{"id":2648881,"date":"2026-08-24T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-takes-out-times-square-ads-with-this-message-about-zohran-mamdani\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:48:34","slug":"florida-takes-out-times-square-ads-with-this-message-about-zohran-mamdani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-takes-out-times-square-ads-with-this-message-about-zohran-mamdani\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Takes Out Times Square Ads With This Message About Zohran Mamdani"},"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%2Fflorida-takes-out-times-square-ads-with-this-message-about-zohran-mamdani%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=2648881&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>A political figure, New York City Democratic mayor Zohran Mamdani, is pursuing a socialist agenda during his first year in office. This shift is prompting wealthy residents too leave New York City to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-big-beautiful-bill-became-law-graham-wins-over-murderers-row\/\" title=\"How the Big Beautiful Bill became law: Graham wins over &#039;Murderer&#039;s Row&#039;\">avoid higher taxes<\/a>, leading to a migration of resources and businesses to Florida. The Florida Chamber of Commerce has launched a billboard campaign in Times Square praising Mamdani as the \u201cEconomic Developer of the Year\u201d as a humorous acknowledgment of this trend, highlighting Florida\u2019s growth and lower taxes-having lowered taxes over 50 times in 15 years-and its increasing net income and population. Florida aims to attract more residents and businesses by emphasizing free enterprise and criticizing socialist policies, which they argue threaten American freedom and economic prosperity. Florida&#8217;s rise is contrasted with new York&#8217;s loss of residents and tax income. The campaign advocates for a return to America&#8217;s foundational values of free enterprise, warning against policies they see as socialist and harmful to the country.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?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\" ?><html><body><\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani is embarking upon a socialist agenda during his first year in office.<\/p>\n<p>As wealthy residents flee the Big Apple to avoid higher taxes, Florida is emerging as a major destination for their resources and businesses \u2014 a reality in which the Sunshine State is reveling.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Chamber of Commerce launched a Times Square billboard campaign calling Mamdani the \u201cEconomic Developer of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to thank him for the jobs, the companies, the people that they\u2019re pushing out of New York \u2014 and a lot of them are coming to Florida,\u201d Florida Chamber of Commerce CEO Mark Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/florida-names-nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-economic-developer-year-times-square-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Fox Business on Aug. 10.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson drew attention to the broader threat toward freedom represented by Mamdani and other democratic socialists.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Florida is taking its rivalry with New York straight to Times Square.<\/p>\n<p>A massive new billboard in the heart of Manhattan has a message for NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani: \u201cThanks for the jobs!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Chamber of Commerce named Mamdani its \u201cEconomic Developer of the Year,\u201d saying\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u6uWzbwOSi\">pic.twitter.com\/u6uWzbwOSi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxBusiness\/status\/2086878619268235388?\">August 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica is at a crossroads right now. I think everyone that\u2019s paying attention knows that our country was built on freedom and free enterprise and people having the liberty to make their dreams come true,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd there\u2019s a push in our country right now to take those liberties away and to attack free enterprise. And that\u2019s never worked anywhere, and it won\u2019t work in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Mayor Mamdani is doing is dangerous for the country, right? It\u2019s bad for New Yorkers. It\u2019s bad for New York. It\u2019s very harmful for the country,\u201d Wilson continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can choose free enterprise, which is what America was built on, or we can choose to destroy that,\u201d he noted. \u201cAnd so, what we\u2019re hoping happens from this campaign is that we refocus America on free enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The data from official government sources show that residents are indeed voting with their feet.<\/p>\n<p>The state of Florida is currently gaining $2.4 million of net taxable income each hour, while New York is losing $1.1 million per hour.<\/p>\n<p>Every day, Florida gains a net 551 residents, while New York loses 115.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson said that tax policy is a major driver of businesses and families moving into the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorida\u2019s lowered taxes over 50 times in the last 15 years. And we have record revenues coming in because people want to be here. And when the economy grows, tax revenues grow. That\u2019s how free enterprise works,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson also expressed hope that New York desists from their socialist policies, creating a better and more free life for residents of the Empire State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though Florida is winning right now, we\u2019re not looking for New York to lose. We\u2019re hoping that these other states will say \u2018no\u2019 to this move towards socialism and say \u2018yes\u2019 to the very policies that our country was founded on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t about spiking a football or looking at the scoreboard about Florida versus New York. 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