Adios, New York City 🏙️🏙️🏙️
Posted on 07/24/2026 9:45:46 AM PDT by V_TWIN
"If you have a second home in New York City worth more than $5 million, check your mailbox when you’re back in the five boroughs — because you've got mail," Mamdani posted on X, touting the tax on specific second properties introduced by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul that he supported going into effect soon.
"Today, we sent notification letters to property owners, letting them know that our new pied-à-terre tax is coming soon," Mamdani continued. "The best city in the world deserves the best parks, libraries, and schools in the world. That's only possible when we all pay our fair share. "
As of Friday morning, Mamdani’s post had been viewed over 10 million times and conservatives on social media blasted the mayor and warned that the exodus of wealthy New Yorkers will only continue under this new plan.
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What percentage of NY(C)ers are children? When we visited there with our kids, people stared at us like we were some exotic novelty. We saw, by fare, more dogs than children.
Another possibility is to swap an $X million four-unit brownstone for your taxed $X million apartment then let your lower income relatives take in the town in your townhouse.
Adiós!,
¡Hasta la vista!,
¡Hasta la próxima!,
¡Hasta mañana!,
¡Hasta luego!
Isn’t the ultimate source of the problem all the illegals we’ve imported for the purpose of transforming the majority to a massive uneducated and government dependent underclass and encouraged by the likes of JOHN EFFING THUNE?
Fair share. What is fair about supporting those who refuse to work but expect others to work and support them.
The communists despised the parasite class. Everyone wound up poor except the Mandamis of the system
The rich liberal elites have been financing these people and supporting them for years. Time, they experience the results of what they rewarded.
Give them time. This is how it always starts. Next thing you know, you are herded into camps or killed.
New York property taxes are quite high. Why don’t they use some of those revenues for parks? Or is it already directed to salaries and pensions?
Has any elected officials ever been remove from office for not following the constitution - ever? Let me know if you find one
White affluent New Yorkers, especially women have been voting for this crap for decades now. Now its turned around on them.
Will his own wealthy family be subjected to this treatment also?
Can anyone imagine dropping their children off at government run daycare? What could possibly go wrong?
“Stop wetting your pants.
A “full blown communist” would be using 7.62x25 Tokarev rounds into the back of the neck instead of raising taxes a bit.”
The bullet to the back of the neck is still coming. You sound like a Commie apologist.
Dear Madam Dami: Define “fair share” so everyone can know with clarity what they owe. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
“Fair shrare” = everything you’ve got
Exactly. Nu Yawkers can suck it.
“Noo” Socialism means the end of NYC as we have known it!!
Hey genius, this tax can also apply to a New York City resident that is renting out a second house valued over $5 million on a temporary basis, such as an Airbnb. So yeah, some of those being extorted probably did vote against it.
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