{"id":240089,"date":"2026-05-22T01:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T01:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/240089\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T01:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T01:10:12","slug":"mamdani-fires-back-at-bezos-over-tax-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/240089\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani Fires Back at Bezos Over Tax Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-04-13t000752z_1144883126_rc2ynkag0l6y_rtrmadp_3_new-york-mayor-100-days-3.webp\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"mayor-zohran-mamdani-delivers-his-100-days-address-in-queens-2\" wpb-att-id=\"463592\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-04-13t000752z_1144883126_rc2ynkag0l6y_rtrmadp_3_new-york-mayor-100-days-3.webp\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"mayor-zohran-mamdani-delivers-his-100-days-address-in-queens-2\" wpb-att-id=\"463592\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-04-13t000752z_1144883126_rc2ynkag0l6y_rtrmadp_3_new-york-mayor-100-days-3.webp\" class=\"alignleft full-img-class wp-post-image\" alt=\"mayor-zohran-mamdani-delivers-his-100-days-address-in-queens-2\" wpb-att-id=\"463592\" wpb-att-extension=\"jpg\" data-wpbsize=\"full\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"featuredImageCaption\">Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives to deliver his 100 Days Address, a speech dedicated to outlining the progress made on his core campaign promises since taking office, in Queens, New York City, U.S., April 12, 2026. REUTERS\/David &#8216;Dee&#8217; Delgado<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"15405\" data-end=\"15574\">(New York, New York) \u2013 Zohran Mamdani is doubling down on his tax-the-rich message after Jeff Bezos argued that even doubling his taxes would not solve the problems facing working New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"15576\" data-end=\"15768\">Bezos\u2019 point was that politicians overstate what higher taxes on billionaires can accomplish. Mamdani responded by arguing that teachers and working families in Queens would strongly disagree.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"15770\" data-end=\"15941\">The exchange captures a larger fight over New York City\u2019s future. Mamdani says the wealthy should pay more to fund services and ease the burden on working-class residents.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"15943\" data-end=\"16037\">Critics argue that soaking high earners could push money, jobs and investment out of the city.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"16039\" data-end=\"16227\">The clash between Mamdani and Bezos has become a clean example of the broader debate: whether New York\u2019s problems are caused by too little taxation, too much spending or failed leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives to deliver his 100 Days Address, a speech dedicated to outlining the progress made&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-240089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240089","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=240089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}