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I can't wait to see the U-Haul data when they elect that moron Mayor: NYC's freeways are going to jam up with people driving to Florida to live.
You'll probably be disappointed.
Most of the people that you're thinking of aren't going to leave, because they won't really have any immediate direct reason to do so. Put simply, most of Mamdani's proposals are never going to get implemented, because the Mayor lacks any authority to implement them. The Mayor of NYC doesn't have any direct taxing authority to begin with, and the taxes that are set by the City Council (property and sales taxes, mostly) are uniform and not tied to income levels. Without funding, nearly all of his economic proposals are dead in the water.
No doubt Mamdani will keep his promise to "fight" for his proposals, but it's unlikely he'll get much of a reception in Albany. I'll freely admit that I have no direct knowledge of NYS politics, but there's no indication that he's got the votes he'd need to make any major changes in the tax obligations of NYC residents.
So then why would people pack up and leave? Sure, there's lots of stuff that Mamdani can affect - but few of those are things that would prompt wealthier folks who have stuck it out through the de Blasio and Adams administrations to take off. Honestly, I think the folks who will be more affected would be the people who can't afford to rent U-hauls - free bus service is devastating for people who actually use the bus system, if you can't fill up the funding hole created by the farebox revenue loss.
