Billionaire Citadel founder Ken Griffin is encouraging New York's business leaders to take on socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, warning that the city's future could be at risk if employers and investors stay quiet."They need to find their voice and fight for their city," Griffin said Thursday at a Manhattan event, according to Bloomberg."My advice is to speak up.What’s the worst that’s going to happen? It will be that New York empties of talent and that’s a catastrophe.
If the mayor wants to say a few words about you, your record speaks for itself: You create jobs, you create value and you pay taxes."MAMDANI'S WALL STREET COURTSHIP SPARKS CRITICISM OF ANTI-BILLIONAIRE AGENDAThe Citadel founder is clashing with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani over taxes targeting the ultra-wealthy and intensifying crime, reviving the same tensions that drove him to pull his business and billions out of Chicago.(Spencer Platt/Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg/Getty Images / Getty Images)Griffin's remarks mark the latest chapter in an ongoing clash between Wall Street's billionaire class and Mamdani, whose proposals to raise taxes on wealthy New Yorkers and luxury property owners have drawn fierce criticism from business leaders concerned about the city's economic competitiveness.The financial titan, whose net worth is estimated at $48.3 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, argued that New York's corporate leaders should focus on the long-term future of the city rather than short-term political battles.BILLIONAIRE KEN GRIFFIN SAYS CITADEL’S CHICAGO EXODUS WAS ‘NOT HARD,’ CITES CRIME, TAXES"Everything should be viewed through the lens of, Citadel will be here far longer than he’ll be mayor," Griffin said.The comments come as Griffin and Mamdani appear to be cautiously opening a dialogue after months of public sparring over taxes, wealth and the city's business climate.The socialist mayor recently reached out to Griffin after previously criticizing the billionai...