bms1052
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bms1052
@bms10521
Aging New Yorker who will never complete a Goodbye to All That essay. Always bowling alone.
New York, USA Katılım Ağustos 2022
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@powellAtlantic @RossBarkan Park Slope brownstone owners will never pay anywhere close to their fair share.
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@RossBarkan He was correct when he said property taxes are grotesquely unequal. He needed to tackle that first (a huge lift, so here I'm sympathetic) before threatening to raise taxes, as the existing system means this falls disproportionately on working class neighborhoods
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Biggest political mistake Zohran Mamdani has made so far was threatening to raise property taxes. Whether it's a good idea or not, it's politically TOXIC and also had no chance of happening. City Council wouldn't pass it. And he clearly just wanted to use it as a negotiating ploy
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Who’s the nicest MLB player you’ve ever had the chance to meet?
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@bobbyfijan @mathieuhelie Don't understand this at all. DOE budget is approx 42B for about 1 million students, leading to 42K per student, highest per pupil expenditure in nation. How is this "going bust?"
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@mathieuhelie When a very large % the people leaving are ones with kids … it makes a huge difference
One of the reasons NYCs education budget (along with many other urban cities) is going bust is bc they are losing kids.
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He’s not wrong
In the greatest city in the world, people don’t fear bad taxes as much as they fear low quality services.
The problem is whether or not people think NYC can deliver on the good services … and specifically on schools.
Mamdani Watch@MamdaniWatch
🚨 Zohran Mamdani says increasing taxes will stop people from leaving NYC
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@nicolegelinas "Trump proofing" also seems to involve identifying new revenue streams -- additional taxes on New Yorkers -- to guard against potential losses of federal contributions to NYC's budget.
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@ryderkessler Do you want to stop owners from selling their apartments and realizing their gains?
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Billionaires are turning West Village apartments into $75M Frankenmansions.
They're taking housing away from regular New Yorkers and driving everyone's rents sky-high.
Housing should be a human right—not a trophy for the ultra-rich.
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@emmabgo This looks like normalizing a president I've been told for the last decade is an existential threat to democracy. But if Mamdani does it, it's fine with the NYT. (Meanwhile NYT sports section comes down on hockey team for attending SOTU and providing cover to Trump).
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Diplomacy via arts 'n crafts, and a masterclass in politically psychologizing a city boy who loves the tabs. Mamdani went back to Washington with props
nytimes.com/2026/02/26/nyr…
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@MattZeitlin Also missing: "attract more business, grow the economy, and additional tax revenue will follow"
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i think one issue mamdani is running into is that if you have a deficit, it's hard to say that the only options are 1. raise taxes on the rich or 2. raise taxes on a different group (property owners)...
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@AbigailShrier @TheFP The gifts the letter writer won't last: jobs are lost, friends move away, you lose the taste for Cosmos, loved ones age. What looks like the perfect life today won't be there a decade from now. What do you want then?
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Today only *no paywall* for my @TheFP advice column.
This one's for all the single ladies.
Enjoy!
thefp.com/p/tough-love-d…
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@AlbaneseNYC @ZohranKMamdani Thanks for your insight. I would prefer that he reaches out to Catholics and is an inclusive mayor. If this was indeed a political mistake, I'm happy to hear it, and look forward to future outreach to Catholics.
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@bms10521 @ZohranKMamdani I think I know a little bit about politics & respectfully disagree with your assessment.
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@ZohranKMamdani unnecessarily leaving himself open to these attacks. Totally avoidable
New York Post Metro@nypmetro
Bad faith: Catholics fume after repeated Mamdani snubs trib.al/58CE2az
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@NYCMayor Will your administration respond in full to @nicolegelinas FOIL request for the attendee list for this?
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The Adams Administration stopped the Streets Master Plan. We’re bringing it back.
We’re kicking off four bold NYC street projects: faster buses on the Bronx’s busiest route, a continuous protected bike route all the way from Sunset Park to DUMBO, protected bike lanes around 10 schools in Central Brooklyn, and a connected bike network for Midwood, Flatbush, and East Flatbush. Streets that work for everyone—not just cars.
