NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Thread

Soon as i heard there was a protest about him i knew it was bullshit. He's literally hasnt done anything to protest yet.
 
LurkerSix said:
Soon as i heard there was a protest about him i knew it was bullshit. He's literally hasnt done anything to protest yet.
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I think there were like 20 people until the counter protestors showed up. It wasn’t that serious but either the timing was coincidental or the bombers used it as cover.
 
The New York City Council is set to propose a record-breaking $30-per-hour minimum wage bill on Tuesday, which would nearly double the Big Apple’s current baseline pay of $17, Gothamist first reported.

The bill is sponsored by lefty Councilwoman Sandy Nurse (D-37) and echoes one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign promises to lift the Big Apple’s minimum pay to $30 by the year 2030.

Despite the similarities, Mamdani declined to explicitly support the legislation in a statement provided to The Post.
 
Senator Bernie Sanders has agreed to headline a previously unannounced rally in New York City next week, lending his star power to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push to raises taxes on the city’s wealthiest residents.

The March 29 rally in the Bronx is scheduled to take place just as negotiations over the state budget heat up, organizers said, and is intended to demonstrate unity on the left as it faces off with state leaders opposed to raising personal income and corporate tax rates.

There is just one catch. Mr. Mamdani has told organizers that he himself is unlikely to show up, according to two people familiar with the talks who are not authorized to discuss them.

If he follows through, it would be the second time in just over a month that Mr. Mamdani has skipped out on a high-profile public rally in support of his own stated position. The mayor has told organizers of both events that he is trying to avoid antagonizing Gov. Kathy Hochul.
 
When Mayor Zohran Mamdani threatened last month to raise property taxes on New Yorkers, it was seen as a tactic to pressure Gov. Kathy Hochul into increasing income taxes on the wealthy.

Instead, it provoked immediate backlash.

Numerous elected officials — from Mr. Mamdani’s left-leaning allies to centrist Democrats representing Black homeowners — said in no uncertain terms that raising property taxes was a nonstarter.

The mayor began to quietly retreat. He convened city and state lawmakers in a series of private meetings to hear their concerns and let them know he was highly unlikely to pursue the tax increase as he was pushing for more state revenue, according to interviews with nine lawmakers.

Now, five weeks after he proposed increasing property taxes by 9.5 percent, the mayor seems to have all but given up on the idea, even as Ms. Hochul shows no interest in raising income taxes on the rich — a priority for Mr. Mamdani’s democratic socialist base.
 
Facing a multibillion-dollar deficit he is legally obligated to close, Mayor Zohran Mamdani vowed to cancel New York City’s contracts with McKinsey and other private companies; audit sprawling public health insurance plans; and kill one department’s subscription to Slack.

The proposed cuts are part of Mr. Mamdani's previous commitment to slash $1.7 billion from city expenses as he grapples with a $5.4 billion hole he must fill by the time the spending plan takes effect July 1.

His budget director, Sherif Soliman, detailed the savings during a five-hour-plus City Council hearing on Wednesday.

But even as Council leaders grilled Mr. Soliman over the city’s fiscal outlook, the Mamdani administration has quietly identified another $1.3 billion in potential savings from scaling back programs Mr. Mamdani had endorsed on the campaign trail.

The new savings, which have not been made public, would help move the city closer to a balanced budget, as Mr. Mamdani continues to push Gov. Kathy Hochul to raise income taxes on the wealthy and increase aid to the city.
 
TheNightKing said:
These people be bluffing yo get benefits. There’s too many pros to doing business in NY vs. Florida or Texas where everybody claim they’ll be running.
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this is 100% true. The benefits seem to be the owners or people at the very top for taxes. I was reading a story on citadel moving to miami & miami trying again to be a tech/business hub. Basically all the employees that moved with Citadel were complaining about the infrastructure and lack of top private schools for their kids(she locals already know about). And a bunch wouldnt mind or are looking to leave.
 
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