Rep. Buddy Carter Moves to Cut Off Federal Funds to NYC With 'MAMDANI Act'

Overview

• Carter, a Georgia Republican, is set to file the two-page “Moving American Money Distant from Anti-National Interests Act” as soon as Friday, according to reports.
• The text declares existing federal funds to New York City “are hereby rescinded” and bars obligating or expending any federal money to “New York, New York.”
• Carter framed the push as letting New Yorkers “have their wish” for communism and invited residents to move to Georgia.
• President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that he is highly unlikely to send federal money to the city beyond the minimum required.
• The effort follows the election of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani over Andrew Cuomo and is widely described as a symbolic gesture with little chance of passage.