She’s trying to have it both ways.
Gov. Kathy Hochul boasted Wednesday that she’s not on board with Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “tax the rich” crusade — even as her new tax on luxury second homes is driving the well-to-do away.
The Democratic governor said she’s not squeezing millionaires and billionaires for revenue, and claimed that the new “pied-a-terre” tax she pushed through wasn’t speeding up the ongoing exodus of New Yorkers fleeing to cheaper states.
“We should not be raising taxes on high-net-worth individuals,” Hochul told FOX5’s “Good Day New York” on Wednesday. “We should not be raising taxes on the companies that are creating the jobs and generating the revenue that helps us pay for the services that people in New York City come to rely on.”…