“Mayor Zohran Mamdani proposed raising New York City property taxes by nearly 10%, having failed so far to persuade New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to increase taxes on corporations and the wealthy,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Higher taxes for rich corporations and individuals remains his first choice, Mamdani said Tuesday as he shared his proposed budget for fiscal year 2027.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.