{"id":44484,"date":"2025-07-06T22:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T22:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/44484\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T22:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T22:50:11","slug":"nyc-voters-torn-over-zohran-mamdanis-big-plans-to-hike-taxes-on-wealthy-corporations-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/44484\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC voters torn over Zohran Mamdani’s big plans to hike taxes on wealthy, corporations: poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani\u2019s plans to hike taxes on corporations and wealthy New Yorkers<\/a> has general election voters split, a new poll showed.<\/p>\n

Some 48% of voters were in favor of increasing the corporate tax on Big Apple-based companies to pay for free public transit and affordable housing \u2014 while 42% were in favor of upping taxes on the five boroughs\u2019 wealthiest residents, according to the poll by Honan Strategy Group.<\/p>\n

But support for corporate taxes plunged to 36% when voters were asked if they\u2019d support a higher corporate tax if it meant chasing businesses out of Gotham.<\/p>\n

New Yorkers are split on Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani\u2019s plans to raise taxes on the rich and corporations, according to a new poll. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cShould the city consider increasing the corporate tax for NYC-based companies to finance affordable housing and free public transit?\u201d participants were asked initially.<\/p>\n

While 48% said yes, 42% said no, according to the poll.<\/p>\n

The poll also asked, \u201cWould you support free public buses <\/a>if funded by a wealth tax?\u201d<\/p>\n

Only 42% said yes, while 47% were opposed and 11% were unsure, the poll found.<\/p>\n

Slightly more than half \u2014 53% \u2014 backed Mamdani\u2019s proposal for city-run grocery stores aimed at lowering food prices, even if that requires moderate tax increases on high earners, according to the poll. But 35% were opposed to the government-run stores while another 12% said they were unsure, the poll said.<\/p>\n

A Mamdani supporter holding a sign calling him a \u201cchampion\u201d for working people at a rally on July 2, 2025. Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, 51% supported a rent-freeze on rent-stabilized apartments even if it meant increased
taxes on millionaires, while 28% opposed the proposal and 20% are unsure, according to the poll.<\/p>\n

Mamdani has proposed a new 2% tax on millionaires, and shifting the property tax burden to wealthier, \u201cwhiter\u201d neighborhoods<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But voters are divided when asked what is the single most important issue facing today: 21% cite housing affordability, while another 21% say crime and violence.<\/p>\n

Another 14% of respondents cited Donald Trump, 8% said corruption and 7% said quality-of-life issues.<\/p>\n

As the Democratic nominee, Mamdani is considered the frontrunner in the mayor\u2019s race in deeply blue New York. He\u2019ll be facing incumbent Eric Adams and ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo \u2014 both running on independent ballot lines \u2014 as well as Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa and independent Jim Walden.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile there is consensus about some of the financial burdens that New Yorkers are feeling, opinions are more mixed and divided about some of the proposed policy solutions,\u201d pollster Bradley Honan said.<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s tax-the-rich proposals that would require approval in Albany and Gov. Kathy Hochul has so far seemed unwilling to support the measures. Still, voters overwhelmingly agree that the Big Apple is too expensive a place to live, according to the survey.<\/p>\n

For example, 93% of respondents said the city is having an affordability crisis and 80% agreed with the statement that New York City is increasingly only affordable for the rich people of Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Mamdani supporters with \u201cFreeze the Rent\u201d signs in Coney Island on June 21, 2025. Michael Nagle<\/p>\n

The poll also found that 72% agree their family is struggling to achieve the American Dream despite their hard work and effort and 61% agree that their personal income has stagnated and are not sure whether they can get ahead or not, while 56% say they are struggling every month to pay their rent\/mortgage.<\/p>\n

Nearly two-thirds of voters said inflation had caused them moderate or significant hardship in the past year, while 25% said no hardship and 10% weren\u2019t unsure.<\/p>\n

Many voters are concerned about the city\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n

The Post\u2019s cover on Mamdani\u2019s plan to give \u201cwhite neighborhoods\u201d higher property taxes.<\/p>\n

Only 15% believe that the city is heading in the right direction, while 53% feel it is on the wrong track and 32% said they didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

The mobile phone text survey of 817 likely voters was taken June 25-26 \u2014 right after Mamdani\u2019s primary victory. It has a margin of error of +\/-3.42%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani\u2019s plans to hike taxes on corporations and wealthy New Yorkers has general election…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5341,80,618,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-44484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-nyc-mayoral-election-2025","17":"tag-politics","18":"tag-taxes","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-us-news","25":"tag-usa","26":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114808738673437310","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}