Zohran Mamdani clearly finds one popular argument against him — which involves millionaires and billionaires — a bit rich.
Business leaders and New York City’s wealthiest residents are threatening to leave the Big Apple if Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee, wins next month.
One of the self-identified democratic socialist’s campaign promises is that he will lower the cost-of-living in the city by raising taxes ― slightly ― on the wealthiest 1% of New Yorkers. Mamdani also plans to raise the corporate tax rate.
This has miffed some business leaders as well as millionaire and billionaire residents, like President Donald Trump-backer Bill Ackman, who has decided to throw oodles of financial support into the campaign of Mamdani’s opponent, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Yet, Andrew Schulz told Mamdani on Wednesday’s episode of his bro-centric podcast “Flagrant” that he didn’t quite buy what Ackman is selling…