Tensions are simmering between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin over the city budget. CBS News New York political reporter Marcia Kramer has the story.
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Congratulations fools of NYC you voted this lowlife in and nothing is free as a matter of fact he wants to tax everyone to give to the leeches of the city 😂
Cut spending and lower taxes and cut property taxes
mamdani should beg trump for forgiveness and turn to Christianity
New york voted in mamdani a guy whom has never had a job. He has a silver spoon up his. He lived off his parents wealth and contributed nothing to Society.
Speaker Menin just sent out a newsletter where she's claiming to pull 6 billion dollars out of nowhere, claiming antisemitism though not identifying any specific incidents, proclaiming legislation that there may not even be a need for where all responsibility is pushed off on the police commissioner, going on and on with nothing – it's the old corporate Democrat identity politics / make up numbers / do nothing nonsense. Corrupt politicians love to make empty claims and treat you like you're stupid. Enough of that. Remember we're facing the current budget shortfall in part because Adams and the Council worked together to pass irresponsible budgets that are coming due. Mamdani knows cuts are not going to be popular with his demographic, he wouldn't push cuts of any sort unless they were good and necessary – meanwhile Menin is pushing for additional expenditures on top of the supposed 6 billion she's pulling out of thin air. Think about it.
Menin is not wrong
Mamdani needs to cut the fat, especially the programs Adams created and de Blasio’s Thrive programs that do not work. Taxes should be the last option. He does not need to cut core public safety and quality of life services like the FDNY, NYPD, DOE, and Health Department. Costs will keep growing if the city continues funding ineffective programs and overstaffing certain agencies. I know some agencies are understaffed, so he needs to identify which ones truly need more support and which ones are bloated and should be cut.
Wether you like it or not ❤MAMDANI❤ Is the best 👍 NYC mayor. He is not corrupt like Coumo, he is not bribed like Adam and he is not demogoge like Bloomberg etc.
Disapprove
Menin has claimed only 500,000 worth in assets yet owns several private jets and lives in the Hamptons. Come to your own conclusion with that information.
Just fire the her and be done with it already.
SHE ONLY TALKS ABOUT BLACK COMUNITYS, HOW ABOUT SPANISH COMUNITYS THAT ARE RUNNING THIS CITY EVERY SINGLE DAY BY DAY.
More Corporate lies from CBS. Menin represents one of the richest districts in the Council. Why did she win the Speakership? IMO the Council is dominated by Corporate interests opposed to Mamdani's policies. Mamdani is exposing Menin ( as well as Hochul) as another Wealthy Elite who does not care for the NYC Working Class and would rather follow what Bloomberg did during Great Recession, eg. cut child services and DOE budget. (Before this how many knew that Menin's husband is very wealthy real estate developer; now We all know!) Now it is time for Us to rally around Mamdani and support his policies!
New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin and her husband, developer Bruce Menin, A co-founder of Crescent Heights, a privately held real estate firm based in Miami, Florida. As a managing principal, he has overseen large-scale residential and mixed-use projects in U.S. cities including Miami, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Take a guess as to who the City Council Speaker is try to protect. She needs to be voted out of that job.
So not surprised that there’s a power struggle going on! When u elect incompetent buffoons, this is what happens!
First America hating Hindu mayor is crashing and burning already 😂communism has never worked and it won’t work now.
So what Adams was doing didnt work. They want more of the same.
Mamdani is an anchor bringing NYC down
Islam and communism are the two most destructive ideologies in the world. NYC chose both.
I hear he's selling the Brooklyn bridge to raise funds now
First of it is passed ammunition fault. So why shouldn't he say anything about it. Second why no one is really calling out Trump for doing it. Third if Eric Adams was so popular then why was everyone asking him to step down. Forth Why is she lying? Because these black businesses don't make as much as these rich corporations. Only taxing properties would hurt people. She and Kathy Hochul don't care and are lying. Fifth cutting funding to schools and other programs would also hurt the people and the newer generation in our community. Sixth we didn't vote Mandani in to be a moderate status quo democrat. Seventh they better get on the same page or we're just gonna kick them all out. Point blank period.
Cheesus, that reporter needs to remember a journalist isn’t supposed to be bias. She’s just supposed to lay down facts.