While I wholeheartedly agree with the goal, we should keep in mind that this is still executive overreach and that one single person shouldn’t get to decide. Of course, the whole system needs a better approach to really implement the constituents’ wishes, but no kings goes at all levels, not just the presidency.
No, oddly enough a mayor does in fact have the authority to increase or decrease property taxes.
He can also implement “special assessments” or “mansion taxes” o properties.
He does have limits on who he can tax, it looks like the state controls the taxation for homesteads. Im not certain he can raise taxes on people with one home that they are currently living in (that may require state approval).
I never said he doesn’t have the authority, I said that if what he wants is not in his power, the state legislature in this case, this approach is something people would decry if the opposite side of the spectrum did it (the approach itself, the content would anyways).
Oh, I’m not saying he is doing anything outside of his powers, I’m just saying that legislating by executive order is not tactic that should be encouraged.
Yeah executive orders are a stupid concept, but is it even the case here. I dont see anything about it in the article, it just says “Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday proposed to raise property tax rates in New York City by nearly 10 percent”. It just sounds like a proposal that is still undergoing evaluation, not an order.
While I wholeheartedly agree with the goal, we should keep in mind that this is still executive overreach and that one single person shouldn’t get to decide. Of course, the whole system needs a better approach to really implement the constituents’ wishes, but no kings goes at all levels, not just the presidency.
He’s required by law to balance the budget and has legal authority to do so by raising taxes.
If anything most his critics are proposing he simply disobey the laws by slashing lawful services or by operating at a shortfall.
No, oddly enough a mayor does in fact have the authority to increase or decrease property taxes.
He can also implement “special assessments” or “mansion taxes” o properties.
He does have limits on who he can tax, it looks like the state controls the taxation for homesteads. Im not certain he can raise taxes on people with one home that they are currently living in (that may require state approval).
I never said he doesn’t have the authority, I said that if what he wants is not in his power, the state legislature in this case, this approach is something people would decry if the opposite side of the spectrum did it (the approach itself, the content would anyways).
I doubt that he is bypassing any legislative process here. Hes just doing things that are legally within his power.
Oh, I’m not saying he is doing anything outside of his powers, I’m just saying that legislating by executive order is not tactic that should be encouraged.
Yeah executive orders are a stupid concept, but is it even the case here. I dont see anything about it in the article, it just says “Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday proposed to raise property tax rates in New York City by nearly 10 percent”. It just sounds like a proposal that is still undergoing evaluation, not an order.