Michael Goodwin: Dems agree NYC is too expensive — and voters can’t afford them being charge

Julian Zelizer : All Democrats running for mayor say New York is too expensive to live in.

He says cost of living in New York City has become absurdly high.

The candidates’ promises to address the problem sound very nice — until you realize that nearly everything they are offering would ultimately drive the sky-high cost of.

living even higher.

The second and final mayoral debate, required by the NYC Campaign Finance Board , will take place Thursday .

It’s incumbent on the moderators to demand that Mamdani and all the others explain, with specifics, where they would get added funds and who would pay them.

The top 1% — about 6,000 families who reported incomes of $1 million or more — paid a whopping 48% of the city's income tax haul.