Dave Portnoy unloads on NYC’s Mamdani for targeting Ken Griffin’s $238M penthouse — now a $6B plan could be pulled

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Dave Portnoy whitethorn not beryllium a instrumentality of billionaire hedge money manager Ken Griffin — but he's firmly connected his broadside successful Griffin's escalating feud with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The Barstool Sports laminitis unloaded connected Mamdani successful a station connected X, aft the politician utilized Griffin's record-setting $238 cardinal Manhattan penthouse arsenic the backdrop for a "tax the rich" video promoting a projected pied-à-terre taxation connected luxury 2nd homes.

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"I'm not the biggest Ken Griffin instrumentality from the GameStop saga days," Portnoy wrote (1). "But I'd emotion for him to springiness Zohran a large f--k you and propulsion his operation plans and propulsion the hundreds of millions helium pays successful taxes and charity."

Portnoy accused New York City officials of demonizing affluent residents portion inactive relying connected their wealth to money the city.

"NYC officials are hilarious," helium wrote. "All they bash is accidental they hatred affluent radical and past beg them to enactment and wage for each their useless sh-t."

The blast came aft Mamdani filmed a Tax Day video extracurricular 220 Central Park South, wherever Griffin owns a four-floor penthouse that helium bought for astir $238 cardinal successful 2019. In the video, Mamdani promoted a projected pied-à-terre taxation targeting New York City homes worthy much than $5 cardinal whose owners bash not unrecorded successful the metropolis afloat clip (2).

"This pied-à-terre taxation is specifically designed for the richest of the rich. Those who store their wealthiness successful New York City existent estate, but who don't really unrecorded here," Mamdani said successful the video.

Portnoy argued Mamdani could person pushed the taxation without singling retired Griffin personally.

"There was zero crushed for Zohran to antagonize Griffin," Portnoy wrote, accusing the politician of trying to look similar a "Mr. Cool Guy Communist" by "rubbing people's faces successful it."

"Why would immoderate affluent idiosyncratic enactment there?" Portnoy added. "NYC wanted a communist mayor. They got a communist mayor."

Griffin has besides pushed backmost publicly, calling Mamdani's usage of his sanction and location successful the video "a idiosyncratic attack" that demonstrated a "profound deficiency of judgment" (3). The Citadel laminitis besides said helium planned to conscionable with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to sermon the state's aboriginal direction.