The socialist mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, has been in office for less than two months, and his tenure is already unraveling. It's not the Republicans or Cuomo supporters leading the charge against him—it's his own Democratic allies. From the Democratic Comptroller to the City Council Speaker, Democrats are abandoning him in droves. He hasn't even made it to spring, yet his party is publicly turning against him. The reason? An election promise betrayal that has left the city up in arms and his political future in serious doubt.
- Zohran Mamdani's $127 billion budget proposal includes a staggering property tax increase.
- New York City faces a $12.6 billion budget deficit, the worst since the 2008 financial crisis.
- Governor Kathy Hochul and other Democrats are rejecting Mamdani's tax hike plans.
Things are unraveling at an alarming pace for Mamdani, the self-described Democrat Socialist mayor of New York. Just yesterday, he announced a $127 billion budget proposal that has left New Yorkers reeling. Hidden within this budget is a punishing 9.5% property tax increase, poised to affect over three million residential units and more than 100,000 commercial buildings. This would inevitably force rent hikes across the board. Worse still, this isn't about funding Mamdani's socialist promises—it's about plugging New York City's budgetary black hole.
New York City is currently staring down a $12.6 billion budget deficit over the next two fiscal years—an eye-watering figure that represents the city's worst financial crisis since the 2008 meltdown. And Mamdani's solution? Slap New Yorkers with the biggest tax hike and rent increase in years! Unsurprisingly, New Yorkers are fed up. It's not just the citizens revolting; Democrats are livid, branding his proposal as dead on arrival. They are demanding he rethink his strategy because this tax increase is simply untenable.
Mamdani is attempting to coerce Governor Kathy Hochul into raising taxes on New York City's wealthy—a move she's firmly opposed. The New York state constitution mandates that income tax increases must go through Albany, requiring the governor's signature. Mamdani's campaign promises conveniently omitted this detail, placing the onus on Hochul and the state legislature to fund his socialist agenda. However, Hochul is acutely aware that raising income taxes would exacerbate the exodus of wealthy New Yorkers, further damaging the state's budget and economy.
Hochul is now calling Mamdani's bluff, staunchly refusing to increase taxes on an already overtaxed population. With her reelection looming, she knows running on a tax hike platform is political suicide, especially if the Republicans field a strong candidate like Lee Zeldin. Consequently, Hochul is shutting down Mamdani's grandiose promises one by one. Free buses? Not happening. In fact, just days after Mamdani took office, subway and bus fares rose to $3.00. His plan for subsidized housing? Shot down by a judge.
All of Mamdani's ambitious programs, including universal childcare, would cost between $7 billion and $10 billion annually. Yet, he's facing a $12.6 billion deficit. For comparison, Mamdani's proposed budget for New York City is $127 billion—$10 billion more than the entire state budget of Florida, one of the most prosperous states in the nation. The solution isn't more taxes; it's responsible governance, something New York hasn't seen since the Giuliani era.
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Astonishingly, more New York City Democrats are awakening to this reality. They're realizing their role isn't to push social justice agendas but to ensure the city's basic services and amenities function smoothly. When government focuses on providing a sustainable civic structure, you get Ron DeSantis' Florida. When it veers towards social engineering, you end up with New York's financial and cultural chaos.
Incredibly, it seems to have taken a Democrat Socialist's radical tax proposal to jolt Democrats into realizing they may not need a sprawling bureaucratic machine. Competent management and maintenance could solve many issues because that's what American ingenuity, when unleashed, invariably does. As the situation unfolds in the Big Apple, perhaps this brush with socialism will restore some sanity to the city.
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