Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy is threatening to close the company’s Manhattan office following the election of Zohran Mamdani as the next mayor of New York City, igniting debates about politics, business, and the future of the city’s economic landscape.
Portnoy, 48, who built Barstool into a multimedia empire over nearly two decades, described Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democratic socialist, as a “Communist” during a recent YouTube livestream.
He warned that Mamdani’s administration could “wreck the business climate” in the city, making it difficult for companies like Barstool and…
