Vornado CEO: 'Tax the rich' rhetoric is as hateful as slurs
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Steve Roth, CEO of Vornado Realty Trust, argued that calls to 'tax the rich' should be praised, not condemned, claiming the phrase is as hateful as racial slurs during an investor call; he criticized Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax video and suggested Ken Griffin could play a role in educating voters, while Hochul resists broad tax hikes and Citadel weighs a paused $6 billion Midtown project involving Roth’s firm.
Topics:business#pied-a-terre-tax#politics#steve-roth#tax-the-rich#vornado-realty-trust#zohran-mamdani
- Real estate titan compares 'tax the rich' slogan to racial slurs Politico
- In Attack on Mamdani, Vornado Chief Likens ‘Tax the Rich’ to Hate Speech The New York Times
- Billionaire says Mamdani’s 'tax the rich' video outside his NYC apartment was ‘creepy’ and ‘frightening’ Fox Business
- Griffin says he’s doubling down on Miami amid Mamdani feud Crain's Chicago Business
- Vornado CEO Appeals to Mamdani After Mayor’s Griffin ‘Blunder’ Bloomberg.com
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