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Mayor Zohran Mamdani skipped Sunday\u2019s unifying Israel Day Parade in the city he governs to instead spend part of his day touting his bid for re-election \u2014 in 2029.<\/p>\n

Read more Ex-mayors join Hochul, Tisch and thousands at NYC\u2019s Israel parade \u2014 while No-Show Mamdani bizarrely rides bike around town in business suit, no helmet<\/a><\/p>\n

The controverial mayor said he loves being mayor so much that he wants to run again in three years to serve a total of eight years at the helm of City Hall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a job of a lifetime. I can\u2019t imagine anything else I\u2019d rather like,\u201d Mamdani said on 1600 AM\u2019s The Black Information Network.<\/p>\n

Mamdani has been mayor for five months.<\/p>\n

And he already has certainly stirred the pot.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Mamdani became the first mayor ever to snub the Israel Day Parade over his criticisms of the Jewish state.<\/p>\n

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He also enraged Citadel financier Ken Griffin by appearing in a social-media video in front of Griffin\u2019s residence to herald Albany\u2019s approval of a pied-a-terre tax on luxury second homes. Griffin and other business executives said they shouldn\u2019t be personally demonized.<\/p>\n

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Mamdani defended the tax on wealthy \u201cnon-residents\u201d Sunday and said claims that rich New Yorkers and corporations would flee the city over paying higher taxes had not materialized in the past.<\/p>\n

The mayor was partially successful in getting Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Democratic-run legislature to support his agenda with a multibillion-dollar bailout for his left-wing agenda. Albany showered Mamdani with money to help launch his early childhood expansion and balance his budget.<\/p>\n

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