Dave Portnoy blasts Mamdani’s win, says he might take Barstool out of New York City.

He warned that Mamdani’s administration could “wreck the business climate” in the city, making it difficult for companies like Barstool and other private enterprises to operate effectively.

During the livestream, Portnoy said that Mamdani’s victory forced him to seriously consider relocating Barstool’s headquarters to nearby cities such as Hoboken, New Jersey, or Jersey City.

He expressed personal disdain for the mayor-elect, stating, “I hate the guy. Thirty-something-year-old Communist running New York City who’s never had a job in his life, hates America — doesn’t seem like the best person to run a city like this.”

While acknowledging that moving the company’s office would disrupt the lives of employees, many of whom have worked at Barstool for years, he revealed that he had already instructed the company’s finance team to “start looking around for property” outside Manhattan.Continue reading…