{"id":137410,"date":"2026-02-18T14:55:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/137410\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:55:25","slug":"did-mamdani-just-screw-new-yorkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/137410\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Mamdani just SCREW New Yorkers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5500\" height=\"3094\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-01-01t062516z_863675346_rc26siay764l_rtrmadp_3_usa-new-york-mamdani-swearing-in-4.webp.webp\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"zohran-mamdani-is-sworn-in-as-mayor-of-new-york-city-at-old-city-hall-station-new-york-5\" wpb-att-id=\"450882\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5500\" height=\"3094\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-01-01t062516z_863675346_rc26siay764l_rtrmadp_3_usa-new-york-mamdani-swearing-in-4.webp.webp\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"zohran-mamdani-is-sworn-in-as-mayor-of-new-york-city-at-old-city-hall-station-new-york-5\" wpb-att-id=\"450882\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5500\" height=\"3094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-01-01t062516z_863675346_rc26siay764l_rtrmadp_3_usa-new-york-mamdani-swearing-in-4.webp.webp\" class=\"alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"zohran-mamdani-is-sworn-in-as-mayor-of-new-york-city-at-old-city-hall-station-new-york-5\" wpb-att-id=\"450882\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"featuredImageCaption\">Zohran Mamdani is sworn as mayor of New York City at Old City Hall Station, New York, U.S., Thursday, Jan 1st 2026. Amir Hamja\/Pool via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"273\">(New York, New York) \u2013 A growing number of social media users are highlighting what they see as a shift in tax messaging over the past several weeks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"625\">Posts circulating online compare earlier calls to raise taxes on billionaires with more recent proposals that critics argue could impact a broader base of New Yorkers. The discussion has quickly gained traction across platforms like X and Instagram, where users are debating whether the messaging represents an evolution in policy or a contradiction.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"627\" data-end=\"999\">Supporters say the proposals are part of a larger effort to address budget gaps and funding priorities, while critics contend the focus appears to have moved from targeting the ultra-wealthy to policies that could affect everyday residents. As tax policy remains one of the most contentious issues in state politics, the online conversation shows no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani is sworn as mayor of New York City at Old City Hall Station, New York, U.S.,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-137410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-city-news","12":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}