Mayor Zohran Mamdani has declared that property taxes will require a 9.5% hike across NYC to make up for Gov. Kathy Hochul’s refusal to hike taxes on NY’s wealthy. He will also drain the city’s rainy day fund by $1 billion. He repeatedly stressed Tuesday that this hike will be a “last resort” that will only materialize in the event Hochul doesn’t follow through on tax hikes.