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@Cat_Victim "fair share," "fully-funded," and "we need [fill in]" also make frequent appearances in the slogan rich, substance vacant space.
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What's disgraceful is we in the US are governed according to slogans. NYS taxes the rich, heavily. A chart around here showed the wealthy pay a higher share of taxes in the US than they do in Europe. Forget facts, invent a good slogan.
Sally Goldenberg@SallyGold
NEW: @NYCMayor and top aides have been evaluating whether he’d attend a “Tax The Rich” Rally later this month in Albany, given @GovKathyHochul’s opposition to a tax increase. This week he told allies he likely won’t go. W/ @emmabgo: nytimes.com/2026/02/13/nyr… via @NYTimes
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@aaron_renn @DickYoungsGhost Call and ask for a discount. They gave me a better rate than I now have for 24 weeks, after which it is restored to what I pay now.
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The New York Times just raised my subscription price to a thousand dollars a year. Time to downgrade methinks. That’s highway robbery.
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@DickYoungsGhost @emmabgo @nytimes @NYTMetro @ZohranKMamdani If you see in their bios that they live in Brooklyn you know their coverage will be pro-Mamdani.
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@emmabgo @nytimes @NYTMetro The @ZohranKMamdani fluffers in the City Hall media mob seem to grow by the hour at the @nytimes.
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I spent last night visiting warming centers around the city, where homeless New Yorkers are taking refuge from the cold, and spoke with some about what they're experiencing — and the Mamdani administration's efforts to gert people indoors. New @NYTMetro nytimes.com/2026/02/09/nyr…
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@JCPolancoNYC If he went his commie corridor base would have gone bezerk. So much for inclusivity and being a mayor for all New Yorkers.
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Catholic New Yorkers get a new leader. It doesn't happen often.
Tony Aiello@AielloTV
I asked City Hall why @NYCMayor did not attend the installation of Archbishop Hicks. The reply? “He tweeted about it.”
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@AlbaneseNYC Agree if he actually wanted to reach out to all New Yorkers. But it seems like a political calculation because his base - the "commie corridor," hardly practicing Catholics - would be unhappy by his attendance.
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I would have him advised him to attend! The leader of the most important diocese in the US & in NYC where Z is Mayor was installed. Don’t k know what pressing duties kept him away.
Gerson Borrero (@gersonborrero.bsky.social)@GersonBorrero
I wonder if the rookie @NYCMayor worries about how this could be perceived by católicos? Hey, @AielloTV do you know if Hizzhonor has called or spoken with Archbishop Hicks to welcome him?
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@Tim_in_NY @queens_parents Plus he did it in a cool bespoke jacket stitched in Brooklyn.
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@queens_parents Jean, your Islamophobia is once again showing on this cold morning. The media stated King Zohran Mamdani, leader of the Democratic Party, had a perfect response to the snow.
Thou shalt not criticize thy King, Jean. A future on Rikers may be in store for you!
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It took 14 days for the city to make this announcement 😵💫
NYC Sanitation@NYCSanitation
Update for the small number of residents who normally have their waste collected from an alleyway: Significant snowfall coupled with continued freezing temperatures leads to alleyways full of snow. Residents who normally receive alley service should bring their material to the curb to allow Sanitation Workers to access and collect their material.
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He's, like, laser-focused on his schedule of gimmicks (including this non-accessible step-requiring press conference), rather than sturdily dealing with his first real crisis.
Dan Rivoli@danrivoli
Mayor Mamdani assembles reporters, officials on 26th floor David Dinkins building, outside to announce it'll be open to public This, on 11th day of freezing temps 16 people died outdoors 13 believed to be from hypothermia 3 drug overdoses 18 people off streets involuntarily
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@emmagf @JeffCMays Alternative headline if Cuomo was mayor: "He ran on managerial competence, then 14 people died. Just days in, a new mayor is in crisis mode as critics pounce."
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“There is a small window that you have at the beginning of your administration, when New Yorkers are asking themselves, ‘Was I right to believe?’ This is our window to show them that they were,” Mayor Mamdani tells @JeffCMays: nytimes.com/2026/02/01/nyr…
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