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On Thursday, as the debate about taxing the rich dragged on, both Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani released their 2025 tax returns. Some takeaways? It's helpful to be married (ugh), even the most regrettable rap career can still pick up some pin money and, of course, the rich don't want to tax themselves (see: Bill Hochul's income).
Mamdani shared his joint filing with his wife, Rama Duwaji, revealing that last year, the two had a total income of less than $150,000 (they really did need that rent-stabilized apartment in Astoria, I guess!). And they seem to truly love paying taxes—so much so that they overpaid federal and state taxes in 2025, netting themselves a hefty refund of roughly $7,000.