New Delhi, June 30 -- Democratic socialist mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is standing firm on his proposal to hike property taxes for "richer and whiter neighborhoods," despite accusations of racial targeting.

In a Sunday Meet the Press interview, Mamdani insisted the plan, which aims to shift the tax burden from "overtaxed homeowners in outer boroughs", is "not driven by race" but by data showing affluent areas like Park Slope pay lower effective rates than Black-majority neighborhoods like Canarsie.

According to an NY Post report, he framed it as correcting an "inequitable system" that former Mayor Adams also vowed to fix, arguing current policies force working-class New Yorkers to "subsidize wealthy property owners".

When challenged...