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<v Speaker 1>TUXI about.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the seventy seven WABC Mini cast.

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<v Speaker 3>There was a hearing on the second home tax in

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<v Speaker 3>New York and it was at City Hall, that is

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<v Speaker 3>where Mayor Mundani works and his TeamWorks, and somehow none

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<v Speaker 3>of them were able to make it today, so they

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<v Speaker 3>didn't want to come to listen to anybody, and that

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<v Speaker 3>includes even on the Democratic side. There were a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of folks from the Democratic side who are not happy

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<v Speaker 3>about this rollout. Remember they listed about a million people

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<v Speaker 3>publicly and said they could be potential folks, and then

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<v Speaker 3>there were another seventeen thousand that got letters, but somehow

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<v Speaker 3>they could not even make it to an event a

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<v Speaker 3>hearing today to talk about it. They submitted a written

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<v Speaker 3>statement and a lot of people said that is darnwright disrespectful.

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<v Speaker 3>So I want to play a comment here. This is

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<v Speaker 3>from Jason Haber. He is one of the folks who

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<v Speaker 3>was at this press conference. This has cut sixty nine

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<v Speaker 3>and he was there at the press conference saying, Mayor Mandani,

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<v Speaker 3>where are you your team? Where are you now? In

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<v Speaker 3>faris to Mayor Mandanti, he's actually an upstate New York.

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<v Speaker 3>He's in Albany because he's preparing for his senate and

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<v Speaker 3>gubernatorial bid. I'm just kidding, but he maybe who knows, right,

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<v Speaker 3>But he's an upstate New York he's on vacation, but

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<v Speaker 3>so he wasn't in town. But you would think he'd

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<v Speaker 3>fly down for a meeting like this. You would think

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<v Speaker 3>he'd send some of his staffers. No, they don't care.

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<v Speaker 3>They're going full steam ahead. There's nothing to discuss, I guess.

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<v Speaker 3>But here is one of the folks at the press

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<v Speaker 3>conference who was saying the question. Everybody was wondering, where's.

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<v Speaker 4>The mayor, where's the administration? Why did they get to

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<v Speaker 4>phone it in? Why are we out here? And they're

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<v Speaker 4>not going to be We'll be inside City Hall. We'll

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<v Speaker 4>be telling them stories our clients are telling about the confusion,

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<v Speaker 4>the chaos, and the sentence that this is created unnecessarily.

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<v Speaker 3>And here as New York City Councilwoman in Verdikov speaking out.

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<v Speaker 1>Naturally, ma'mam, Danny chose to dodge the Council's hearing on

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<v Speaker 1>his administration's disastrous pete tier tax roll out. Today he

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<v Speaker 1>was about to get slammed from both sides of the aisle.

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<v Speaker 1>Our offices have been flooded with calls from anxious and

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<v Speaker 1>confused constituents, raising many questions. Why were their names and

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<v Speaker 1>addresses publicized for the world to see. Why did they

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<v Speaker 1>receive a notice saying they may owe an additional pe

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<v Speaker 1>tier tax when this is their primary residence. Why did

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<v Speaker 1>this list include nine hundred thousand people when it was

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<v Speaker 1>meant for seventeen thousand. Since the Mamdani administration never took

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<v Speaker 1>responsibility for the box rollout or claim was an accident,

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<v Speaker 1>we are left to wonder was this intentional? Was it

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<v Speaker 1>his scare property owners, regardless of whether they're actually wealthy.

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<v Speaker 1>Was it to expose them for the sin of owning

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<v Speaker 1>a second home? Was it to shame or dox them?

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<v Speaker 1>Was it to subject them to bad actors. New York's

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<v Speaker 1>taxpayers deserve answers. But today Mom Donnie deliberately circumvented accountability

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<v Speaker 1>and casually refused to provide them. He must be compelled

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<v Speaker 1>to face New Yorkers.

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<v Speaker 3>And there were Democrats as well, saying we are hearing

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<v Speaker 3>from all our constituents. A lot of people are writing today,

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<v Speaker 3>and in fact, it's interesting that there were a number

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<v Speaker 3>of individuals who were coming out today and they were

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<v Speaker 3>saying like the honeymoon's over. I mean, that was one

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<v Speaker 3>of the feelings that this is sort of the icebreaker,

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<v Speaker 3>if you will, with Mayor Mundani, and the Washington Post

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<v Speaker 3>even saying too that so many people, even on the

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<v Speaker 3>Democratic side, cannot believe he's still pushing for the second

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<v Speaker 3>home tax, driving more people out of the great state

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<v Speaker 3>of New York. And here's Claudia Tenney, of course, congress

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<v Speaker 3>woman from the state of New York, and she had

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of choice words for Mayor Mundani.

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<v Speaker 2>And the problem is, when you have a big kent,

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<v Speaker 2>you get the clowns in there. And I think the

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<v Speaker 2>boss clown is Mandami, and he is going to be,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the tail wagging the dog. They cannot say

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<v Speaker 2>no to him, including our governor, you know, who's trying

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<v Speaker 2>to run statewide again. She cannot say no to Mandami.

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<v Speaker 2>The money, the taxes, the energy crisis, all these things

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<v Speaker 2>are and the Democrats are just going to let them go.

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<v Speaker 2>And I want to make sure everybody understands this is

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<v Speaker 2>not anyway equivalent to when the Tea Party movement was

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<v Speaker 2>part of the Republican movement. They were actually conservatives, They

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<v Speaker 2>believed in freedom, they believed in less taxes, they believe

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<v Speaker 2>in and supporting our const institution. They believe in our veterans.

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<v Speaker 2>I went to Tea Party rallies in twenty ten. In

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<v Speaker 2>that timeframe, it was filled with veterans. It was not

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<v Speaker 2>a group of people who are about Actually I consider

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<v Speaker 2>them not really democrats, not really democrats, socialists. I consider

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<v Speaker 2>them subversive because they are trying to destroy the constitution.

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<v Speaker 2>And they say it as you just said. They say

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<v Speaker 2>we want to destroy the constitution. We don't support it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think people should be very concerned because they're

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<v Speaker 2>gaining ground, especially among certain demographics, and the Democrats, even

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<v Speaker 2>the moderate ones who claim to be moder anyway, there's

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<v Speaker 2>no real moderates, especially in the House representatives. They all

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<v Speaker 2>vote left. But the ones who claim to be moderate

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<v Speaker 2>are not actually standing up to them. Very few, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Very few are standing up to them. And again tonight

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<v Speaker 3>I am happy to hear that at least two of

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<v Speaker 3>them lost in Florida.