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[+] -16 points 8 months ago (6 children)
  • [–] 23 points 8 months ago*

    He's required by law to balance the budget and has legal authority to do so by raising taxes.

    If anything most his critics are proposing he simply disobey the laws by slashing lawful services or by operating at a shortfall.

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    No, oddly enough a mayor does in fact have the authority to increase or decrease property taxes.

    He can also implement "special assessments" or "mansion taxes" o properties.

    He does have limits on who he can tax, it looks like the state controls the taxation for homesteads. Im not certain he can raise taxes on people with one home that they are currently living in (that may require state approval).

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    and that one single person shouldn’t get to decide

    I doubt that he is bypassing any legislative process here. Hes just doing things that are legally within his power.

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  • [+] -11 points 8 months ago (1 child)
  • Yeah executive orders are a stupid concept, but is it even the case here. I dont see anything about it in the article, it just says "Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday proposed to raise property tax rates in New York City by nearly 10 percent". It just sounds like a proposal that is still undergoing evaluation, not an order.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    I would push back and say that he's trying to implement the mandate he got elected on using the levers he has. In an ideal system the legislature should set the boundaries but that isn't the US right now.

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