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New York Post
2 days ago
- Business
- New York Post
Gov. Hochul rips Zohran Mamdani's tax on rich, admits costs are pushing NYers to ‘Palm Beach'
Gov. Kathy Hochul shut down Democratic Socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's plan to hike taxes on some New Yorkers — as she admitted high costs were pushing residents to move out of state. Hochul was asked in a TV interview if she backed Mamdani's plan to tax wealthy New Yorkers and up the corporate tax and flatly replied, 'No.' 'I'm not raising taxes at at time where affordability is the big issue,' Hochul told PIX 11. Advertisement 3 NY Gov. Kathy Hochul says she will not raise taxes on the wealthy in an interview with Pix 11. Gabriella Bass Mamdani has said he would impose a 2% income tax on Big Apple residents who make more than $1 million a year and inflate the corporate tax from 7.25% to 11.5%, the same as New Jersey. 'I don't want to lose any more people to Palm Beach,' she said. 'We've lost enough.' Advertisement Mamdani is polling second in the crowded Democratic primary for mayor and has been closing the gap with the frontrunner, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Mamdani has campaigned on promises of rent freezes on rent-controlled apartments, free buses and city-owned grocery stores. 3 Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani's tax plan hinges on collaboration with Albany to get expenses and tax hikes approved. Paul Martinka His plan to pay for it all relies on the very tax Hochul said she's not biting on, but he can't do it without Albany's approval. 'Let's be smart about this,' she said. Advertisement Many skeptics of the Queen's pol, who is now serving in the state Assemblyman, have highlighted the difficulty he will have in footing the bill for his promises. A recent scathing Op-Ed by the New York Times Editorial Board said the socialist lawmaker's policy plans ignore the 'trade-offs' required when governing. 'Mr. Mamdani, who has called Mr. de Blasio the best New York mayor of his lifetime, offers an agenda that remains alluring among elite progressives but has proved damaging to city life,' the board said. Fellow mayoral candidates Cuomo and Whitney Tilson have also jumped in to denounce Mamdani's financial plans on debate stages and in TV advertisements. At last week's debate, Cuomo asked Tilson, a former hedge fund manager, if the tax proposals laid out by Mamdani were feasible. Advertisement 3 Mamdani argues the state has desire to Increase taxes. Paul Martinka 'This all has to go through Albany; there is no appetite for what he is calling for,' Tilson responded. '(Even if it did pass) statewide, he's assuming that the legislature would just give it all (tax money) to New York City — that's truly delusional,' he argued. Mamdani defended his plan following the debate. 'You can see in the budgets of both the (state) Assembly and the Senate, a desire to increase taxes on those who can afford it, to be able to pay for a better quality of life for everyone,' he told reporters. A spokesperson for Mamdani did not respond to request for comment.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Long Island restaurant frees 110-year-old lobster weighing 21 lbs.
A Long Island lobster who's been alive for more than a century is tasting freedom this weekend thanks to the Hempstead eatery that set him free. Peter's Clam Bar owner Butch Yamali told Pix11 it was time to put the 21-pound crustacean back to the Atlantic Ocean from whence it likely came 110 years ago. 'Some of these lobsters just don't live that long, and this one did. So we figured what better way to celebrate Father's Day than by freeing Lorenzo,' said the restaurateur, who noted that Sunday is also National Lobster Day. Yamali said Lorenzo 'kind of slipped through the cracks' and wound up in his fish tank, where customers photographed themselves with the eatery's oldest resident. Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin posted photos of Lorenzo's 'retirement' party on Facebook Thursday afternoon. 'After more than a decade at Peter's Clam Bar in Island Park, this local celeb is trading tank life for sea life and we couldn't be happier to give him his freedom,' he wrote. Clavin credited Legislator John Ferretti with helping give Lorenzo 'a one-way boat ride, sirens and all, to the peaceful waters of the Atlantic Beach Reef.'
