#mamdani

#mamdani

One of the most oft-repeated refrains from powerful New Yorkers is that if you continue to raise taxes on the wealthy, like Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is proposing, the rich would simply leave New York to run off to states with lower taxes. "We have to stop the exodus," Andrew Cuomo railed in a Fox Business appearance last week. "If Mamdani becomes the mayor of New York, you're going to see the flight of businesses from New York," hedge fund tycoon Bill Ackman said this summer. "It only takes a handful of successful people to leave to decimate the city's tax base."

Greenblatt claimed Mamdani had not visited a synagogue during his campaign, despite evidence showing Mamdani attended Shabbat services and participated in various Jewish community events.

"When I hear some of the plans that [Mamdani] has for New York City, again, it's that, 'copy, paste,'" Cuban-born Miami resident Karen Rodriguez told Fox News Digital. "It's just very triggering because it doesn't work... You have Cubans, they make it here to the United States, and they go into a grocery store and they cry... When was the last time you cried in a grocery store? Never, right? Because it's so normal, and we take it for granted."

"Somewhere last night in New York City, a single mother and her children slept at a homeless shelter because you, assemblyman [Zohran Mamdani], are occupying her rent-controlled apartment."

Mamdani's campaign could show us a different side of politics in New York that speaks to Black voters based on their material needs, rather than a monolithic 'Black vote.'

Mamdani's victory signifies a falling away of the political establishment's old tricks, suggesting new political dynamics emerging within the Democratic Party.

"Tonight, we made history," said Mamdani after defeating Cuomo in the primary, marking a significant milestone as he aims to be the first Muslim and Indian American mayor of NYC.