New York City mayoral candidate Islamist jihadi Zohran Mamdani is facing fierce backlash after doubling down on his proposal to impose higher property taxes on what he describes as “richer and whiter neighborhoods” of New York City, effectively proposing a race-coded redistribution policy that critics say resembles a modern-day jizya.
In an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, Mamdani refused to back down, reportedly claiming that the proposal was “not driven by race,” even though his own campaign materials specifically and repeatedly target white homeowners by name.
“That is just a description of what we see right now. It’s not driven by race. It’s more of an assessment of what neighborhoods are being under-taxed versus over-taxed,“ he claimed.
🚨BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani DOUBLES DOWN on taxing white neighborhoods.
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Dubbed “the Fidel Castro of New York“ by billionaire critic John Catsimatidis, Mamdani argued that New York’s current property tax system is inherently unfair. He pointed to Mayor Eric Adams’ unfulfilled campaign promise to reform the system within his first 100 days as evidence of its inequities.
“Billionaires Shouldn’t Exist”
Mamdani went further, declaring that billionaires themselves should not exist. “I don’t think that we should have billionaires, frankly,“ he said, despite New York City being home to 123 billionaires, more than any other city in the world.
When pressed on whether he would need the support of wealthy business leaders like supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis to govern effectively, Mamdani dismissed the idea. “I don’t know if I need his support specifically,“ he said, before claiming that his tax hikes would ultimately benefit businesses by making the city more affordable for workers.
Catsimatidis, who owns the Gristedes chain and WABC radio, fired back, comparing Mamdani’s policies to those of communist Cuba. “Zohran is trying to be the Fidel Castro of New York,” Catsimatidis told The New York Post. “If he’s elected mayor, he’ll make New York City the next Detroit.”
Mamdani is proposing a sweeping socialist overhaul of the city, including free buses, universal childcare, a $30 minimum wage, rent freezes, and city-run supermarkets, with the entire bill footed by the city’s top 1% of earners. But while Mamdani boasts about taxing billionaires, critics point out that his proposed policies will suffocate the middle class, destroy small businesses, and accelerate New York’s economic collapse.
If elected, Mamdani would be the first Muslim and Indian American to lead New York City, but his campaign has been marred by repeated controversies. In the interview (mentioned above), Mamdani refused three times to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” a slogan widely seen as antisemitic and threatening. Instead of denouncing it, Mamdani reportedly said, “That’s not language that I use,” and dodged further questions by arguing that it was not the mayor’s job to “police speech.”
Even House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries distanced himself, reportedly stating that “globalize the intifada” was unacceptable and that Mamdani would need to clarify his position.
Mamdani is currently the presumptive Democratic nominee and leads the polls heading into the November general election. He faces a divided opposition: incumbent Eric Adams running as an independent, Republican Curtis Sliwa, ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo, and lawyer Jim Walden.
Critics warn that Mamdani’s platform represents a calculated assault on property owners, taxpayers, and religious minorities, and is laced with class envy, racial guilt politics, and dangerous ideological extremism. While masquerading as “equity,” his agenda, they argue, is nothing more than coerced redistribution by racial targeting, designed to reshape New York in the image of failed socialist experiments.
(With inputs from New York Post)
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