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump, trashing N.J. as ‘blue horror show,' again urges support for ex-assemblyman for governor
GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli and President Trump at Trump's Bedminster country club on March 21. (Courtesy of the Ciattarelli campaign) President Donald Trump urged his New Jersey supporters during a virtual rally Monday night to vote for Republican Jack Ciattarelli for governor in the June 10 GOP primary, calling Ciattarelli a 'true champion' for the Garden State. 'It's being watched actually all over the world because New Jersey's ready to pop out of that blue horror show and really get in there and vote for somebody that's going to make things happen,' Trump said. Trump's push for Ciattarelli came on the eve of the early in-person voting period for the primary, which begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. and runs through Sunday. Ciattarelli is one of five men seeking the Republican nod for governor next week. His opponents include longtime New Jersey 101.5 radio host Bill Spadea, who also competed for Trump's endorsement, and state Sen. Jon Bramnick, a Trump critic. Whoever wins the nomination on June 10 will compete against one of six Democrats in November to succeed term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat. The president said Monday that Ciattarelli has his 'complete and total endorsement.' 'Other people are going around saying I endorsed them. It's not true,' Trump said. Trump's support for Ciattarelli came even after Ciattarelli in 2015 called Trump a 'charlatan.' Appearing on Spadea's show last year, Trump said Ciattarelli 'made some very big mistakes' when Ciattarelli sought unsuccessfully to unseat Murphy in 2021. Spadea has said he was disappointed in Trump's endorsement of Ciattarelli, and has even referenced the endorsement in a recent campaign ad, telling Republican voters that 'it's OK for you to disagree with' Trump. Several polls have shown Ciattarelli with a substantial lead in the GOP primary. A May 15 Emerson College/Pix 11/The Hill poll shows Ciattarelli with 44% support compared to Spadea's 18%, with roughly a quarter of voters undecided. That poll also shows Trump has a split job approval rating in the state, with 47% approving and 47% disapproving. Trump on Monday blasted New Jersey as a sanctuary state with 'crippling regulations and rampant corruption.' Just 10 days ago, the Trump administration sued four New Jersey cities and their mayors — including two Democratic candidates for governor, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop — over their sanctuary city policies. Trump also touched on his usual rally talking points, like easing illegal immigration at the southern border, transgender issues, crime, congestion pricing, and ending the 'radical left war on suburbs.' 'New Jersey's economy will wither and die, and you'll be living in a nightmare of chaos and crime, and you sort of have that to a certain extent now. But it's going to be changed, and it's going to be changed fast with Jack,' Trump said. Ciattarelli told the president that his first executive order as governor would be ending the Immigrant Trust Directive — that's the state policy that bars law enforcement from assisting federal agents with civil immigration enforcement — and pledged that his attorney general won't sue the White House. The state's current attorney general, Matt Platkin, a Democrat, has led and joined numerous legal complaints against the Trump administration. 'I'm honored, and I will not let you down, nor will the Republicans across New Jersey,' Ciattarelli said. 'They're going to turn out in record numbers this year because we see what's going on across the state.' SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka arrested outside ICE detention center
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested on Friday outside an immigration detention center he's been protesting this week. 'The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon,' interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey and former Donald Trump defense lawyer Alina Habba posted on X. 'He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.' Video obtained by Axios shows Baraka and other prominent Democrats at odds with authorities outside the Delaney Hall immigration center. Witnesses told Pix11 the mayor's arrest followed his attempt to join a facility tour with three of New Jersey's congressional delegates. A confrontation reportedly began when officers blocked Baraka from entering the facility. Viri Martinez, an activist with the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, said officers 'swarmed' the mayor after pushing and shoving ensued. 'They put Baraka in handcuffs and put him in an unmarked car,' she told Pix11. The Department of Homeland Security later released a statement alleging 'a group of protestors, including two members of the U.S. House of Representatives, stormed the gate and broke into the detention facility.' Those elected officials were identified as New Jersey representatives Robert Menendez, Jr. and Bonnie Watson Coleman. Rep. LaMonica McIver was also present for what she said was an oversight visit. McIver claimed Baraka did 'nothing wrong' and was targeted by officers after following directions. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin called Friday's clash a political stunt and said the department would have facilitated a tour had those involved requested one. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he was 'outraged' by Baraka's arrest and called for his immediate release by federal officers. Baraka is running to become the Garden State's next governor in November. Murphy is term-limited and can't run.
Time Out
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Time Out
Chicago is holding a public mass honoring late Pope Francis tomorrow morning
Tomorrow, Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral at 735 N. State St. will host a public mass in honor of the late Pope Francis, who passed away yesterday at the age of 88. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, announced that he will preside over the memorial mass for the late pontiff on Wednesday, April 23 at 10am. The public is invited to attend, and the service will also be livestreamed at this link. Affectionately known as "The People's Pope," Pope Francis—who was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina—was the papacy's first-ever Latin American leader. He was elected to the position back on March 13, 2013, succeeding Pope Benedict XVI, who had resigned on February 28, 2013, due to declining health. During his decade-plus tenure, Pope Francis displayed notable progressivism in his approach to leading the Roman Catholic Church, publicly speaking out about everything from immigrant and LGBTQ+ rights to climate change. He passed away just one day after making his final public appearance on Easter Sunday. Despite bowing out of all official Holy Week liturgies following his five-week hospitalization for double pneumonia, Pope Francis surprised worshippers with an appearance at St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, April 20. In his final address from the basilica's balcony, he again call for a ceasefire in Gaza and peace in conflict zones across the world. (The religious leader famously phoned the Holy Family Church in Gaza City—the only Catholic Church in the besieged region—every night throughout the war.) Though popes are customarily buried in the Vatican Grottoes beneath St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis will break that century-old tradition and be laid to rest at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. According to Pix11, in his last will, the pontiff "wished for a simple tomb in the ground bearing only the inscription, 'Franciscus.'"
