Hochul will raise taxes to fulfill Mamdanis socialist agenda, GOP opponent Bruce Blakeman warns in closing campaign ad

Gov.Kathy Hochul will raise New Yorkers’ taxes to fulfill Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist agenda if she’s re-elected next week, her GOP opponent Bruce Blakeman warned.Blakeman, in his campaign’s closing 30-second digital ad, claimed Hochul will scheme with the New York City mayor to raise taxes by billions of dollars after the November 3 election — unless she is stopped.“Kathy Hochul made New York unaffordable — taxing paychecks, toll and fare hikes.

The nation’s highest taxes,” the narrator in the Blakeman ad says.“Now, Hochul is planning with Mamdani massive new tax hikes for their socialist agenda: higher income taxes, property taxes, higher taxes on farms, small businesses.They even want to half our inheritance, all while giving millions to illegals,” the TV spot continues.“Hochul raised taxes before, she’ll raise them again.

Only your vote for Bruce Blakeman will stop them.”Blakeman, the Republican Nassau County executive, has vowed he’d effectively wipe out income taxes for most New Yorkers, if elected.The Long Island pol said he’d eliminate taxes on the first $50,000 of income for single filers and on the first $100,000 for married couples.He said economic growth and slashing funding for illegal aliens would help cover the $34 billion tax-cutting plan.During their only debate on October 14, Hochul insisted she would not raise state income taxes.Hochul twice raised the payroll tax on corporations in the New York City region to fund mass transit and backed the $9 congestion pricing toll to enter Midtown Manhattan, also to bankroll the MTA.Earlier this year, the Democratic incumbent authorized the controversial new tax on luxury second homes in the Big Apple to prop up Mamdani’s budget.Hochul has boasted she’s cut income taxes for middle-class New Yorkers to the lowest rate in decades.The NYC chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America — allies of Mamdani —  supports raising taxes by a staggering $32 billion on th...