纽约市在佐赫兰·曼达尼发表上述声明前，已收到全州工薪阶层纳税人缴纳的数十亿美元资金
美国东部时间2026年7月1日11:26 / 福克斯新闻频道
作者：彼得·达布罗斯卡
纽约市市长佐赫兰·曼达尼表示，该市“深陷预算危机”，为实现预算平衡面临艰难抉择。
纽约市市长再次遭到批评，此前他语出惊人，宣称自己的社会主义政策帮助这座大苹果城实现了预算平衡，而就在不久前，该市刚获得州政府提供的数十亿美元救助金。
“今年1月，本届政府接手时面临120亿美元的预算赤字——这场财政危机比大衰退时期还要严重，”曼达尼市长在周二的X平台帖子中宣布债务已清偿。
“我们通过对富人征税并提高政府行政效率实现了预算平衡，”曼达尼继续说道，“我们没有让工薪阶层为平衡预算买单，而且永远不会这么做。”
但预算得以平衡的真正原因是，纽约州今年1月向该市拨付了15亿美元资金——资金来自全州工薪阶层纳税人——作为帮助这座财政困难城市的多年救助计划的一部分。5月底，该市又获得了40亿美元拨款。
在前市长埃里克·亚当斯任期内以及现任曼达尼市长任期内，该市救助基金累计获得80亿美元拨款，其中5亿美元被专门指定用于该市解决财政措施问题，其中包括允许市政府延迟缴纳养老金缴款以填补预算缺口。
曼达尼声称社会主义政策成效显著，却只字未提纳税人出资的大规模救助计划，这番言论在社交媒体上引发不满。
“这是谎言，”独立记者尼克·雪莉在回复这位市长时说道。
“你靠从纽约州政府借贷数十亿美元平衡了预算，还延迟了养老金缴款，说白了你就是从‘辛勤工作的民众身上榨取钱财’。别搞错了，”他补充道。
评论员兼记者尼克·索托尔也就这笔贷款以及曼达尼对救助计划的定性抨击了这位市长。
“你是说纽约人可以‘通过办理巨额信用卡贷款平衡预算’吗？”他讽刺地问道。
“曼达尼靠从奥尔巴尼拿钱平衡了预算，而奥尔巴尼又向罗切斯特和布法罗征税，”另一位社交媒体用户写道，“真正为曼达尼所有‘免费福利’买单的是这些人。”
在当天早些时候的新闻发布会上，曼达尼宣称战胜了资本主义。
“在整个过程中，我不断想起奥地利经济学家弗里德里希·哈耶克的话：‘如果社会主义者懂经济学，他们就不会成为社会主义者了。’”
在共和党全国代表大会（RNC）发布这段视频后，曼达尼也因此遭到嘲讽。
“一开始总是看起来不错，直到恶果显现，”一位网友回复道。
“他很快就会‘带来’面包排队了，”另一位网友说道。
曼达尼的办公室未回复福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求。
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Mamdani ripped for claiming victory over capitalism after NYC’s multi-billion dollar taxpayer funded bailout
New York City received billions from working class taxpayers across the state before Mamdani’s pronouncement
July 1, 2026 11:26am EDT / Fox News
By Peter D’Abrosca
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that his city was “firmly within a budget crisis,” and faced difficult choices to reach a balanced budget.
New York City’s mayor is again under fire after spewing outlandish claims that his socialist policies are to credit for a balanced budget in the Big Apple, just after the city received a multi-billion dollar bailout from the state.
“In January, our administration inherited a $12 billion budget deficit — a fiscal crisis greater than the Great Recession,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a Tuesday post on X announcing that the debt had been cleared.
“We balanced the budget by taxing the rich and making government more efficient,” Mamdani continued. “We did not balance this budget on the backs of working people, and we never will.”
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a primary-night watch party for NYC Congressional candidate Claire Valdez at 99 Scott Studio on June 23, 2026 in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City.(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
But the real reason the budget it balanced is because the city was handed $1.5 billion by the state of New York in January — funded by working class taxpayers across the state — as part of a multi-year plan to bail out the fiscally-challenged city. In late May, the city received another $4 billion.
Of the combined $8 billion provided to the city’s bailout fund under former Mayor Eric Adams’ tenure and now Mamdani’s mayorship, $5 billion was directly earmarked for the city to address fiscal measures. This includes allowing city government to defer pension contributions to close the budgetary gap.
Mamdani’s claims about socialist policies producing results — and his failure to mention the massive bailouts provided by taxpayer dollars — did not fly on social media.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul holds media availability press conference and makes an announcement on abortion rights at the office on 633 3rd Avenue.(Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
“This is a lie,” independent journalist Nick Shirley said in a reply to the mayor.
“You balanced the budget by borrowing billions from the NY state government which pushed back pension payments, so you literally took money from ‘the backs of hardworking people.’ Don’t get it twisted,” he added.
Commentator and journalist Nick Sortor also flamed the mayor over the loan and his classification of the bailout.
“Are you saying New Yorkers can ‘balance their budgets’ by taking out massive credit card loans?” he asked sarcastically.
Independent journalist Nick Shirley sat down for an interview with Riley Gaines as part of the launch of Outkick’s “The Riley Gaines Show.”(OutKick)
“Mamdani balanced the budget by taking money from Albany, who in turn taxed Rochester and Buffalo” another social media user said. “That’s who is paying for all of Mamdani’s free crap.”
In a press conference earlier in the day, Mamdani claimed victory over capitalism.
“Throughout this process I have been reminded of the words of the Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek: ‘if socialists understood economics, they wouldn’t be socialists.’”
A man sleeps on the E train, one of the subway lines most utilized by homeless New Yorkers for shelter, in Queens, New York, on Monday, April 7, 2025.(Victor J. Blue for The Washington Post/Getty Images)
After the Republican National Convention (RNC) posted that clip, Mamdani also faced ridicule for that.
“It always looks good at first until the chickens come home to roost,” one person replied.
“He’ll soon ‘deliver’ bread lines instead,” said another.
Mamdani’s office did not return Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.
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