No. He's engaging in pie in the sky leftist politics, that will see him at Brandon Johnson levels of support in short order. Much like the rest of these clowns without a clue on how economics work, he'll spend like a socialist, and not deliver a damn thing except for higher taxes for the people that voted for him.
He's doing both. Apart from building more public housing, he recognizes the need to streamline permits and cut red tape for the private sector:
- Zohran will increase staffing levels for financial closing and project management in construction and renovation pipelines to move projects forward more quickly. By increasing the number of people who work at HPD, DCP, and especially NYCHA, we’ll increase the City’s ability to ensure housing gets preserved and built.
- Fast-track planning review. Any project that commits to the administration’s affordability, stabilization, union labor, and sustainability goals will be expedited through land use review.
Zohran for NYC
Zohran Mamdani is running for Mayor to lower the cost of living for working class New Yorkers.www.zohranfornyc.com
That's not accurate though. Europe doesn't have government owned grocery stores, and they do not rely on a small number of taxpayers to fund everything. Get real, nobody was actually excited about anything he offered because most of them don't even apply to the people who voted for him, they were just excited that he said someone else will pay for it.
This is what I expect, but we’ll see soon enough.
www.theguardian.com
No, it's really not worth it, because they don’t just lose the increase, they lose what they were already paying too.Well yeah, Europe's tax burden is more spread out because its wealth is more spread out. The US is the most unequal society among developed nations. And city-run grocery stores is probably the most unusual policy but Istanbul has had it. All his other proposals are very common throughout the EU.
“Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his newsletter, The Planet. “Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
That view hit on the wide differences in how Mamdani’s promises are seen by many across the Atlantic. “Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return. The debate here isn’t whether to have these programs, but how to improve them.”
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
And yeah, a radical takeover of businesses would prompt capital to flee but that's not what's happening. Many of his proposals are common in northeastern states.
The proposal, according to Mamdani’s revenue plan, is similar to Massachusetts’s 4 percent surtax on individual income that exceeds $1 million, which was approved by voters in the state’s 2022 election. Revenue from the surtax is directed to transportation and education measures.
According to a preliminary estimate from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue in August, the state collected nearly $3 billion in surtax revenue for fiscal 2025.
Mamdani would advocate for the state’s top corporate tax rate to increase from 7.25 percent to 11.5 percent, the same top marginal rate as neighboring New Jersey, estimated to generate approximately $5 billion annually.
Tax Wonks Weigh In on NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s Tax Policies | Tax Notes
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Only the most miserly pieces of shit would flee because of a slight increase in taxes. The risk is worth it.
Well it's certainly relevant that both the governor and the state legislature disagree with you and agree with me that it isn't worth driving away their tax base.
I have a feeling that cheetah eating faces thread is going to get a lot more posts.
She's gonna wish she did.
It's meaningful that the democrat governor endorsed the democrat candidate? Cuomo wasn't the democrat candidate, and she didn't endorse anybody in the primary. Cuomo had already lost and ran as an independent, and she's the one the replaced him when he was forced out of office, then she called him toxic and fired his staff.
