Zohran Mamdani: “I call on the federal government to arrest Netanyahu instead, calling him a 'war criminal' and the 'architect of a…”

This pied-à-terre tax is specifically designed for the richest of the rich, those who store their wealth in New York City real estate but don't actually live here," Mamdani claimed in the April 2026 video.

I will proudly honor the families, the survivors, the first responders forever impacted by that horrific terror attack by standing alongside them at this year’s 9/11 commemoration — reaffirming that we will never forget the solemn day felt…

Mamdani has defended the tax as a fair way to generate $500m in annual revenue in a city with vast socioeconomic inequality.

He did so because he believed in a simple definition of the task of government to make people's lives better.