Trump Tells Mamdani to "Cherish" Billionaires, Warns "You Won't Have a State Left" — WABC Radio Tue PM / Reverbs Wed

On Sid Rosenberg's WABC radio show (Tue evening, reverbing through Wed May 13 coverage), President Trump warned Mamdani not to "tax people out" of NYC and urged him to "cherish" billionaires like Citadel's Ken Griffin: "When you lose people like that, it's sort of not recoverable." Trump praised Griffin as "key to New York" hours after the Citadel CEO threatened to abandon his Park Avenue skyscraper. Trump-Mamdani comments arrive on top of the May 12 FY27 exec budget rollout that kept the $5M+ pied-à-terre tax in. Pairs with Roth (Vornado), Adams, and the Apollo "second HQ" pile-on.

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

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