Critics and Former Candidates Mobilize Against New York City Mayor's Initiatives
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He’s worried that the new pied-a-terre tax Hochul approved for owners of luxury second homes in New York City will be extended to resort towns elsewhere.
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“The people he says he is helping—those who suffer most from rising prices, and affordability issues—will be hurt the worst by the mayor’s behavior,” veteran Democrat strategist Hank Sheinkopf said. “The rich leave, jobs leave. Middle income New Yorkers leave, jobs leave. And tax dollars go with them.” A rep for the mayor did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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The Daily WireThe mayor’s antagonism toward the city’s high earners, and recent expansions by financial heavyweights into Texas and South Florida, have put NYC at greater risk of tax-base erosion.
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“Stop hanging out with socialist mayors I guess, probably,” Syndergaard said before Lahren asked if he believed Mayor Zohran Mamdani “cursed” the Mets when he embraced Mr. Met and Mrs. Met near the start of the season.
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Breitbart“I hate saying it, but at the end of the day the Mets are gonna Met, and it’s just, I mean, I think I’m allowed to kind of say that ’cause I’ve bled orange and blue for, I don’t know, eight years,” Syndergaard explained. He added that he was “kind of disappointed to see” the team inviting people like, socialist Mamdani into the team clubhouse.
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Another organization led by former mayoral candidate Jim Walden also has raised $1 million to launch a group called NYC Common Sense that also opposes many of the mayor’s initiatives. The two groups are in discussions on how they can help each other, Garcia said.
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New York TimesSome of them have now joined forces to formalize their angst through a campaign to work against him. The group formed NYC Common Sense, a nonprofit that was registered in Delaware and has already raised more than $1 million, according to a founding member and political consultant, Phil Singer.
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01 New York Post Hochul’s office finally released details of her and Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new tax on second homes in New York City to the New York Times Thursday, the latest concession to the Democratic socialist mayor and his liberal followers on a tax-hike crusade they say will target the rich.
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02 The Daily Wire This week, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, America’s perennial socialism-salesman, lauded New York City’s Zohran Mamdani, saying the new mayor had “inherited a huge budget deficit” and “brought it down to zero,” while still boosting spending.
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03 Breitbart “What advice would you give the New York Mets right now? Looking from your position, you know, it could be better,” Lahren said.
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04 RealClearPolitics Buoyed by billions in assistance from the state, real talk about what it takes to run New York City, and some taxes on the rich, the mayor closed a historic leftover budget deficit.
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05 Fox News EXCLUSIVE: Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson blasted New York City’s leadership for "punishing success" and joined Gov. Greg Abbott in pitching Texas as a place where Wall Street firms can hang their hats.
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06 New York Times For over four months, New York City’s donor class and power brokers troubled by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rise to power have been mulling how to take him on.
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