Mamdani points to Bronx population loss as proof NYC’s affordability crisis during his anti-Trump tour

New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani traveled uptown to the Bronx on Thursday for the fourth day of his Five Boroughs Against Trump tour arguing that President Donald Trump's administration is hurting small businesses We are here this day on the fourth stop of our five borough tour to speak about how Bronx sites can not afford the city that they call home Mamdani mentioned That is a struggle that various residents of the Bronx feel individually It's also a struggle that I know our small businesses are feeling at this moment From to the population of the Bronx dropped by That's more than any other borough in New York City People are leaving this further leaving this city because it's too expensive We are the preponderance expensive city in the United States of America Throughout the week Mamdani has connected Trump to his leading competitor in the race former Gov Andrew Cuomo who lost the Democratic primary to Mamdani in June and is now running as an independent candidate The theme continued on Thursday as the Mamdani campaign visited Nohble a small business in the Bronx where he argued that both Trump and Cuomo have handed tax breaks to billionaires and megacorporations throughout their political careers Meanwhile Mamdani has made affordability the central message of his campaign Trump's big beautiful bill which narrowly passed Congress last month has been widely celebrated by Republicans for extending Trump's tax cuts and adding deductions on tipped wages and overtime while reducing spending on Medicaid and clean potential and strengthening frontier guard MAMDANI TAKES AIM AT TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES IN FIERY STATEN ISLAND SPEECH 'WE ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP NYC A SANCTUARY CITY'But Democrats have been quick to claim that Trump's megabill handed tax breaks to the wealthy while cutting benefits to the greater part vulnerable a key Democratic message ahead of competitive midterm elections expected in MAMDANI ZINGS CUOMO IN RENT-STABILIZED HOUSING SPAT DURING ANTI-TRUMP TOUR STOPWhile Republicans argue the bill only cuts waste fraud and abuse in Medicaid according to the Congressional Budget Office CBO about million more people will be uninsured by due to Trump's mega-bill As national Democrats slam Trump's tax breaks Mamdani has criticized Cuomo's own record as governor which includes offering billion in tax breaks for the failed Amazon HQ deal in Queens expanding million-a-year film industry credits and launching Tax-Free NY zones to give businesses years without state taxes Throughout the week Mamdani has criticized Cuomo following The New York Times summary that Trump spoke on the phone with Cuomo about how to defeat Mamdani in November Meanwhile Mamdani has described how his administration would be Trump's worst nightmare As we see Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo trip over themselves to reward those who already have a fortune we will stand up and fight for those that have been forgotten Mamdani stated on Staten Island on Wednesday at an anti-Trump event focused on immigration Trump made waves on the presidential campaign trail when he held a rally in the Bronx and then visited a local barber shop in the borough The focus on deep blue New York City was seen as politically rare for a Republican candidate but Trump spent weeks in New York City for his criminal trial and often used the Big Apple as his own personal campaign trail During the rally Trump vowed to turn New York City around promising to make the city bigger better and greater than ever before The Republican candidate also spoke with voters at Knockout Barbershop in the Bronx taking questions from locals grappling with economic hardship We see far too various parallels between Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo far too a multitude of stories that make clear that both administrations have been characterized by corruption by a sense of impunity by an inability of an executive to understand that no means no a prioritization of the interests of billionaires over working people and an agenda that is driven by little else beyond the retention and accumulation of power Mamdani reported on Monday in Manhattan The White House did not right now respond to Fox News Digital's comment request but disclosed on Monday ahead of Mamdani's first anti-Trump event The American people have repeatedly rejected this Communist agenda and the more Mamdani shares his radical policies the more the American people will recoil