According to Larry Kudlow, writing in The New York Sun, Republican Curtis Sliwa won the New York City mayoral debate. Kudlow writes:

As far as I’m concerned, Curtis Sliwa won last night’s mayoral debate.

He had the kind of great ideas of lower taxes, school choice, more cops, backing Jewish people and the state of Israel, attracting new businesses into the city instead of losing them, deregulating to build affordable housing, and the kind of high energy we want in a New York City chief executive.

The former governor, Andrew Cuomo, on the other hand, is a junior President Biden, with no energy, though he did pound Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani on Hamas, Israel, and antisemitism.

Mr. Mamdani was his usual left-wing socialist smug self.

He thinks because he went to an expensive left-wing college and comes from Uganda, that he’s somehow superior to the people of the city of New York. He is not.

Here’s Mr. Sliwa’s common sense answer to business and taxes: “Well, Zohran, boy your fantasies.. Never going to come about in terms of funding everything you want. It’s going to be free. Free. Free. It’s a fantasy. Let’s deal with the reality.”

He added: “You got to cut taxes for people to stay here. Corporations are not going to stay here. They’re being lured to the South.”

Of course, Mr. Mamdani wants to jack up taxes on successful earners and businesses. It’s pure insanity.

Here’s a quiz for Mr. Mamdani: What’s the combined state and local tax rate at New York City? Answer: 14.8 percent.

Now, what’s the combined tax rate at Miami, Florida, with its new stock exchange? Answer: zero.

Now, what’s the combined tax rate at Dallas, Texas, with its new stock exchange? Answer: zero.

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