Mayor of New York Mamdani was elected with Socialist promises of free ice cream and a socialist utopia, with a solemn promise of making the rich pay for it. It only took 51 days for him to float the first tax increase on people who aren’t rich.
“This would effectively be a tax on working and middle class New Yorkers, who have a median income of $122,000,” he said
That amount of money is not much in New York. The people making $122k isn’t a lot of money. The proposed tax hike? A 9.5% increase in property taxes. This is why I keep saying New Yorkers need to stay there, and stop moving to Florida where they vote for more of the same policies that made them come here in the first place.
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Grumpy51 · February 21, 2026 at 9:14 am
I am a firm believer in limitations on the vote.
You move to a new state?? 3 years before allowed to vote in that state elections.
You move to a new city/town?? 5 years before allowed to vote in that city/town.
What does the above do?? Forces new-comers to become part of the local culture/structure to understand WHY things are the way they are. Also prevents people from flooding an area, voting trash, then moving on….. like locusts
SiG · February 21, 2026 at 9:16 am
How long until someone says the communist takeover of NYC collapsed just because, “he didn’t do it right?”
Dear wife, a career electronics tech, after she retired from the space center volunteered to help out at one of those “free health care for the needy” places. The nurses regularly advocated communism and used that “they just didn’t do it right” argument over and over. That’s always the answer, and that’s because it’s impossible to do it right. It will never work.
It's just Boris · February 21, 2026 at 9:23 am
So, let’s see how this is gonna play out.
“Oh, but only landlords are going to have to pay that…” So rents will need to go up accordingly.
“Oh, but rent control will keep the landlords from taking advantage and passing along…” So there goes the maintenance budget even lower.
“Oh, but the law says they have to maintain…” Or walk away in disgust. And it amazes me that more don’t do that. I just can’t see being an owner of property in NYC, especially residential.
So it gets just a little harder and less pleasant for the average New Yorker no matter how you slice it.