Mamdani Receives Viral Praise for Budget Balancing Achievement

The mayor went viral when he announced a balanced NYC budget after starting the year with a $12 billion deficit, with social media users praising his fiscal management with comments like "so wtf were the previous NYC Mayors doing?"

• brokenCorporate tax hike ($1.75B/year)
• keptPied-à-terre tax on $5M+ second homes
• brokenDouble DCWP budget to $135M
• brokenIncrease Human Rights Commission funding to $21M