据报道,纽约市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼(Zohran Mamdani)政府中的高级官员正在策划一场协调一致的社交媒体舆论攻势,针对该市一些最具影响力的商界领袖,旨在通过市政府的渠道动员一个由200多名网红组成的网络来发起攻击。
Senior officials in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration are reportedly plotting a coordinated social media pressure campaign against some of the city's most powerful business leaders, looking to mobilize a 200-plus influencer network run through City Hall.
马姆达尼的这套社交媒体宣传策略早在本月早些时候就引起了关注——当时《哥伦比亚新闻评论》(Columbia Journalism Review)揭露,市政府通过一个名为“NYC Creators Announcements”的加密通讯群组与200多名网红保持联系。随后,《福克斯新闻数字版》(Fox News Digital)报道称,这些网红会每天收到来自市政府的发言要点、视频及其他更新信息,同时还能获得参加各类活动及与市政府官员会面的机会。
Mamdani's network of social media creators working for him first drew scrutiny earlier this month after the Columbia Journalism Review revealed that City Hall was communicating with more than 200 influencers through an encrypted Signal group called "NYC Creators Announcements." Fox News Digital subsequently reported that members receive daily talking points, videos and other updates from the administration, while also being offered access to events and city officials.
如今,这一计划再次引发争议。《纽约邮报》(New York Post)援引两位知情人士的话称,市政府的高层官员正在讨论如何利用这个网红网络来抨击纽约市的商界高管,尤其是代表该市商界领袖及大型企业的非营利组织“纽约市合作伙伴关系组织”(Partnership for New York City)的负责人。
MAMDANI’S ‘MASS ENGAGEMENT’ OFFICE DRAWS FIRE OVER PLANS TO BUILD INFLUENCE BEYOND CITY HALL: ‘NYC IS DONE’ Now, two sources briefed on the effort told the New York Post that senior City Hall aides have discussed mobilizing the influencer network against New York business executives, including leaders of the Partnership for New York City, an influential nonprofit representing the city's business leaders and largest employers.
据《纽约邮报》报道,辉瑞公司(Pfizer)首席执行官阿尔伯特·布尔拉(Albert Bourla)及相关公司的首席执行官杰夫·布劳(Jeff Blau)也被列为潜在的目标对象。
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla and Related Companies CEO Jeff Blau have also been floated as potential targets, according to the Post.
该策略的核心是“出其不意地攻击”该组织的现任主席兼首席执行官史蒂文·富洛普(Steven Fulop)——这位负责人是在今年年初接任该职位的。一位知情人士告诉《纽约邮报》:“政府官员将这次领导层更迭视为一个攻击这些商界领袖的机会。”
The reported strategy centers on "blindsid[ing]" Partnership for New York City President and CEO Steven Fulop, who took over the organization earlier this year, with one source telling the Post that aides viewed the leadership transition as an opportunity to "go at CEOs." "They want to punch Fulop in the face," the source told The Post.
然而,富洛普(Fulop)告诉福克斯新闻(Fox News),他在该报道发布后亲自与马姆达尼(Mamdani)进行了交谈。马姆达尼本人及其公关主管、政治主管都否认了有任何针对企业高管的计划。富洛普表示,该合作项目会“相信马姆达尼的话”,但同时会保持“警惕”;他警告称,如果马姆达尼继续坚持这一做法,可能会带来“极其严重的后果”。
Fulop, however, told Fox News he personally spoke with Mamdani after the report and that the mayor, his communications director and political director all denied plans to target business executives. Fulop said the Partnership would take Mamdani "at his word" while remaining "vigilant and watchful" but noted if he continued down this path there could be "huge repercussions in a bad way."
另一方面,马姆达尼的发言人多拉·佩克茨(Dora Pekec)称《纽约邮报》(The New York Post)的报道“完全错误”,属于“彻头彻尾的谎言”,不过她拒绝具体指出报道中的哪些内容是不准确的。
Mamdani spokesperson Dora Pekec, meanwhile, called the Post's report "categorically false" and "a complete lie," though the Post reported that she declined to identify specific inaccuracies in its account.
早在《纽约邮报》本周发布最新报道之前,马姆达尼政府使用社交媒体影响者(influencers)以及Signal即时通讯应用程序的行为就已经引发了外界的关注。
The Mamdani administration's use of influencers and Signal had already drawn scrutiny before the latest report this week from the New York Post.
