Fox Information contributor Liz Peek discusses the regular exodus from New York after former Governor Andrew Cuomo says he’ll transfer to Florida if Zohran Mamdani turns into NYCs mayor on The Backside Line.
New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s victory within the Democratic main for the New York Metropolis mayoral race is the newest instance of the rise of progressive socialist insurance policies in Democrat-led cities.
Mamdani is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and has made socialist insurance policies a cornerstone of his platform, from implementing a hire freeze on rent-controlled residences to increasing city-owned grocery shops.
He has additionally known as for greater taxes on firms in New York Metropolis and an additional 2% flat tax on the wealthiest 1% of New Yorkers, needs the minimal wage to rise to $30 an hour by 2030, stated he’ll completely get rid of fares on all metropolis buses and has pledged to “implement free childcare for each New Yorker aged six weeks to 5 years.”
One other DSA-backed candidate, Minnesota State Sen. Omar Fateh, just lately gained the Democratic-Farm-Labor Celebration’s nomination for the Minneapolis mayoral race when he defeated incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey within the DFL main.
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New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is the newest Democrat with progressive or socialist leanings to search out electoral success of their metropolis. (Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
Fateh has known as for creating an area earnings tax to “guarantee the rich pay their fair proportion,” in addition to making a “industrial emptiness tax to handle vacant storefronts and a land worth tax to incentivize improvement of underutilized parcels.”
He has additionally proposed rising the development of public housing and implementing a hire stabilization coverage.
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Different states have sought to draw companies and staff away from progressive-run cities. (Fox Information Digital / Fox Information)
A number of cities which have elected progressive or socialist mayors have seen massive companies scale back their footprint within the metropolis or relocate their headquarters solely.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson defeated the Windy Metropolis’s incumbent mayor, Lori Lightfoot, in 2023 on a progressive platform, however excessive taxes and public questions of safety have change into a problem in maintaining firms and their staff within the metropolis.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson ran on a progressive platform that allowed him to unseat incumbent Lori Lightfoot. ((Picture by Scott Olson/Getty Pictures) / Getty Pictures)
The interval on the finish of Lightfoot’s tenure noticed Boeing, Caterpillar, Citadel, Guggenheim Companions, TTX and Tyson Meals transfer their headquarters or important elements of their operations out of town.
The San Francisco Bay Space has additionally struggled with the lack of companies amid years of progressive governance resulting in excessive prices of dwelling in addition to challenges to conducting their enterprise.
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Chevron, Oracle, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Tesla and X (previously Twitter), have all relocated their headquarters out of the Bay Space since 2020 – although some retain a presence within the space.
