NYC residents say Mamdani reneging on affordable housing promise with proposed property tax hike

""I don't plan to move. It's my home. I'm not leaving," Vivian Campbell, who bought his two-story single-family home in Cambria Heights, Queens, in the 1990s, reportedly told WABC. The outlet reported that the retired man is on a fixed income and recently spent nearly $35,000 on a new front porch and roof. "He lied," Campbell said, referring to the mayor's affordable housing messaging on the campaign trail. "It's obvious.""

"Another man, identified by the outlet as homeowner James Johnson, declared, "Mayor Zohran Mamdani, you are out your god---- mind." "You are giving only two options. You're saying if we don't tax the rich then I gotta increase property taxes," Johnson added. "We are not a pawn in Southeast Queens. We are not part of your negotiation tactics." Fox News Digital reached out to the mayor's press office for comment."

Mayor Zohran Mamdani rolled out a preliminary fiscal year 2027 budget and said hiking property taxes would be a "last resort" if Albany does not raise taxes on the wealthy. Mamdani called for higher taxes on the richest New Yorkers and the most profitable corporations to address the city's budget deficit. Several homeowners in Southeast Queens reacted angrily, accusing the mayor of reneging on affordable housing campaign promises and warning of burdens on fixed-income residents. One retiree cited recent costly home repairs and called the mayor a liar. Residents demanded that property taxes be left alone and criticized the proposal as coercive.

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