SCMP Business1/11 20:00 (HKT)
Big Apple vs Pearl of the Orient? How higher taxes in New York may open door for Hong Kong

On November 4 last year, Zohran Mamdani won the New York mayoral election on a promise to make the city more affordable, with expanded social programmes funded in part by raising taxes on the city’s wealthiest residents and most profitable corporations. Nearly a year since his upset victory, he has