Gov. Kathy Hochul has admitted socialist mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani’s “tax the rich” plan would hurt middle class New Yorkers — as she insisted she has zero plans to hike taxes.

Hochul doubled down on her tax stance after she was bombarded with “tax the rich” chants when she appeared at Mamdani’s campaign rally over the weekend.

The governor told the “Raging Moderates” podcast earlier this week that she was concerned the 1.5% of wealthy New Yorkers who would be effected by Mamdani’s plan would just flee the Empire State.

Gov. Hochul doubled down on her ‘”tax the rich” stance after she was bombarded with chants while appearing at Zohran Mamdani’s campaign rally over the weekend Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock

“1.5% of New Yorkers cover about a third of our budget — that’s enormous.

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