this post was submitted on 19 May 2026
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"He hasn't cleared the impossibly high bar I set so obviously he is trash"
Mamdani cannot liquidate private equity.
Targeting industry might or might not be possible for a mayor. NY has the most powerful mayor in the country but that doesn't make him all powerful.
Is there a reason why you place strawmen interpretations when trying to actualize meaningful progress?
In his city, he can make it both illegal to do so, and use that liquidity for state projects.
Better to try where it actually penalizes the rich, than people with actual needs of secondary homes.
Is there a reason why you place strawmen interpretations when trying to actualize meaningful progress?Mamdani's actions in the first few months of his mayorship have been one of the few bright spots of meaningful progress we have seen in the past decade.
Citation needed
This is rich. Somehow Mamdani is not going hard enough against the money and also he is picking on the poor and downtrodden who own Million dollar flats that they don't even live in.
Citation needed
The Pied-à-Terre Tax and Its Potential Revenues - Office of the New York City Comptroller Mark Levine https://share.google/4ybZGPdS9SjIVlVdd
The pied a terre tax is on properties valued at 5 million or more. That doesn't sound like working class families to me? How about you?
_Why a Google redirect?__I don't know what that is
The proposal is what this is. The governor has expressed support. It's in progress.