Democrat Governor REJECTS Zohran Mamdani BEGGING For MORE TAX MONEY To Fix Socialist Budget Crisis!

New York City's new mayor, Mamdani, inherited a significant $12 billion budget deficit. His proposed solutions include raising taxes by 2% on millionaires and increasing the combined corporate tax rate to over 22%. He also stated that cuts to essential services like the NYPD are 'off the table,' emphasizing savings and efficiencies instead.

The city faces an 'enormous 12 billion budget deficit.' Mamdani proposes 'raising taxes by 2% on millionaires and raising the combined corporate tax rate to just over 22%.' He stated, 'we are not entertaining the idea of cuts' to essential services. (00:42, 01:12, 02:04)

Governor Kathy Hochul firmly rejected Mayor Mamdani's calls for the state to approve higher city taxes on the wealthy. Her primary concern is that such tax increases would drive more businesses and high-income earners out of the state, citing a previous $13 billion loss in revenues from people who already left due to taxes.

Governor Kathy Hochul stated, 'We're not raising taxes in the state of New York. I'm not raising taxes for the sake of raising taxes.' Later, she added, 'It's not a gamble I want to take because we're already down about 13 billion dollars in revenues from people who did leave our state.' (01:45, 14:32)

The host claims Mamdani's administration is increasing property taxes on rent-stabilized buildings, raising costs for landlords by an average of $1,300, while simultaneously capping their revenue due to rent stabilization. The host interprets this as a deliberate strategy to 'squeeze out' property owners, forcing them to neglect maintenance, leading to government intervention and eventual takeover of these units to create 'affordable housing.'

The host states, 'they're raising taxes by another $1,300 for the average stabilized building.' He further explains, 'they're increasing costs for the landlords, but they're also capping revenue because of the fact that the units are rent stabilized.' The host concludes, 'He wants the government to take over these units to become the landlord... to provide affordable housing for all.' (06:57, 07:53, 08:37)

The host points out what he perceives as hypocrisy in Governor Hochul's position. He notes that Hochul has no problem raising taxes on the rich for state-level initiatives (e.g., Wall Street bonus taxes) but refuses to do so for New York City, effectively telling the city to 'live within its means' while simultaneously blaming federal cuts for state budget issues.

The host states, 'Hokll has no problems with raising tax on the rich to fund her own agenda... She has no problems with that. But she has a problem with doing it specifically for the city of New York City.' He adds, 'She doesn't apply the same logic that she applies Zoran Mandami to her own situation.' (12:08, 18:40)