Bernie Sanders, AOC-backed mayoral candidate planning massive spending increases in NYC

Pledging a slate of free programs and services during his campaign for New York City mayor democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani has propelled himself to be among the top candidates even threatening the highly favored former New York Gov Andrew Cuomo Mamdani's campaign has gained crucial traction in the New York City mayoral race The Democratic primary referendum is on Tuesday but results are not expected tonight due to the city's ranked choice voting system complicating the balloting and vote counting Currently a New York state assemblyman Mamdani has gained particular recognition through endorsements from big-name figures such as Sen Bernie Sanders I-Vt and Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-N Y However he has also gained notoriety in his own right due to a platform chock-full of free services that he has promised New York residents Mamdani has declared he will fund his promised services by raising an extra billion in city revenue by raising taxes on corporations and the top wealthiest New Yorkers DEM MAYORAL CANDIDATE IN MAJOR AMERICAN CITY LINKED TO RABID ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVISM REPORTA look through Mamdani s platform available on his campaign website lives up to his socialist affiliation and Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez's endorsements He has promised to without delay freeze rent prices for more than million New Yorkers living in rent-stabilized apartments implement free residents transit create a structure of city-owned grocery stores that are focused on keeping prices low not making a profit and institute free universal childcare for children from ages weeks to years He has also promised to create a New York City Department of Society Safety that he says will deploy outreach workers in subway stations expand gun violence prevention programs and increase funding to hate violence prevention programs by Mamdani has also pledged to champion a law to raise the minimum wage in New York City to an hour by COLBERT GRILLS DEM SOCIALIST NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE ZOHRAN MAMDANI ON ISRAEL ANTISEMITISMAnother major tenet of Mamdani s platform is Trump-proofing New York City His website states that President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement tariffs and other policies are tearing at the fabric of New York City Mamdani s website states that he will strengthen the city s sanctuary city apparatus by kicking ICE out of all city facilities and ending any cooperation with the agency as well as increasing legal promotion for immigrants and shielding their personal statistics His website further states that as mayor Mamdani will make New York City an LGBTQ sanctuary city and protect reproductive rights So what does the bill look like for all this According to reporting by Politico this week Mamdani s campaign estimates that providing universal childcare would cost between and billion his Department of Public Safety would cost up to million in new spending and the city-run food stores cost another million SANDERS ENDORSES SOCIALIST MAMDANI IN MOVE TO BLOCK CUOMO IN NYC MAYORAL RACEMamdani is further proposing tripling the city s billion budget to carry out his housing agenda Meanwhile the free buses are projected to cost the MTA roughly million a year in annual revenue Where will the extra money come from Mamdani s website says that he plans to raise the corporate tax rate to which he says will bring in an extra billion He plans to further set a flat tax on those earning above million annually which he believes will bring in an extra billion a year in taxes He has also commented he will hire more tax auditors end no-bid contracts and crack down on fine collection from corrupt landlords to raise an additional billion Mamdani s campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital s request for comment