Scott Singer, the Republican mayor of Boca Raton, Florida, told Newsmax on Thursday he has one message for New Yorkers fearful over the possible election of hard-line liberal Zohran Mamdani as the Big Apple’s mayor: My city will welcome you with open arms, and low taxes.
Mamdani, a New York state assemblyman and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, won the city’s Democrat primary Tuesday night and is in line to become its first Muslim mayor. He campaigned on progressive initiatives, including reduced funding for law enforcement and opening publicly funded grocery stores through higher taxes on wealthier residents.
“For decades, we’ve been attracting the best of New York and the best of larger cities fleeing high-tax, high-crime, high-regulation jurisdictions,” Singer told “Newsline.” “New York City, where I lived for 10 years and before I came back, thankfully, to Boca Raton, is about to get a lot worse. If what we see proposed on Tuesday goes forward, billions in taxes driving companies out. Efforts to cut down on police. In Boca Raton, we’ve not only funded police, we have the highest starting salary of any city in the southeast.
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