To understand how a New York City private jet tax could actually be implemented, you need to understand who controls the airports.
The Port Authority is a bi-state agency jointly controlled by the governors of New York and New Jersey with an annual operating budget of $10.1 billion and a proposed $45 billion capital plan from 2026 – 2035. It operates JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty, and Teterboro — all rated high tax-risk under current political conditions. Teterboro Airport, which does not allow scheduled airline flights and only services private flights, handles approximately 177,000 arrivals and departures annually.
Westchester County Airport (HPN) is not a Port Authority facility. It is owned and operated by Westchester County — outside Mamdani’s direct political sphere and outside the joint gubernatorial control structure of the Port Authority. This makes it the most insulated major reliever airport in the New York metro under current political conditions.
Republic Airport (FRG) on Long Island is New York State property — its vulnerability depends on whether Governor Hochul aligns with Mamdani’s agenda, which remains an open question.
Key policy context: The Port Authority has the authority to set fees, surcharges, and access terms at its facilities without requiring standard legislative processes in many scenarios. The question isn’t just whether a tax gets proposed — it’s whether the mechanism to implement it already exists. In many cases, it does.
I both love and hate it when Fortune forgets that The Poors can read their garbage too 😄
Am I supposed to feel bad for sociopathic billionaires?
Truly baffling to read just how disconnected some people are.
Fuck you and your private jet
“Your” private jet
Lmao, exactly. Mamdani can tax all of my private jets at 100%* for all I care, and I’m not even in NY!
*I of course am a normal person, not a bloodsucking billionaire or whatever, and own 0 private jets, nor will I ever own one.
Good. Great, even. Fuck these rich asshole climate criminals.
When my butler read this to me, I couldn’t contain my outrage.
Good.
I’m stuck using paper straws all so some cunt can fly in private luxury?
No friend of mine owns a private jet. Tax them out of existence
99% of the people think “good!”. The other 1% have the power to make this go away.
Oh no, not my private jet…
Whatever is the world coming to?
If he pays his fair share of taxes… He would likely still own everything he owns but wouldn’t have as many 0’s adorning the big important number in his bank account. Just devestating to see someone forced to pay their fair share, lol
This whole article just reads like a deaf man who can’t hear the woosh of a falling guillotine blade.
The author wanted to make Mamdani’s policies sound bad, but all I could think after each paragraph was “hell yeah”.
Right? Here’s a good example:
If you own an apartment in New York and don’t live there full-time, you’re taxed. If your heirs inherit assets in New York, they’re taxed at thresholds that now reach the upper middle class. The logical extension of this trajectory — and the question the entire private aviation industry should be asking — is: what about the $70 million jet you landed at Teterboro this morning?
It’s very interesting to see just how out of touch they are. You can even see him trying to appeal to non-billionaires by making it sound like he actually gives a fuck about them. “Omg, you’re inheriting a million dollar property? How will you handle the taxes?!? 😱” Then quickly pivots to a more familiar scenario to people in his echelon: "what if I have to pay a fair tax on this ridiculous lifestyle I’m living?!?
its not the rich who live a ridiculous lifestyle. It you. Quit your job. Walk away. You don’t need it.
This is such a funny thing to say lmao, if it’s bait then it needs to be in a museum. Bravo Vince
“You’re ridiculous for participating in the society you were raised in, how dare you. You need to run out into the woods like Ted Kaczynski, never pay taxes again, and survive like the kid from Hatchet. Oh? You have people that you care about? Just forget about them, duh. Oh? I’m a hypocrite because I’m typing this on a device that was obtained through said ‘ridiculous lifestyle’? Nah, false equivalence. Just trust me, I’m basically Siddhartha Gautama. All I need is Lemmy.”
I can’t tell if you’re serious or not.
Oh no my private… Wait, I don’t have a jet. And if I did, I could afford a tax.
I almost fainted, then re-read the header and saw shey will tax my jet, so I got relief. I thought they would be taxing my yatch!
177k arrivals and departures per year from Teterboro? That is one privat jet every 3 minutes. That is insanse.
They probably aren’t all private jets. A lot of people own small prop planes. It’s not cheap, but you don’t have to be a billionaire to fly.
That only accounts for like 5%
I thought the number was higher, but it’s 85% private jets and 15% small airplanes.
