Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is reportedly considering backing out of a $6 billion project in New York City, as NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani mentioned Griffin’s penthouse in a tax the rich video.
Gerald Beeson, who serves as the chief operating officer for Griffin’s company, Citadel LLC, explained to the Daily Mail that it was “shameful” that Mamdani used Griffin’s name in his video. Beeson’s statement comes as the company is set to start a project called “redevelopment of 350 Park Avenue.”
“It is shameful that he used Ken’s name as the example of those who supposedly aren’t carrying their fair share,” Beeson said in a statement to the outlet. Beeson continued to highlight how the “employees and partners” of the company “have paid nearly $2.3 billion in city and states taxes over the past five years.”…