{"id":2453087,"date":"2025-06-27T17:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-socialist-mamdani-calls-for-shifting-heavier-tax-burden-to-whiter-neighborhoods\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T17:15:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:15:18","slug":"nyc-socialist-mamdani-calls-for-shifting-heavier-tax-burden-to-whiter-neighborhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-socialist-mamdani-calls-for-shifting-heavier-tax-burden-to-whiter-neighborhoods\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Socialist Mamdani Calls for Shifting Heavier Tax Burden to &#8216;Whiter Neighborhoods&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-socialist-mamdani-calls-for-shifting-heavier-tax-burden-to-whiter-neighborhoods%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2453087&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Zorhan mamdani, a Democratic Socialist running for mayor of New York City, has proposed a controversial plan to shift property tax burdens from homeowners in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-home-covid-test-deliveries-delayed-after-wild-west-style-train-robberies\/\" title=\"At-Home Covid Test Deliveries Delayed After \u2018Wild West-Style Train Robberies\u2019\">lower-income neighborhoods<\/a> to wealthier, predominantly white areas. This initiative aims to address perceived disparities in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pritzker-signs-270-bills-impacting-ai-digital-drivers-licenses-property-taxes-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Pritzker signs 270 bills impacting AI, digital driver\u2019s licenses, property taxes - Washington Examiner\">property tax system<\/a>, arguing that homeowners in affluent neighborhoods currently pay less than their fair share. Critics argue that the proposal is racially biased and discriminatory, perhaps violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.Mamdani, who has drawn attention for his radical views, including police defunding and opposition to gun ownership, won the Democratic nomination despite concerns about his divisive policies. He has received support from various political figures and celebrities,even as former President Trump has criticized him harshly. The upcoming election will test weather voters view Mamdani&#8217;s policies as a solution for unity or a source of further division in a city already facing notable challenges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Socialist Zorhan Mamdani, mayoral candidate for New York City, has already begun laying out his vision if he were to win, wanting to shift tax burdens over to &ldquo;whiter neighborhoods.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The idea of doling out more taxes to white people came in the form of a <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1iGn9ws9Ds0x_3kkB1tdM2pxLlbkPtT0k\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homeowner policy memo<\/a>, outlining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-mom-nycs-muslim-socialist-mayoral-candidate-declares-not-american\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mamdani&rsquo;s<\/a> plans on housing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods,&rdquo; one bullet point read. &ldquo;The property tax system is unbalanced because assessment levels are artificially capped, so homeowners in expensive neighborhoods pay less than their fair .<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Mayor can fix this by pushing class assessment percentages down for everyone and adjusting rates up, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >effectively lowering tax payments<\/a> for homeowners in neighborhoods like Jamaica and Brownsville while raising the amount paid in the most expensive Brooklyn brownstones,&rdquo; the paragraph concluded.<\/p>\n<p>This would likely be challenged in court, with plaintiffs citing the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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 \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>This sort of proposal basically promises to punish people with punitive taxes simply because they&rsquo;re white.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s racially biased and hypocritical, especially for a Democrat, to offer up policies that are blatantly discriminatory.<\/p>\n<p>The document further stoked racial tensions by stating: &ldquo;The City is six times more likely to sell a tax lien in a Black neighborhood than a white neighborhood. This policy is extracting wealth from Black, brown, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-foundation-raked-in-more-than-90-million-last-year-report\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Foundation Raked In More Than  Million Last Year: Report\">working class communities<\/a> and stripping New Yorkers of their homes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old defeated a crowded field of Democrats to become the party&rsquo;s standard-bearer for the upcoming election in November, yet the more he&rsquo;s scrutinized by the media, the more radical he appears.<\/p>\n<p>Other posts and comments have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/carville-warns-democrats-zohran-mamdanis-victory-dont-cheer-just-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">been unearthed<\/a> that include his desire to achieve &ldquo;queer liberation&rdquo; by defunding the police, banning all guns, arresting Israeli officials, and playing apologist for radical Islamists. Even his own mother said back in 2013 that her son &mdash; who was born in Uganda and raised &ldquo;between India and America&rdquo; &mdash; didn&rsquo;t consider himself American.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the party&rsquo;s national leaders all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-democrats-response-muslim-socialists-nyc-win-shows-exactly-party-headed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">capitulated and praised<\/a> him as their up-and-coming star.<\/p>\n<p>This included positive social media posts on X from the likes of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both of whom are New Yorkers. He also received a message on X from Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, who saluted him with an Arabic chant.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani has found support among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/already-lockstep-hollywood-establishment-flocks-back-communist-lunatic-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood<\/a> actors and celebrities as well, who made videos and attended events to boost his numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Not only has President Donald Trump been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-urged-revoke-zohran-mamdanis-citizenship-deport-communist-control-act-1954\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged to revoke<\/a> his citizenship, but the commander in chief put out a statement on  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-breaks-silence-mamdani-democrats-crossed-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling him<\/a> a &ldquo;Communist Lunatic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump then joked that Democrats should continue nominating people like Mamdani to even higher offices in the land, as it will only help Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Let&rsquo;s hope the citizens of New York see through the mainstream media&rsquo;s praise and vote for someone who will unite, rather than divide, an already deeply wounded city.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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