite a bit, and I say
he's a very cordial person. But at the end of
the day, my concern with him is his policy proposals
and his incorrect solutions to the correct problems. We do
have a problem with affordability, but I don't think the free, free,
free parade is one that is either effective or going
(02:17):
to solve the problems he hopes to solve.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Oh, you might get some naive voters, But Mom, Donnie,
as bad as he is, seems like a very high
IQ sort of a guy. Why wouldn't a guy like
that know the history of socialism and its failures.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Well, he might be not necessarily looking at its failures,
but populism at large is what is a play in
his campaign. He's telling people what they want to hear.
They want to hear that your rent will go down,
they want to hear that groceries are too expensive. I
think he's tapping into the affordability message in a way
that people appreciate. My problem with it is, you're right,
he is not paying attention to the rest of the
history of socialism. It's very easy to win O for
(02:54):
voters when you have a message like that, but it's
very hard to govern.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Yeah, take Bloomin Cram. You're an assemblyman. You're a Republican
up there in Albany in the Assembly with very few
Republicans up there, How does it feel? How tough is
it being a Republican in that legislature.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
It's always an uphill battle because they have a supermajority,
a veto proof supermajority right now, and at the end
of the day, even if the governor doesn't feel compelled
to pass many of his agenda points, if he manages
to convince enough of our colleagues in the Assembly and
Senate to do what he wants to do, her hands
will be tied. And that'll be a big question for
her as she runs for reelection this year.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Yeah, hey, but this socialism, this mom, Donnie, it's not
just him, There's a bunch of them all over the country.
What is this socialism creeping into democratic politics?
Speaker 1 (03:39):
So the DSA is an organization, the Democratic Socialists of
America that continues to have a pernicious effect on the
Democratic Party. They are on the rise in New York State.
In many races in the city, we don't even run
Republican candidates because there's not enough voters that and there's
not enough candidates that we have to run, which allows
them to take a hold and combat the Democrats from
(04:00):
the far left and it's become a race left with
no finish line.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Yeah, all right, let me get back to we're talking
with Assemblyman Jake blumen Krantz. You said Mandani means what
he says. Can we at least hope maybe it's he's
a lot of talk but not much action, and maybe
it won't be as bad as we think.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
I think with any mayor who has as as strong
proposals as mister Mandamie does, there will be questions as
to what is possible and what is impossible, and I
think that comes with participation from the state legislature. Let's
see if there are commer heads up north in Albany
than there are in the city, and that would determine
whether or not he's able to really fulfill much of
his promises or not.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah, and now he's appointed his first deputy mayor. It's a
guy named Dean Fulahan, who was Deblasio's first deputy mayor.
But this is problem with this ful Ofhan. He apparently
is very plugged in up there in Albany to the
legislature and can get things done. Did you ever have
any dealings with him?
Speaker 1 (04:57):
I never, personally don't him, but I'd say that mister
Mondamie going to play a really smart Albany game. And
that's the really dangerous thing for New Yorkers and for
many who are concerned that his policies are detrimental to
us and the problems that he hopes to solve.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
All right, well, you're not exactly cheering this up, but
that's okay. We want you to be honest.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
I don't mean to paint a bleak picture, but I
do think that we as Republicans, we need to win
on the battlefield of ideas with new ideas. We can't
just say no, his policies are bad. We need to
truly propose and try it and act real change for
the sake of affordability. People are struggling out there. People
can't afford their groceries. We do need to come up
(05:35):
with the proposals that work and fight against ones that don't.
But at the end of the day, if we don't
have new messaging and new ideas and new voices coming
into the pray, it'll be a difficult task.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
But you look at this affordability crisis across America. It
seems to always be in the blue cities and the
Democrat solutions usually lead to this crisis. So how do
you message that, How do you make that clear that
they pretty much caused You have to be you have.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
To be tactful, and you have to realize that sometimes
even in urban areas, the logic can prevail. Mayor Bloomberg
Grant as a Republican who was a physical conservative who
wanted to rain in some of the spending to be
a prolific builder. And we saw that, and we saw
the city in sort of a golden age, and it's
important we want to try and focus on bringing ourselves
(06:23):
back to those times and bring ourselves back to the
ideas of safety and affordability as paramount.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Yeah, hey, it tell us about serving in the Assembly.
How is that? Is it full time when you're an
assemblyman or is it a part time thing? You're not
there every day.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
We're up there for about six months a year. And
it comes down to making sure that our budget priorities
are in place and making sure we're getting what we
need for our communities. And we work closely in a
bipartisan way to do that when we can as part
of the minority caucus. But have we still managed to
get some great accomplishments done. We're just fighting the good fight.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
All right. Well, good stuff. And you're an Oyster Bay right,
I love Oyster Bay, great.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Town, yes, beautiful Long Island absolutely yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
All right, well, good luck, keep up the good fight.
You're one of the few Republicans up there in all
beneath Jake bloom and Grants, thanks for being.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
With us, Thank you for having me on.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
All right, take care. All right, that that wasn't the
most encouraging thing. But way we want him to be honest,
you know, I keep I want to think that Mom
Donnie's going to be like the Blasio who was bad,
but it wasn't as bad as we thought it might be.
