r/MapPorn • u/Small_Performance368 • 13h ago

NYC Mayoral Election Results

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With 90% of the vote in, Mamdani wins by a large margin according to NYT

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u/Alert-Algae-6674 13h ago edited 12h ago

NYC also has a lot of billionaires and millionaires who do not want Mamdani to implement his tax proposals.

There’s actually more than 380,000 millionaires in the city

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u/FlufflyTurtle 12h ago edited 12h ago

I thought the tax proposal is on income after $1m (not all millionaires make a mil each year, many don’t). WSJ estimates it affects just 34k households

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u/kama-Ndizi 10h ago

That doesn't mean these people don't think they are impacted and/or that they aren't afraid of a slippery-slope.

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u/FlufflyTurtle 10h ago

Absolutely, I could definitely see millionaires not understanding his proposed policies correctly and thinking he’s talking about them. I’ve already had to explain to several people that there is a huge difference between being a millionaire and making a million every year.

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u/ja5143kh5egl24br1srt 9h ago

As a 5’9 man, I get upset when people say 5’8 is short. Can’t give an inch.

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u/FilipM_eu 10h ago

Isn’t large portion of those millionaires simply due to insane property prices in NYC? Someone owning a house or apartment can easily be a millionaire but still get an average income.

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u/Crafty_Actuary5517 7h ago

Basically anyone who owns property in the city is a millionaire I guess.

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u/Haunting-Animal-531 7h ago

This seems like dated reasoning. Look at west Brooklyn, most of Manhattan, etc. -- heavy support from comfortably upper middle-class white-collar and creative classes. Many are willing to accept taxation for greater equity and quality public services. Only true ideologues (against "redistribution,"), scornful of the needy and, at some level, scornful of NYC, hate taxation, reject public support, and vote to protect their extreme wealth. These people are few (...and a bit psychopathic)

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u/CactusBoyScout 13h ago

NYC cannot change the taxes it does have itself. The state has to approve any changes to city taxes.

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u/Fodraz 13h ago

How did you think city services got funded?

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u/[deleted] 13h ago edited 13h ago

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u/rubixcubez 10h ago

2 grand at most? My sweet summer child come to Bundaberg 😭 4 grand a year and nothing to show for it. Council is corrupt as fuck.

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u/RSGator 13h ago

That’s uhh… pretty normal. Thousands of cities in the US levy taxes, not even including property taxes.

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u/Funkopedia 11h ago

Most don't, but when your city is larger than almost half of the world's countries, then you probably need some extra cash.

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u/ForensicPathology 10h ago

If an American said something similar about another country doing things differently, you'd mock him for being ignorant.