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Posted on 02/17/2026 6:18:20 PM PST by nickcarraway
On the eve of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first preliminary budget rollout, Gov. Kathy Hochul handed him what amounted to a $1.5 billion gift card, courtesy of state taxpayers.
On Tuesday, the mayor thanked the governor for the promised new state aid — by handing her a ticking political bomb. Despite the added money, Mamdani said, the city faces a “historic” $5.4 billion budget gap — which can only be closed by proceeding along what the mayor characterized as two “paths.”
Path one, he said, would be for the state to give the city authority to “raise [income] taxes on the ultra-wealthy and the most profitable corporations” — a step Hochul has refused to take.
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Cut the budget...dumb a**
“Mamdani flatly ruled out an obvious third path for the city: reducing spending in his mammoth $127 billion proposed budget”.
Raising taxes with promises is one thing but how you apply the money even when not raising taxes is the bottom line.
[prudent] == [acting white].
Does anyone here think Obama gave a damn about his party after overseeing a thousand or so lost legislative seats nationwide? That includes state legislatures.
Ya think Trump loves NYC enough to bail out Mandani with US Taxpayer money?
No Democrat EVER cuts a budget. In fact they budget for things they know they won’t have the money for and then blame everyone but themselves when there isn’t enough money. They still won’t cut it. “It’s for the children”.
He is an overgrown spoiled child. He is from another country. The New Yorkers will keep going as usual. Imbeciles running the state.
The NYC unionists of all stripes will be the first paid, after that Hochul will quietly send a few billion to bail out NYC.
Go for $11 billion, in hopes of getting $3 billion and claim a compromise was achieved.
“Socialism is ‘great’, until you run out of other peoples money.”
How many times do people have to hear/learn this....
Nope
I remember that. He didn't give a ****.
What does Trump gain bailing out a socialist? He would not teach such a lesson, none of us would. That teaches them the adults will bail them out to keep wasting more money and its ok.
I want NYC to hurt—very bad.
Many conservatives were once mugged liberals.
election prediction, guaranteed: lots of feet voting
I agree with what you said. It’s just sometimes I think Trump has a soft spot in his head for NYc. Plus he has properties there. It’s just a poser.
Sorry. Don’t care. Good luck to the both of them, and congratulations to the people of the state and city.
The following shows the states stupidity: New York state sits on top of enough shale gas to last it about 200 years at present rates of consumption. New York refuses to utilize their great bounty efficiently and cheaply due to an insane Byzantine set of rules. They get most of their natural gas from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, a bit from Ohio and a bunch from Texas. Why does New York shoot itself in the foot with each opportunity it has? Get a clue New York. Why does your electricity cost almost twice as much as in Texas?
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