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Landlord calls for NYC property owners to stop paying taxes

2/18/2026, 4:21:54 PM
Mayor Mamdani’s upcoming “Rental Ripoff Hearings” are already igniting fierce backlash across NYC. Some landlords aren’t holding back — including H.L. Dynasty’s Humberto Lopes, who suggested property owners should “bankrupt the city” by withholding taxes in protest. Is this accountability or political theater? And have rents really become a “ripoff”? Sound off in the comments below!