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Socialist Zoran Mamdani, the presumed Democratic candidate for New York City Mayor, faces criticism of campaign policy documents that explicitly demand that the city’s tax burden be transformed into a “richer, whiter neighborhood.”
Mamdani caused a political earthquake in this week’s primary election, abandoning the former New York state government. Andrew Cuomo In an astonishing upset, he secures his place in the November vote. The affordability of the home was a central pillar of his campaign.
a Policy Document The title “Stop the Squeezing of NYC Homeowners” from the Mamdani Mayor’s Campaign website is that the city’s current property tax system disproportionately benefits wealthy, white homeowners, particularly in Manhattan and the wealthy areas of Brooklyn, by disproportionately benefiting wealthy, white homeowners, and by far less taxes due to an outdated valuation cap.
Zohran Mamdani Speaking and lush green neighbourhood. (Theodore Palienne of New York Daily News; Bida Saurzel/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
In contrast, black, Latino and immigrant homeowners in neighborhoods like Brownsville and Jamaica in the borough outside Queens are overloaded and at a higher risk of foreclosure.
His solution?
“Transfer tax burdens from over-tax homeowners in the outer borough to more expensive homes in richer, whiter neighborhoods,” the proposal reads. “Because the valuation level is artificially capped, the property tax system is disproportionate, so homeowners in expensive areas pay less than their fair share.”
The proposal offsets this by reducing the taxable portion of the city-wide value of valued assets and increasing the actual tax rate in wealthy areas. The results: Lower tax bills in low-income regions, higher tax bills in wealthier regions explain that the campaign is “richer and whiter.”
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The racial element of the policy position came online for criticism, along with broadcaster Mark Levin. Share New York Post A story about suggestions and writing: “Ah, and Mamdani is racist too.”
Political commentator Eric Dorgerty explicitly wielded it as a “racist” in X, and the New York Post editorial board also denounced the proposal as “pure racism.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani’s campaign for comments but did not receive a response immediately.
The campaign documents also highlight racial disparities and “tangled titles” in the theft of actions. This is a situation in which someone lives in a house they believe they own, often through inheritance – their names lie in the act, creating legal uncertainty regarding ownership.
The document says that predominantly black neighborhoods face these challenges at a much higher rate than white neighborhoods.
To address this, Mamdani proposes a $10 million “Tangled Title Fund” to help citizens hire lawyers and clarify legal titles so that city residents can hire lawyers and ensure full homeownership and benefits.
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Mamdani is a member of American democratic socialistits preambles “how to end white hegemony and racial oppression in order to benefit all workers, including white workers.”
Overall, housing documents argue urban housing inequality as structurally racist and economically unfair.
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The document also argues that the city’s tax lien sales system is exploitative and racist. When homeowners fall behind property taxes under the system, the city usually sells its debt to private trusts of investors backed by Wall Street. Instead of collecting debt directly.
“Tax lien sales are particularly harmful to black, brown and working-class homeowners, and have led many homeowners to lose their homes due to foreclosure or force them to fall below market value in order to repay the debt they accumulate,” the document reads. “The city is six times more likely to sell tax liens in black neighborhoods than in white neighborhoods. The policy draws wealth from black, brown and working-class communities and strips New Yorkers from their homes.”
New York City candidate Zohran Mamdani will speak at the Election Night event held in New York on June 25th, 2025. (Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Mamdani said he will end the system on his first day in office and create a new tax collection system that will provide “additional opportunities” for homeowners to enter into payment plans, pay off debts and stay at home.
Queens councillors hope to build 200,000 new, open, affordable homes and quickly freeze rents for the city’s 2.4 million stable tenants. His proposal calls for a multi-year rent freeze and large investment Public housing. Critics argue that his proposal could exacerbate existing problems in the rental market;
Madison Colombo from Fox News contributed to this report.
