Hochul slaps down being labeled Mamdani’s ‘fall man’ in tax-the-rich scheme: ‘I am not frustrated’
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Gov. Kathy Hochul batted away questions about being pegged as the “fall man” in Zohran Mamdani’s pressure campaign to tax the rich — saying publicly she’s not “frustrated” by political posturing by the mayor and his comrades.
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Speaking to reporters and flanked by Hizzoner on Thursday, the governor again tried to play down the very public disconnect between her and the far-left mayor of New York City when it comes to jacking up taxes on the rich.
“I know how to do this. The legislature, for example, has put in tax increases every year since I have been governor,” she said, adding, “I know how to negotiate.”
“I know how to get to the results that I need that I think are the best for New Yorkers.”
Hochul, who is up for re-election this year, has repeatedly said she would not sign off on a tax increase, even after Mamdani threatened to raise property taxes across the five boroughs if the governor did not give in.
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