How the world shifted irrevocably while Covid-19 distracted you
If the COVID-19 pandemic chased away hundreds of thousands of the wealthiest New Yorkers to their weekend getaways, media images of mass looting while police are restrained by political leaders are sure to keep them away. The one-two punch was followed in recent weeks with yet another thump — over a dozen candidates who openly identify as socialist won elections to the state legislature.
“New York is going off the deep end,” says Leon Goldenberg, the CEO of Goldmont Realty.
A board member of various community organizations, including Agudath Israel of America, as well as a real estate entrepreneur and the host of a weekly radio program, Goldenberg has a pulse on the New York Orthodox community. Of all the challenges facing the state and city, the leftist tilt will prove its undoing. “The progressivism is so radical that people are scared,” he said. “What are they going to do next?”
It doesn’t help that Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to raise taxes on the highest earners to make up for the city’s revenue shortfall. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a de Blasio critic, recently pointed out the problem in the mayor’s plan: “One percent of the [New York City] population pays 50 percent of the taxes, “he said, “and they’re the most mobile people on the globe.”
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