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Zohran Mamdani: “We taxed the rich, asking those with the most to contribute…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Mayor Mamdani Presents FY27 Executive Budget

Published | Video Starts at 02:17

We partnered with Albany, securing billions in new funding and reversing many of the cost burdens that that Andrew Cuomo shifted to the city over his decade as governor. And We taxed the rich, asking those with the most to contribute a little bit more. to support those with the least. Through new revenues, savings and a renewed partnership with the state, we pulled New York City back from an existential fiscal brink. (02:17–02:23)

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Asserts that they increased taxes on the wealthy to address the budget gap.

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