Mamdani must reform New York City’s property-tax system — it’s an avalanche of inequity
I’ve always found it morbidly fascinating that there’s a scattering of deceased mountain climbers strewn along the way up to Mount Everest’s summit.
Their frozen corpses, shrouded in bright, overpriced all-weather gear, politely remind those coming after them that continuing to the peak may not be their wisest decision.
Granted I’m in no shape to climb Murray Hill, never mind Everest, but this does remind me of the body count of politicians lining the trail who’ve tried to reform New York City’s backward property tax formula, which charges wealthy homeowners in posh zip codes a lower effective rate than those living in middle-class neighborhoods.
No doubt Mayor Zohran Mamdani also noticed none has yet summited that mountain after his deputy mayor committed to taking up the cause.
Look! There’s Bill de Blasio, frozen alongside his 2021 property tax commission.
Watch your step over Eric Adams, whose flashy jacket wasn’t enough to get a reform bill through the Legislature.
And over there, it’s Brad Lander, Justin Brannan and even me, the former Republican leader, hitched in tandem along an awkward bipartisan rope, and yet still couldn’t avoid the deep slide into the crevasse of........
