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Mamdani did not 'doxx' wealthy New Yorkers

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"But Mamdani did not “doxx” any New York City residents. The same information has been public — and searchable online — for decades."

If your address is in the phone book or a public databases online, but I publish it on my social media account and talk badly about you, would you consider it 'doxxing'? Most people would.

Sure, the information might be public, but posting it to the public and knowingly putting a spotlight on the people that own these properties IS doxxing.

Even informing someone where to get the record breaks most web sites policies. It also violates the DMCA, when done for copyrighted data.

since the argument in the article is that you can already look up property owners by name in NYC, I was curious to see whether Mayor Mamdani owns real estate in the city by following the link in the article: https://a836-acris.nyc.gov/DS/DocumentSearch/PartyNameResult...

Interestingly, nothing turns up. I take that to mean either I missed it, or the mayor doesn't own real estate in the city he is running, or it is hidden behind an LLC or something like that (I also searched by his wife's last name).

Another explanation could be that he sold it when he moved into the $100 million Gracie Mansion.

Mamdani rented a $2300/month one bedroom apartment in Queens before moving into Gracie Mansion. He owns no real estate. He moved into the apartment while earning $47k/year.

https://nypost.com/2026/06/30/business/how-nyc-mayor-mamdani...

https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/real-estate/zohran-mamdani-lea...

https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/us-news/mayor-elect-zohran-mam...

(this took me less than a minute to search using Kagi)

> He owns no real estate.

> (this took me less than a minute to search using Kagi)

I wanted an official source that I could trust (not a newspaper or social media), hence using the government datasource directly, which I didn't think to google for before I read the article you posted.

Strange to mention how much Gracie Mansion is worth when he doesn’t own it, and only resides there during his mayoral term in return for his work as a public servant, no? It is owned by the New York City government, and he is merely a tenant again (although with no rent obligation). He moved in, in part, to free his rent stabilized apartment for someone else.

> Strange to mention how much Gracie Mansion is worth when he doesn’t own it, and only resides there during his mayoral term in return for his work as a public servant, no?

I find it suspicious when someone purports to be for the working people and the poor, but choose to live in a $100M mansion in NYC, doubly so when they are getting it for free. The mayor of NYC gets more than $250k per year, doesn't have to pay for accommodation, actually, gets fabulous accommodation, and, probably most importantly, exerts political power, the real reward.

So yes, technically he is a public servant, but he is no school teacher, or policeman, or firefighter, or nurse.

Can you explain why you believe it’s suspicious that somebody accepts the accommodations provided for their public service? Also, he declined his city council approved pay raise from $258,750/year to $305,800/year.

I certainly agree that he is flexing his political power, but entirely in the service of his working class constituents. Whether you believe that’s good or bad is subjective, based on your belief of how the working class should be treated.

His approval rating stands at 69% in most recent polls. He is the 7th most popular Democrat and the 8th most popular politician.

https://abc7ny.com/post/mayor-zohran-mamdani-said-he-accept-...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d4L3dKLrDk4

https://www.mamdanibulletin.com/policy-tracker

https://yougov.com/en-us/topics/public_figure/Zohran_Mamdani

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/zohran-mamdan...

I’ll grant you, you’re certainly a big fan and loyalist!

I did my due diligence before cutting his campaign a check. I support good people who do good work for people who need good work done for them. He’s the real deal. The evidence is clear, but I understand humans are tricky.

"Remember that you could be wrong"

They tried to show that you could be wrong, and you still say that it's suspicious because you don't want to be wrong about the guy selling his supposed real estate. I have no horse in this race, but come on

The concept of “doxing” has come too far. You used to have a phone book that had everyone’s names, addresses and phone numbers in them. Now it’s treated as if there’s an expectation that someone’s address is very private information.

Nobody just posts someone’s name and address without any context in order to manipulate perception or in some case action.

Surely you can notice the difference?

A rebuttal to

Mamdani's tax database doxed wealthy New Yorkers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49158182 - August 2026 (17 comments)

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