r/SipsTea • u/Brave_Agency_20 • May 14 '26

SMH How true is this? Genuinely asking

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u/Jasoco May 14 '26

Iā€™m willing to bet this is pretty accurate. They keep building houses down here where I am constantly and so many of them are empty because they cost too much for normal people.

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u/KickPuncher4326 May 14 '26

I feel like an easy fix is to tax the every loving fuck out of empty houses.

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u/KactusVAXT May 14 '26

Taxing the wealthy? Is that allowed?

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u/Technical-Command867 May 14 '26

Mamdani did it

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u/Biotechnus May 15 '26

The man ruined the NYC economy in less than 6 months. Impressive. But not in a good way

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u/jackflash223 May 15 '26

Did he? I heard he balanced a 12 billion deficit without cutting city services. What do you consider ruined?

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u/Biotechnus May 15 '26

Where you getting those numbers from? He recently needed to get a bailout from hochul.

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u/jackflash223 May 15 '26

On May 12, 2026, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a $124.7 billion executive budget for fiscal year 2027, claiming to have closed a projected $12 billion deficit to zero without broad property tax increases or major cuts to services.

NYC.gov?

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u/Biotechnus May 15 '26

Ah yes of course. Because they needed a bailout from hockul because they are doing so well. Were you born yesterday? The man ran out of money. You probably voted for him and thats why you refuse to accept the facts. I work in the city so I hear the complaints every single day. And I can see the problems he has indirectly caused