Florida Couldn't Buy Better Advertising Than Mamdani's NYC Tax Announcement

When New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was elected, he started using the power of government to target the rich.

Mamdani is trying to levy taxes to take revenge on the wealthy instead of to provide reasonable public services. In a video lasting just over a minute, he announced a new annual tax on luxury properties worth more than $5 million whose owners don’t live in the city full-time.

Mamdani filmed the video in front of a penthouse that he said was owned by Citadel hedge fund owner Ken Griffin.

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich. pic.twitter.com/Wky2LFXC9W
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) April 15, 2026

“Those who store their wealth in New York City real estate but don’t actually live here,” Mamdani said.

The mayor failed to mention that Griffin has donated over $2 billion in his life, including a $400 million donation to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. But Mamdani considers the wealthy as evil because many of them own companies.

Ken Griffin employs thousands of people in NYC and is planning to build the tallest office tower on Park Ave., investing billions more and creating thousands more jobs. (For that reason, he’s also here in NYC a lot, @NYCMayor)

Meantime Miami is welcoming him and his firm, with… https://t.co/k6JrvuwaEH
— Sara Eisen (@SaraEisen) April 16, 2026

He’s also one of the biggest donors and supporters of @SuccessCharters — ensuring New York City public school children have the resources and opportunity they deserve to succeed and go to college. https://t.co/ekP2Cxbzie
— Mike Lawler (@lawler4ny) April 17, 2026

Mamdani is “destroying” New York with taxes, President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post.

“Sadly, Mayor Mamdani is DESTROYING New York! It has no chance! The United States of America should not contribute to its failure. It will only get WORSE. The TAX, TAX, TAX Policies are SO WRONG. People are fleeing. They must change their ways, AND FAST. History has proven, THIS “STUFF” JUST DOESN’T WORK.”

He doesn't want to lift up the poor, he wants to punish the rich.

He is a resentful hypocrite who owns a mansion in Uganda and held his wedding in three countries, including in Dubai.

He is no different from Nicolas Maduro except he doesn't have as much power yet. https://t.co/I0FKbtBz3i
— Daniel Di Martino (@DanielDiMartino) April 17, 2026

Setting policy aside, the worst thing about Mamdani’s mayoralty is his very obvious contempt for the wealthy—as if they’re evil simply because they’ve made money. He films himself outside a rich man’s home, *names the guy* and sneers. Terrible quality in a leader. https://t.co/rmXnNqS8Sw
— Billy Binion (@billybinion) April 16, 2026

When the socialist Mamdani runs out of other people’s money because they’ve fled to warmer and lower-tax states and starts taxing the poor in New York City, this video will remind people how it happened. In the words of Margaret Thatcher, "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."