Trump threatens to cut off New York City funds if Mamdani ‘doesn’t behave’

Democratic mayoral candidate denies Trump's accusation that he is communist while reaffirming push to tax wealthy

Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to cut New York City off from federal funds if favored mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, doesn't behave himself" should he be elected.

Mamdani, meanwhile, denied that he was - as the president said - a communist. But he reaffirmed his commitment to raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers while saying: I don't think that we should have billionaires."