Because remember the good thing about the Blasio. Well here's
the only difference. So the good thing about the Blasi
(07:35):
he just never showed up for work. Remember he would
go to the gym. He'd wake up like nine in
the morning, go to the gym till noon. Then he
went to that coffee place in Brooklyn, hang out there
chopin city Hall about three o'clock, take a nap, wake
up and leave and go home. It was about his
whole day. The only problem with is Mom Donnie younger,
more energetic guy. He might actually be doing stuff all
(07:58):
day and night. Now, the good news is he's never
had a job in his life. He's never been an executive,
he's never been a manager, So that hopefully means he
won't know how to execute anything or get anything actually done.
The bad news is he's got all these exta Blasio
people running city Hall, first Deputy mayor, Dean Fulhand. These
(08:18):
guys actually know how to execute. So anyway, the good
news is Jessica Tish will stay as police commissioner. We're
assuming that they had a number of conversations. We're assuming
she wouldn't have agreed if this is just going to
be a couple of months, so you can probably assume
she'll be there for at least a year or two
or three. So that's the good news. Anyway. Buck and
(08:39):
Clay are coming up at noon. You don't want to
miss them today noon to three. And then you got
the most listened to radio show in America, Sean Hannity
at three, you got Jesse Kelly at six, and our
big news show which everybody loves. You got to listen to.
This is Jimmy Fallop. Jimmy fayalup every night at nine
on seven to ten WR
Mark simon On seventy tenor.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Hey, Jake blumen Krantz, very popular assemblyman State Assembly. He's
from Oyster Bay. He might have seen a lot of
him on television and everywhere lately. Served with Mamdanie. Can
give us some insight into that whole phenomenon. And he's
with us right now, Jake blumen Krantz. How you doing good?
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Thank you for having me on.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Hey. Also, you're a young guy. How old are you?
Speaker 1 (00:27):
I am twenty nine.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Twenty nine and you're in the State Assembly. Mamdannie is
thirty four. We're seeing more and more of this. What
is this new phenomenon of all these very young public servants.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Look, I think when you see issues go unaddressed by
establishment candidates on either side of the aisles, as a
young person, you got to step in and you got
to say this isn't right. We have solutions, we have answers,
and in reality, my answers and Mayor elect Mondomi's answers
are different. But I think that the sentiment that things
need to change is the same.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Yeah, but we're used to these Sheldon Silver, Chuck Schumer
old men with the glasses all flogged up, kind of
people in the government. But good, so it's good to see.
Hey tell us about Mam Donnie. You served with Mom Donnie.
What did you think of him back then? I do.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
He's been an assemblyman with me since I started. Interesting character.
I think what I'd say to anyone who asked me
that question is he means what he says, and he
says what he means. He's an ideological guy, and he
believes a lot of the rhetoric that he espouses. And
unfortunate as a Jewish legislator to see someone like him
rise so prominently because he introduced legislation like not on
(01:37):
my Dime, which would effectively empower the AG's office to
hurt Jewish charities and not for profits for supporting Israel,
among many other very dangerous pieces of legislation. Yeah, in
a new place of power, we're gonna have to see
what he's gonna do.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Well, you were two young guys there up in Albany
in the Assembly. Did you have any a lot of
personal interaction with him?
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Yeah, we did interact quite a bit, and I say
he's a very cordial person. But at the end of
the day, my concern with him is his policy proposals
and his incorrect solutions to the correct problems. We do
have a problem with affordability, but I don't think the free, free,
free parade is one that is either effective or going
(02:17):
to solve the problems he hopes to solve.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Oh, you might get some naive voters, But Mom, Donnie,
as bad as he is, seems like a very high
IQ sort of a guy. Why wouldn't a guy like
that know the history of socialism and its failures.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Well, he might be not necessarily looking at its failures,
but populism at large is what is a play in
his campaign. He's telling people what they want to hear.
They want to hear that your rent will go down,
they want to hear that groceries are too expensive. I
think he's tapping into the affordability message in a way
that people appreciate. My problem with it is, you're right,
he is not paying attention to the rest of the
history of socialism. It's very easy to win O for
(02:54):
voters when you have a message like that, but it's
very hard to govern.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Yeah, take Bloomin Cram. You're an assemblyman. You're a Republican
up there in Albany in the Assembly with very few
Republicans up there, How does it feel? How tough is
it being a Republican in that legislature.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
It's always an uphill battle because they have a supermajority,
a veto proof supermajority right now, and at the end
of the day, even if the governor doesn't feel compelled
to pass many of his agenda points, if he manages
to convince enough of our colleagues in the Assembly and
Senate to do what he wants to do, her hands
will be tied. And that'll be a big question for
her as she runs for reelection this year.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Yeah, hey, but this socialism, this mom, Donnie, it's not
just him, There's a bunch of them all over the country.
What is this socialism creeping into democratic politics?
