NYC Mayor Mamdani knocked Ken Griffin in pied-a-terre tax promo. His firm calls the move ‘shameful’

NYC Mayor Mamdani knocked Ken Griffin in pied-a-terre tax promo. His firm calls the move ‘shameful’


Key Points
  • In a social media video filmed outside Ken Griffin’s residence, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a new pied-à-terre tax.
  • Citadel denounced the mayor’s move with Chief Operating Officer Gerald Beeson saying in an internal memo that targeting Griffin showed “ignorance and disdain” toward contributors to the city’s economy.
  • “It is shameful that he used Ken’s name as the example of those who supposedly aren’t carrying their fair share of the burdens associated with New York City’s often costly and wasteful spending,” Beeson wrote.



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