致力于推动政府透明度和问责制的非政府组织“Reinvent Albany”表示,他们支持市政府机构利用付费的社交媒体影响者来推广政府项目,但反对政府官员使用Signal等即时通讯应用程序进行官方沟通。
Reinvent Albany, a government watchdog focused on transparency and accountability, has said it supports city agencies using paid social media influencers to promote government programs but opposes city officials using instant-messaging apps such as Signal for official communications.
马姆达尼的行为引发了人们对暴力事件的担忧:该组织在本月早些时候向纽约市议会提交的证词中警告称,目前纽约市仍缺乏有效机制,使得负责执行《信息自由法》(Freedom of Information Law)的官员无法存档或检索通过Signal等应用程序创建的官方文件。
MAMDANI SPARKS FEARS OF VIOLENCE AFTER DOXING WEALTHY NYC PROPERTY OWNERS: 'OUTRIGHT DANGEROUS' In testimony before the New York City Council earlier this month, the group warned that the city still lacks a practical way for agency Freedom of Information Law officers to archive or retrieve official records created on apps such as Signal.
“即使在2026年,纽约市仍未建立起有效的机制,以便相关官员能够存档或检索通过这些应用程序创建的官方文件,”Reinvent Albany在证词中强调。
"Even now, in 2026, the City of New York has not developed a practical way for official records created by these apps to be archived or retrieved by agency FOIL officers," Reinvent Albany testified.
该组织呼吁立法明确规定:所有属于公共记录的电子信息及即时通讯内容都必须被妥善保存,并且必须能够被方便地检索;同时,他们还建议对那些受雇推广市政府信息的社交媒体影响者实施信息披露要求。
The watchdog has called for legislation clarifying that electronic and instant messages constituting public records must be preserved and easily retrievable, while also proposing disclosure requirements for influencers paid to promote city messaging.
纽约市长马姆达尼称富人因税收离开纽约的威胁是“想象出来的” 据称针对纽约市首席执行官的行动正值马姆达尼继续推动对富有的纽约人和企业增税,以资助其议程并解决城市的预算挑战。
NYC MAYOR MAMDANI CALLS THREAT OF RICH PEOPLE LEAVING NYC OVER TAXES 'IMAGINED' The alleged effort to go after NYC's CEOs comes as Mamdani continues to push for higher taxes on wealthy New Yorkers and corporations to fund his agenda and address the city's budget challenges.
马姆达尼今年早些时候呼吁对年收入100万美元或以上的纽约人征收2%的个人所得税增税,同时提高企业税率。虽然这些提案未能纳入今年的预算,但马姆达尼继续公开支持这两项措施。
Mamdani called earlier this year for a 2% personal income tax increase on New Yorkers earning $1 million or more, alongside an increase in the corporate tax rate. While those proposals did not make it into this year's budget, Mamdani has continued to publicly back both.
“我一直非常公开诚恳地阐述我的愿景,无论是快速免费的公交车,还是对最富有的纽约人和最盈利的企业征收更高的个人所得税,”马姆达尼在5月表示。
"I've been very open and honest about my vision, whether it be fast and free buses or whether it be higher personal income taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers or the most profitable corporations," Mamdani said in May.
市长确实成功推行了一项针对非城市居民拥有的豪华第二住宅的“非自住住房税”,其政府预计该税每年将带来约5亿美元的收入。
The mayor did secure a new pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes owned by non-city residents, which his administration projects will generate roughly $500 million annually.
然而,该措施周二遭遇法律挫折,一名史泰登岛法官下令政府废除最初的推出计划并重启流程,因为发现城市在发送税单前未遵循必要程序。该裁决并未废除税收本身,马姆达尼政府誓言将继续为这项附加税而战。
The measure was dealt a legal setback Tuesday, however, when a Staten Island judge ordered the administration to scrap its initial rollout and restart the process after finding the city failed to follow required procedures before sending tax notices. The ruling did not strike down the tax itself, and Mamdani's administration vowed to continue fighting for the surcharge.
马姆达尼发言人马特·劳森巴赫为这项附加税辩护,称其为“基本公平原则”,认为豪华第二住宅的所有者应为其受益的城市服务做出贡献。
Matt Rauschenbach, a Mamdani spokesman, defended the surcharge as a "basic principle of fairness," arguing that owners of luxury second homes should contribute toward the city services they benefit from.