Speaker 1 (03:39):
So the DSA is an organization, the Democratic Socialists of
America that continues to have a pernicious effect on the
Democratic Party. They are on the rise in New York State.
In many races in the city, we don't even run
Republican candidates because there's not enough voters that and there's
not enough candidates that we have to run, which allows
them to take a hold and combat the Democrats from
(04:00):
the far left and it's become a race left with
no finish line.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Yeah, all right, let me get back to we're talking
with Assemblyman Jake blumen Krantz. You said Mandani means what
he says. Can we at least hope maybe it's he's
a lot of talk but not much action, and maybe
it won't be as bad as we think.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
I think with any mayor who has as as strong
proposals as mister Mandamie does, there will be questions as
to what is possible and what is impossible, and I
think that comes with participation from the state legislature. Let's
see if there are commer heads up north in Albany
than there are in the city, and that would determine
whether or not he's able to really fulfill much of
his promises or not.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah, and now he's appointed his first deputy mayor. It's a
guy named Dean Fulahan, who was Deblasio's first deputy mayor.
But this is problem with this ful Ofhan. He apparently
is very plugged in up there in Albany to the
legislature and can get things done. Did you ever have
any dealings with him?
Speaker 1 (04:57):
I never, personally don't him, but I'd say that mister
Mondamie going to play a really smart Albany game. And
that's the really dangerous thing for New Yorkers and for
many who are concerned that his policies are detrimental to
us and the problems that he hopes to solve.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
All right, well, you're not exactly cheering this up, but
that's okay. We want you to be honest.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
I don't mean to paint a bleak picture, but I
do think that we as Republicans, we need to win
on the battlefield of ideas with new ideas. We can't
just say no, his policies are bad. We need to
truly propose and try it and act real change for
the sake of affordability. People are struggling out there. People
can't afford their groceries. We do need to come up
(05:35):
with the proposals that work and fight against ones that don't.
But at the end of the day, if we don't
have new messaging and new ideas and new voices coming
into the pray, it'll be a difficult task.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
But you look at this affordability crisis across America. It
seems to always be in the blue cities and the
Democrat solutions usually lead to this crisis. So how do
you message that, How do you make that clear that
they pretty much caused You have to be you have.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
To be tactful, and you have to realize that sometimes
even in urban areas, the logic can prevail. Mayor Bloomberg
Grant as a Republican who was a physical conservative who
wanted to rain in some of the spending to be
a prolific builder. And we saw that, and we saw
the city in sort of a golden age, and it's
important we want to try and focus on bringing ourselves
(06:23):
back to those times and bring ourselves back to the
ideas of safety and affordability as paramount.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Yeah, hey, it tell us about serving in the Assembly.
How is that? Is it full time when you're an
assemblyman or is it a part time thing? You're not
there every day.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
We're up there for about six months a year. And
it comes down to making sure that our budget priorities
are in place and making sure we're getting what we
need for our communities. And we work closely in a
bipartisan way to do that when we can as part
of the minority caucus. But have we still managed to
get some great accomplishments done. We're just fighting the good fight.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
All right. Well, good stuff. And you're an Oyster Bay right,
I love Oyster Bay, great.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Town, yes, beautiful Long Island absolutely yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
All right, well, good luck, keep up the good fight.
You're one of the few Republicans up there in all
beneath Jake bloom and Grants, thanks for being.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
With us, Thank you for having me on.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
All right, take care. All right, that that wasn't the
most encouraging thing. But way we want him to be honest,
you know, I keep I want to think that Mom
Donnie's going to be like the Blasio who was bad,
but it wasn't as bad as we thought it might be.
Because remember the good thing about the Blasio. Well here's
the only difference. So the good thing about the Blasi
(07:35):
he just never showed up for work. Remember he would
go to the gym. He'd wake up like nine in
the morning, go to the gym till noon. Then he
went to that coffee place in Brooklyn, hang out there
chopin city Hall about three o'clock, take a nap, wake
up and leave and go home. It was about his
whole day. The only problem with is Mom Donnie younger,
more energetic guy. He might actually be doing stuff all
(07:58):
day and night. Now, the good news is he's never
had a job in his life. He's never been an executive,
he's never been a manager, So that hopefully means he
won't know how to execute anything or get anything actually done.
The bad news is he's got all these exta Blasio
people running city Hall, first Deputy mayor, Dean Fulhand. These
(08:18):
guys actually know how to execute. So anyway, the good
news is Jessica Tish will stay as police commissioner. We're
assuming that they had a number of conversations. We're assuming
she wouldn't have agreed if this is just going to
be a couple of months, so you can probably assume
she'll be there for at least a year or two
or three. So that's the good news. Anyway. Buck and
(08:39):
Clay are coming up at noon. You don't want to
miss them today noon to three. And then you got
the most listened to radio show in America, Sean Hannity
at three, you got Jesse Kelly at six, and our
big news show which everybody loves. You got to listen to.
This is Jimmy Fallop. Jimmy fayalup every night at nine
on seven to ten WR
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