New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is proposing a property tax hike aimed directly at the city’s “richer and whiter neighborhoods,” according to a review of his campaign platform by the New York Post.
The proposal was conceived to address irregularities in the city’s property tax burden, although the language in the platform conflated race and economic status: “Shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods.”
Mamdani, a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist, has raised concerns and irritation among many New Yorkers with calls for rent freezes and raising corporate taxes. In a Sunday appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” he claimed “I don’t think that we should have billionaires” because of perceived income inequality gaps. However, he also used his “Meet the Press” appearance to downplay fears that he would turn the city into a socialist nightmare.
“I want to make clear that my vision for this city is a vision for every single New Yorker, including business leaders across the city,” Mamdani said. “And the reason I say that is that my proposals, even the ones to increase the top corporate tax rate of New York to match that of New Jersey, are ones that would also benefit those business leaders. Because when I have conversations with them what I also hear is just how expensive this city is preventing them from attracting and retaining the talent they need to grow their business. And ultimately, I’m looking forward to having those meetings, having those sitdowns to make clear why this vision would benefit all.”
Photo: New York Attorney General Letitia James and Zohran Mamdani at the Pride Parade in New York City, courtesy of Mamdani’s Facebook page
Hmmm, nothing racist about that. WTH???
Whiter neighborhoods????? That’s as racist as it gets.
Everyone in the business knows what red lining is about and why its illegal. What do we call this? “White lining” and “white wash” it as a good thing? Not only is the racism nauseating, the illogical reasoning should cause everyone to ask what else is going on. The business backlash will be swiftly negative. Socialism is a proven failure and preying on white guilt to fund a campaign means there are other motives. Why would a self-proclaimed socialist with deep sympathies to countries outside of the U.S. so audaciously believe he can get away with such a thing? I know and I also know why “journalists” do not ask these questions or dig for more facts.
I think the picture at the top of the article says it all….
Nyc needs a shake-up in income equality! You go Mamdani!
Mamdani seeks to mitigate centuries of white supremicist mistreatment of blacks and other racial minorities. Those with more should pay more. False charges of racism are racist.
Fair housing laws prohibit discrimination or preferential treatment based on race. Doing business based on a neighborhood’s racial profile is prohibited. Agents are not even allowed to advertise based on income level. Singling out any neighborhood based on their racial profile is not allowed. If this is allowed it will open up a whole can of worms and will set back the gains that minorities have fought so hard to get.
The experiment has not worked in other countries and will not work in America. But for these flunkies to get in power, it needs to create a level of anger and hatred and find a base of angry and hateful people to empower them.
Exactly.
Having a D beside his name guarantees he will be elected. 😂
People in this country have been brainwashed for decades that socialism is communism. We don’t have universal health insurance because of this brain washing. The lower economic population pay the most taxes. It is about time that the brainwashed public wakes up and gets what citizens of other western nations get.
America has fallen asleep at the wheel! Crash! Bang! Boom! Our children will be left picking up the pieces of a country gone bad. All at the hands of another government that has infiltrated our way of life. CPUSA – the Communist Party of America, for those of you who are still asleep, has infiltrated the political system of our country by going underground and weeding its way into the Democratic party. This weed was allowed to grow by poisoning our children, controlling the speech of opposition, and the use of violence. In fact, the new Democrat party is using the exact playbook of the nazi party – racisim, antisemitism, & hostility towards democracy.