The Manufactured Crisis: NYC’s “Budget Gap” is a Trojan Horse New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani just unveiled his FY2027 preliminary budget. The headline? A $5.4 billion budget gap. The “solution”? Hike taxes on corporations and the ultra-wealthy—or, if Albany doesn’t cooperate, jack up property taxes on working- and middle-class families. Let me decode that for you: the city screwed up its budget for years, ran out of easy cash, and now it’s threatening the people with higher property taxes unless the state steps in and taxes the rich. It’s presented as a noble populist stand—but in reality, it’s a no-win rigged game. Mamdani says he's offering "two paths," but both end with the State expanding its power. Either you're…
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