As New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tax-the-rich plans spark backlash among New York’s wealthy, at least one cohort of millionaires is fully supportive of his policies.
The members of the “Patriotic Millionaires” group — who include a Disney heiress, an owner of Manhattan’s Flatiron Building and a former BlackRock Inc. managing director — argue that rich residents can afford paying more into city coffers. To them, it’s a small price to pay to preserve New York’s long-term vitality.
Abigail Disney
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“I’ve gotten tax cut after tax cut after tax cut. And I never needed any of them,” Abigail Disney ...
