New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo slammed the economic platform of Zohran Mamdani, who won the Democratic nomination, and argued those policies would drive more high-income earners and businesses out of the city.
Cuomo, the former governor of New York, said in an appearance on FOX Business Network's " The Claman Countdown " that Mamdani's plan to raise taxes would push wealthy New Yorkers and businesses out of the city.
"When he says raise the state corporate rate 2%, it would be the same as New Jersey – that's misleading. If you raise the state 2%, the state rates would be the same, but the city has an additional tax, so New York City would be about double the New Jersey corporate tax, and you would see a flight to New Jersey," Cuomo said. "Unprecedented."
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