Mamdani claimed that his soak-the-rich proposal was not driven by race, despite targeting white homeowners, emphasizing an assessment of under-taxed versus over-taxed neighborhoods.
"We have an aging population, and a lot of people on lower income in that age range, and it's just an incredibly unfair burden to put on them," House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) told WGME.