Two NFL owners have publicly spoken out against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who took office this month.
Mamdani, 34, is the 112th Mayor of New York City. He was elected in November and took office in January. But not everyone is on board with Mamdani and all of his policies. In fact, two prominent NFL owners have spoken out against him.
Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, who does a lot of business in New York City, spoke out against Mamdani and his policies.
"New York can't go through good times," Ross predicted during a fireside chat with Bloomberg. "Because the ideals that he stands for are not good for business. It's not good for, really, we've never seen it work anywhere. And so why should it work in New York with those type of ideas."
Ross fears that New York could turn into San Francisco.
"If everybody's fears come to light [for New York], it could be a lot like what San Francisco went through with that type of government," Ross said. "And that lasted four years. It did really great damage to San Francisco. Now, they're fighting their way through it, but you don't just turn around the city overnight with the kind of damage that's been done there and how people feel about it.
"Doing business in California, there's so many restrictions, it's so difficult, there's so much added costs. Corporations go where businesses can operate and make profits and government has the least amount of interference.
"Look at today they're debating whether there's going to be a billionaire tax. That's frightened every person that's there. That's what California has become."
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Ross is not the first NFL owner to publicly criticize Mamdani.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft made it clear that he's not the biggest fan of the New York City Mayor, either.
Two NFL owners have criticized Mamdani
While Ross spoke out against Mamdani, the New England Patriots owner did the same earlier this year.
Kraft spoke out against Mamdani, claiming that he ran on "divisiveness."
The New York Giants, meanwhile, will look to have a big 2026 season in Mamdani's first year in office, hiring John Harbaugh.