From Broadway to Spenard: Alaska Gov. Dunleavy trolls NYC mayoral circus with invitation to ‘Go North’

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy just crashed New York City’s mayoral pity party with an invitation to head north.

In a lighthearted-but-pointed op-ed for the New York Daily News, Dunleavy took direct aim at the Big Apple’s latest political drama, where socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani emerged victorious in the Democratic mayoral primary and looks poised to take over the city that is the heartbeat of the international business world. Ranked-choice voting makes him the man to beat.

Dunleavy’s message? If you’re a business owner tired of crime, chaos, and calls to “seize the means of production,” Alaska’s wide open spaces — and wide open markets — are waiting.

Dunleavy wrote that there are two Americas.

“One America, with coastal elites in places like New York City and Los Angeles, who continue to steamroll towards full-on Marxism, and another with ordinary, hard-working Americans across the country, like here in the great state of Alaska, who don’t embrace this extremism,” he wrote.

Spoiler alert: Alaska is the latter.

Dunleavy gleefully pointed out the red flags in Mamdani’s platform, from targeting wealth creators to cozying up to fringe foreign policy ideas. He painted a bleak picture of a Gotham in economic freefall, driven by anti-business rhetoric, rising crime, and suffocating taxes. Then he offered a stark contrast: life without income taxes, government micromanagement, or the perpetual hum of sirens.

But the governor of Alaska wasn’t just throwing shade — he was throwing out a lifeline: Go North, he urged.

“A century and a half ago, New York newspaperman Horace Greeley encouraged Americans to, “Go West, young man.” Today, I’m telling New York’s business owners and entrepreneurs: Go North. Bring your dreams, your hustle, and your vision to Alaska. We’ll welcome you with open arms and the wide-open spaces of the Last Frontier. You have a choice; Alaska is ready to be your new home,” Dunleavy wrote.

Alaska, with its pro-business climate and friendly communities, is ready to welcome New Yorkers sick of the socialist slide into communism.

Of course, there’s no Madison Avenue in Wasilla. You won’t be ordering off a Michelin star menu in Nome. And if you’re attached to your Nordstrom, let alone Bergdorf Goodman, you might want to brace yourself for a wardrobe downgrade to Carhartt chic.

As the locals like to say, in Alaska the odds are good, but the goods are… well, odd.

Still, with New Yorkers reportedly eyeing the exits amid political upheaval, skyrocketing costs, and crime headaches, Dunleavy’s lighthearted pitch might just strike a chord. Not everybody wants to go to Florida.

Alaska’s taxes are low, and nobody’s threatening to nationalize your grocery store.

“We’re not about tearing down historic statues or chasing away wealth creators; we’re about building opportunity and defending the American Dream. Whether you’re running a small shop or a big corporation, Alaska has a home for you. We have incentives for companies willing to set up shop here — a business-friendly environment and a community that values and supports the entrepreneurial spirit,” he wrote.

“Imagine operating your business where the sun shines 24 hours a day. Where the air is clean, there are endless opportunities, and the state is not trying to run your store for you. You’re the boss, and the government stays out of the way. In Alaska, we’re rolling out the welcome mat for tech startups to family-owned businesses,” Dunleavy wrote.

So if your startup, hedge fund, or bagel shop needs a new home — and you don’t mind swapping subways for snowmachines — the Last Frontier says: welcome aboard.

Just don’t wonder where the nearest Chanel boutique is.