The past 100 days have been a taxing experience.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has backed new taxes during his short time in office that would squeeze a combined at least $23 billion out of even middle-class New Yorkers — despite his campaign pledge to only hike levies on the rich.
The democratic socialist campaigned on a freebie-filled agenda he contended could be funded by taxes on Big Apple millionaires and the largest corporations.
Once in office, Mamdani largely shifted his tax talk toward the need to fill a budget shortfall he initially said was $12 billion, but eventually revised down to $5.4 billion.
He even threatened an across-the-board nearly 10% property tax increase citywide if he didn’t get his “tax the rich” wish. And he accused City Council Speaker Julie Menin, a moderate Manhattan Democrat, of preferring to back cuts to city services rather than supporting his tax schemes — moves that baffled lawmakers and insiders.
Hellbound and Down 