To get his hands on more money to fund leftist social engineering, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is trying to extort Albany into raising state taxes.
Estate taxes are among those he wants higher. As Investing.com reports,
Mamdani is pushing to reduce the state’s estate tax exemption threshold by nearly 90%, from over $7 million to $750,000, while raising the top estate tax rate from 16% to 50%.
Only 12 states even have estate taxes, which are imposed on top of federal estate taxes. Mamdani’s proposed threshold would be the lowest of them, meaning the fewest people would escape having their inheritance raided.
Mamdani says raising local taxes to still more outrageous levels will slow the exodus from the degenerating city. Seriously:
🚨 JUST IN: Ugandan mayor Mamdani says he plans to stop people from leaving NYC by raising taxes.
His idea of a solution. Make the people who earn the most pay even more so everyone can “stay in the city.”
That’s the plan. Tax success harder and hope people stop running.
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— ⁿᵉʷˢ Barron Trump 🇺🇸 (@BarronTNews_) March 13, 2026
PIX11 gives an idea of what Mamdani will spend the money on:
A trans woman, Taylor Brown, has been appointed to the New York City Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Friday.
Mamdani established the new office and appointed Brown, who is currently an Assistant Attorney General in the New York State Attorney General’s Civil Rights Bureau.
Mr. Brown says that he is…
…is eager to collaborate with various agencies to ensure the city protects the LGBTQIA+ community from hostile individuals who do not align with New York City’s values.
Anyone who does not align with these “values” is advised to get out ASAP.
Presenting Mr. Brown:
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani has signed an executive order establishing the new "Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs" headed by Taylor Brown, a mentally ill man pretending to be a woman.pic.twitter.com/ov9aR2Iurp
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 13, 2026
On tips from Wiggins, abcanc, and Franco.