{"id":706106,"date":"2026-01-02T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mamdanis-lies-about-the-rich-are-only-meant-to-demonize-they-already-foot-nycs-bills\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:00:22","slug":"mamdanis-lies-about-the-rich-are-only-meant-to-demonize-they-already-foot-nycs-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mamdanis-lies-about-the-rich-are-only-meant-to-demonize-they-already-foot-nycs-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani&#8217;s lies about the rich are only meant to demonize &#8212; they already foot NYC&#8217;s bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2147320aed2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2147320aed2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mamdanis-lies-about-the-rich-are-only-meant-to-demonize-they-already-foot-nycs-bills\/#%E2%80%9CMamdanis_lies_about_the_rich_are_only_meant_to_demonize_%E2%80%94_they_already_foot_NYCs_bills%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Mamdani&#8217;s lies about the rich are only meant to demonize &#8212; they already foot NYC&#8217;s bills&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMamdanis_lies_about_the_rich_are_only_meant_to_demonize_%E2%80%94_they_already_foot_NYCs_bills%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Mamdani&#8217;s lies about the rich are only meant to demonize &#8212; they already foot NYC&#8217;s bills&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F01%2Fu-s-sen-bernie-sanders-118116385-e1767323236650.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cTogether, we will tell a new story of our city,\u201d Zohran Mamdani said in his inauguration speech Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will not be a tale of one city, governed only by the 1 percent. Nor will it be a tale of two cities, the rich versus the poor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And so Mamdani picks up right where former Mayor Bill de Blasio left off, demonizing the wealthy and sowing division.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t true then, and it isn\u2019t true now. <\/p>\n<p>When have the rich been \u201cversus\u201d the poor in New York City? <\/p>\n<p>The top 1% of earners pay 46% of the city\u2019s budget \u2014 a budget, by the way, that at $116 billion equals that of the spending for the entire state of Florida.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Were the rich \u201cversus\u201d the poor when they funded billions in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> services? <\/p>\n<p>When de\u2009Blasio wasted $1 billion on his wife\u2019s pointless Thrive mental-health program? <\/p>\n<p>When Mayor Eric Adams sheltered and fed 210,000 migrants from President Joe Biden\u2019s open border?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Wall Street bankers, tech-company innovators and dreamers of all sorts who want to live in this city, Mamdani has a tax base of which most leaders can only dream.<\/p>\n<p>To him, it is still not enough. <\/p>\n<p>And every problem is their fault.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani spun a dystopian fantasyland in his speech, asking \u201cwho does New York belong to\u201d and then claiming \u201cfor much of our history . . . it belongs only to the wealthy and well-connected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What is he talking about?! <\/p>\n<p>We must have missed the City Council meetings where committee chairs wore cravats and monocles. <\/p>\n<p>For much of our recent history, New York has had one-party rule: the Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>Is he suggesting Koch, Dinkins, de Blasio and Adams were oligarchs?<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani railed against \u201ccrowded classrooms and public-housing developments where the elevators sit out of order.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Who is to blame for that, we wonder? <\/p>\n<p>If classrooms are crowded, it\u2019s because parents want to get their kids into the best schools, because the union refuses to hold bad teachers to account. <\/p>\n<p>With public housing, they\u2019ve made residents feel less safe by letting gang members go free without bail.<\/p>\n<p>We spent more per student than almost anywhere else in America. <\/p>\n<p>Our welfare budget is the size of a small country. <\/p>\n<p>Yet Mamdani claimed his predecessors were scared to do things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will govern expansively and audaciously,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo those who insist that the era of big government is over, hear me when I say this \u2014 no longer will City Hall hesitate to use its power to improve New Yorkers\u2019 lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is not how much money we\u2019re spending, but the bad ideas that never change. <\/p>\n<p>Before Mayor Mamdani starts writing more checks, maybe he should consider that he needs better solutions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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