Overview
- Kushner disclosed his plans in an interview with the New York Post on Thursday and said he will establish Florida as his primary residence while keeping his Manhattan apartment and paying the pied-à-terre tax.
- He framed the decision mainly as a response to what he described as antisemitic actions by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and First Lady Rama Duwaji, citing Mamdani’s refusal to march in the Israel Day Parade, a call to seek Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest if he visits New York, and outreach to Columbia University protesters.
- Kushner also criticized Duwaji’s past social-media posts related to the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks and said Mamdani’s public attacks on wealthy figures reflect a broader hostility toward people who built wealth.
- The comments were reported on the record to the New York Post and republished by other outlets, and the coverage does not include statements from Mamdani or Duwaji nor independent corroboration of Kushner’s characterizations.
- Kushner is a longtime real-estate developer who now serves as U.S. ambassador to France and who pleaded guilty to several crimes in 2004 before receiving a presidential pardon, and his move underscores how high-profile residents’ exits could feed debates about New York’s politics, taxes, and economy.