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Jeff Bezos blasted Mayor Zohran Mamdani for casting billionaire Ken Griffin as a \u201cvillian\u201d in a bizarre video Hizzoner filmed outside his Manhattan apartment announcing a new pied-\u00e0-terre tax last month.<\/p>\n

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The Amazon honcho ripped the 34-year-old democratic socialist mayor for demonizing Griffin and filming outside the Citadel head\u2019s home in the viral video.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cKen Griffin isn\u2019t a villain,\u201d Bezos told CNBC during a Wednesday sit-down. \u201cHe hasn\u2019t hurt anybody. He\u2019s not hurting New York. In fact, quite the opposite. And so that piece of it isn\u2019t right. And there was no reason to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The billionaire, however, said he was \u201cfine\u201d with city officials slapping the luxury fee on properties worth more than $5 million across the Big Apple.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the one hand, it\u2019s perfectly fine to have a policy debate about whether you want to have a pied-\u00e0-terre tax,\u201d Bezos said before ripping into Mamdani for his video stunt. <\/p>\n

He stressed that policy debates don\u2019t need to include \u201cfinger-pointing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mamdani sparked backlash from business owners and city leaders after he posted the April 15 clip that used the hedge fund mogul\u2019s record-setting $238 million Midtown penthouse as a backdrop to celebrate a proposed tax on luxury second homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Hizzoner beamed in the video as he called out Griffin by name and showcased his upscale property while touting how the new tax will impact home owners who do not live full-time in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Griffin slammed the mayor \u2013 who campaigned with the goal of taxing the rich \u2013 for the video, calling it \u201ccreepy\u201d on CNBC and later blaming the stunt for expanding Citadel\u2019s operations in Florida instead of New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also threatened to scrap a $6 billion Park Avenue development by Citadel.<\/p>\n

Bezos also scorched Mamdani for pouring a record $43 billion into public schools, claiming the Big Apple spends 30% more per student \u2013 about $44,000 \u2013 than other major cities, like Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston, despite mediocre test results and plummeting enrollment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Blue Origin founder added that the mayor\u2019s heavily regulated housing policy is counterproductive, claiming soaring rent prices are driven by \u201cgovernment intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not anybody\u2019s fault other than government policy,\u201d Bezos said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd this is fixable. Again, this is a skills issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

City Hall did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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