Hochul says Mamdani’s shocking win has made her the ‘therapist in chief’ — as she signals she will block his radical ‘Tax the rich’ plan
By Emily Crane and
Vaughn Golden
Published July 16, 2025, 8:54 a.m. ET
Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that New York City mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani’s stunning primary win has turned her into the “therapist in chief” — as she sought to quell furor over the socialist’s radical “Tax the rich” plan.
The governor, who has yet to endorse Mamdani after his mayoral win set off a political earthquake within the Democratic Party, signaled she planned to block his push to hikes taxes for Big Apple millionaires and large corporations, if he’s elected.
“I’ve spoken to hundreds of business leaders saying, ‘Listen, nothing is going to happen to this city without me being aware of it and involved in it.’ So don’t talk about packing up and leaving and all these other overreactions,” Hochul told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday.
“I’ve become the therapist in chief, it seems. So I’m saying to everybody, ‘We’re going be okay.’ Maybe it’s the mom in me. I know how to calm down situations and we’ll get through this.”
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