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Search results for "New York City's super-rich complain about Mamdani's tax on second homes"

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Donald Trump stated on June 25, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist.
By Ella Moore, Amy Sherman• June 26, 2025
Nancy Mace stated on November 06, 2025 in a fundraising email:
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani “is bringing Sharia law to America.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 7, 2025
Cynthia Nixon stated on March 20, 2018 in her announcement to run for governor:
"Since taking office, Andrew Cuomo has given massive tax breaks to corporations and the super rich."
By Dan Clark• March 23, 2018
Katie Britt stated on March 19, 2026 in a press conference:
“You can't shovel snow in New York City without an ID.”
By Amy Sherman• March 20, 2026
X posts stated on January 31, 2026 in an X post:
Images show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child with his mother, Mira Nair, and Jeffrey Epstein.
By Maria Briceño• February 2, 2026
X posts stated on November 02, 2025 in an X post:
New York state has "no ID requirement" to vote, and people could lie about their address and "vote in multiple precincts."
By Maria Briceño• November 4, 2025
Elon Musk stated on November 04, 2025 in an X post:
“The New York City ballot form is a scam” because “mayoral candidates appear twice.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2025
Duriya Farooqui stated on February 13, 2013 in a presentation:
"Of the 18 stadiums built from 2004 to 2013, 47 percent of the total cost came from public sources."
By Eric Stirgus• March 1, 2013
Rebuilding America Now stated on August 07, 2016 in an ad played on "Meet the Press":
Through the Clinton Foundation, "the Clintons are now worth in excess of $100 million."
By Jon Greenberg• August 7, 2016
Viral image stated on September 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent $30,000 to attend the Met Gala and “God knows how much on that dress.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 16, 2021
Hillary Clinton stated on October 09, 2016 in the second presidential debate:
Says Warren Buffett has publicly said his secretary "should not be paying a higher tax rate" than him.
By Rachel Tiede• October 18, 2016
Christine Quinn stated on May 23, 2018 in a presentation at the State Democratic Convention:
New York state has the "second highest millionaires tax in the nation."
By Dan Clark• May 31, 2018
Ted Cruz stated on December 19, 2017 in Senate floor debate of federal tax legislation:
"Every taxpayer, their taxes are going down, except rich people in Manhattan and San Francisco. Some of them, their taxes may go up."
By W. Gardner Selby• January 5, 2018
Scott Walker stated on February 06, 2015 in a speech:
Six of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties, "according to median income, are in and around the Washington, D.C. area."  
By Tom Kertscher• March 2, 2015
Claire McCaskill stated on August 21, 2015 in comments to HBO host Bill Maher:
"You wonder why you don't see Rand Paul as much; he's still shopping for his billionaire. He's like the only one who hasn't found a billionaire to fund his super PAC."
By Katherine Knott• October 20, 2015
Warren Buffett stated on August 14, 2011 in a "New York Times" op-ed:
The "mega-rich" pay about 15 percent in taxes, while the middle class "fall into the 15 percent and 25 percent income tax brackets, and then are hit with heavy payroll taxes to boot."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 18, 2011
Nicholas Langworthy stated on March 17, 2021 in a mass email:
Residents of New York state “pay the highest taxes in the nation.”
By Landon Allison, John Pullano• April 12, 2021
Donald Trump stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says a Ted Cruz ad has "got me bull-dozing down a house. I never bulldozed it down. It's false advertising."
By Lauren Carroll• January 24, 2016
Chris Christie stated on January 22, 2012 in an interview on “Meet the Press”:
Says the New York Giants "train in New Jersey, they play in New Jersey and most of their players live in New Jersey."
By Erin O'Neill• January 29, 2012
Timothy Geithner stated on June 24, 2011 in a speech at Dartmouth College:
For people in the top 1 percent for income, "your effective tax burden is in the low 20s, the lowest it’s been in decades and decades and decades -- lower than somebody who might make substantially less money." 
By Jeffrey Good• July 12, 2011

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By Amy Sherman• July 3, 2025

Can the US government strip Zohran Mamdani of his citizenship?

By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 7, 2025

Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview: Fact-checking his statements on nuclear weapons, Mamdani, ICE

By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• November 3, 2025

A history of taxing claims

By Eric Stirgus• April 17, 2012

Can the U.S. government revoke your citizenship? What to know about denaturalization

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 14, 2025

Fact-check: President Donald Trump’s Super Bowl LIX interview with Fox’s Bret Baier

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 9, 2025

Does a secretary pay higher taxes than a millionaire?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 21, 2011

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By Bill McCarthy• February 3, 2020

Is the Buffalo Bills' Highmark stadium built on an early Erie Indian village?

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By Martha M. Hamilton• July 6, 2011

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PolitiFact fact-checks the Jan. 24 shows

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PolitiFact's guide to the 2016 presidential candidate tax plans

By Linda Qiu• April 7, 2016

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