"Sounds like it will be a drawn-out, long goodbye from a man who hates to admit it's over. But it's over. Griffin will never see New York City the same way again. Even if Mamdani is no longer mayor someday, the people who elected him will still be the voting majority in that rotten apple."
...and fire his maintenance people, his local administration. Why not close down the wealthy owners of Las Vegas resorts and send away all the workers (who, by the way, tend to give that city a Democrat majority.) TD
"It started with an undeniably creepy, stalky video starring New York City's dashing young communist mayor, Zohran Kwame Mamdani. The mayor posted the video on Tax Day, April 15. In it, he announced the creation of a so-called pied-à-terre tax — a tax on luxury second homes within city limits. That was the commie part of the video; the creepy, stalky part was that he chose to film it in front of a building that houses a penthouse belonging to one individual billionaire. Mamdani called the man out by name — Ken Griffin, founder and co-owner of the Citadel hedge fund and securities empire — and stoked envy by disclosing what he had paid for his apartment." . . .
. . . "Something the menacing mayor never mentioned in his covetous propaganda clip is that Griffin is already an extremely generous benefactor of the Big Apple. My colleague Robert Spencer reported in April:
The thing is, however, that Ken Griffin is not really a problem for New York City. The Washington Free Beacon reported Saturday that Griffin, along with legendary music mogul David Geffen, made a “joint $400 million donation to Memorial Sloan Kettering in 2023. This constituted “the largest single donation the cancer center has ever received.” Griffin has also given “$40 million to the Museum of Modern Art, $40 million to the Museum of Natural History, and $15 million to the poverty-fighting Robin Hood Foundation.” The Free Beacon adds: “Sources tell us his gifts to city institutions total around $600 million.”
"All told, Griffin "has donated more than $2.5 billion to advance education, opportunity, and health sciences initiatives that significantly transform people’s lives," according to Citadel's website.
"Then, there are also the enormous contributions that Griffin's business endeavors make to NYC's overall prosperity. "…Griffin, whose Citadel and Citadel Securities together employ approximately 5,000 people, is currently building Midtown's tallest skyscraper right on Park Ave.," the Free Beacon noted, "something a mayor with any understanding of how to help working people would be welcoming and celebrating." . . .More...
Athena Thorne • coastal conservative • NYC Metro Area, New England • fearfully and wonderfully made • cats, fish • medium rare • the peatier the better
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