NYC Mayoral Candidate Wants White People to Pay Higher Taxes

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NEW YORK, N.Y. — City Councilmember Zohran Mamdani is backing a plan to overhaul New York City’s property tax system by shifting the tax burden from working-class homeowners in the outer boroughs to what he describes as “more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods.”

The proposal, outlined in campaign materials, argues that current property tax laws unfairly benefit wealthier areas by capping assessment levels, allowing high-value properties to pay less than their proportional share. Mamdani’s plan would lower assessment percentages citywide while adjusting rates upward in expensive neighborhoods—specifically naming areas with Brooklyn brownstones—raising their tax contributions.

“The property tax system is unbalanced because assessment…