‘No nonsense’ Wall Street titans playing nice with Mamdani are part of the problem

Nypost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · May 23, 2026 · 773 words · By Charles Gasparino

Economic Stability vs. Socialist Policy Business Leadership Accountability Political Polarization in New York City

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Jamie Dimon and David Solomon — maybe the two most powerful bankers in New York — are invariably described as “tough,” “no nonsense” and “hard-charging.” Yet when they each met up last week with the city’s socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, you’d think they had…

Common ground

Dimon and Mamdani held a “friendly” and “constructive dialogue” on Monday, a JPMorgan source told me.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “JPM now has more people in Texas despite its swanky new digs on Park Avenue.”

SINGLE SOURCE

The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia and corporate homepages for JPMorgan Chase, but does not contain specific employee count comparisons between Texas and New York.

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web search NEUTRAL — JPMorgan Chase is the result of the combination of several large U.S. banking companies that merged since 1996, combining Chase Manhattan Bank, J.P. Morgan & Co., and Bank One, as well as asset assump…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase

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web search NEUTRAL — JPMorganChase is honored to be the first global banking partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
https://www.jpmorganchase.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Chase Online Banking transformed the banking experience so you can bank your way. Get started with convenient and secure banking now.
https://www.chase.com/digital/online-banking

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Claim 2: “Goldman has created something like a second HQ in Utah.”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a second headquarters for Goldman Sachs in Utah.

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Claim 3: “Solomon, the CEO of Goldman Sachs, visited the mayor”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources confirm that David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, met with Mayor Zohran Mamdani at Gracie Mansion on Monday.

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago ... JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon met with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday as part of an ...
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/jpmorgan-and-goldm…

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago ... BREAKING: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with Jamie Dimon at JPMorgan's 270 Park Avenue headquarters Monday, then hosted Goldman Sachs CEO ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYhwRxpFLSM/

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago ... New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met JPMorgan CEO ... Later Monday, Mamdani also met with Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon at Gracie Mansion ...
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/mamdani-jamie-dimon-wal…

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Claim 4: “Jamie Dimon and David Solomon — maybe the two most powerful bankers in New York”

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Multiple web search results identify Jamie Dimon as CEO of JPMorgan Chase and David Solomon as CEO of Goldman Sachs, both of whom are leaders of the largest banking institutions in New York City. Wikipedia confirms JPMorgan is the largest bank in the US.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JPMorgan Chase & Co. (stylized as JPMorganChase) is an American multinational banking institution headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. It is the largest bank in the United Stat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld (born 1 April 1954) is an American academic with a speciality in studying business leadership and management. He is the Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management at Ya…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Sonnenfeld

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Salomon Brothers, Inc., was an American multinational bulge bracket investment bank headquartered in New York City. It was one of the five largest investment banking enterprises in the United States a…
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Claim 5: “in a city that holds the largest Jewish population outside of Israel.”

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Claim 6: “It was Griffin, you’ll recall, whose Manhattan penthouse Mamdani used as the backdrop for a noxious video on “taxing the rich.””

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Multiple sources, including Fox Business and social media reports, confirm that Mayor Mamdani filmed a 'tax-the-rich' video using Ken Griffin's $238 million Manhattan penthouse as the backdrop.

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web search NEUTRAL — X/Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani. The video which was posted to Mamdani’s official social media accounts have gone viral, accumulating tens of millions of views online.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/17/media/cnbc-anchor-rips-nyc-may…

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web search NEUTRAL — A post shared by Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@nycmayor). Mamdani specifically called out billionaire hedge fund manager Kenneth Griffin, whose $238 million penthouse served as the backdrop for the may…
https://www.fastcompany.com/91528066/pied-a-terre-tax-zohran…

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web search NEUTRAL — Citadel founder Ken Griffin slams NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's "creepy and weird" tax-the-rich video, saying New York does not welcome success.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/billionaire-says-mamdanis-…

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Claim 7: “With a 34-year-old lefty politico who never held a private sector job”

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The claim states he is 34 and never held a private sector job. However, Wikipedia evidence lists his birth date as October 18, 1991, which would make him 34 in 2026. The evidence provided for this specific claim index (Prineville, Oregon) is irrelevant, but the Wikipedia entry for Mamdani confirms his age. There is no evidence provided regarding his private sector employment history to verify the 'never held a private sector job' part.

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web search NEUTRAL — Prineville was founded in 1877 when Monroe Hodges filed the original plat for the city. The post office for the community had been established with the name of Prine on April 13, 1871, but changed to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prineville,_Oregon

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web search NEUTRAL — Jason Beebe was born in Prineville in 1973 and has lived here his entire life and has family roots that date back to 1889 when his adopted grandmother Grace Higgins was born here. Jason graduated from…
https://www.cityofprineville.com/citycouncil/page/mayor-jaso…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 2, 2026 · PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Prineville Mayor Jason Beebe has officially left the Republican Party to join the Libertarian Party, citing frustration with the traditional two-party system. T…
https://ktvz.com/news/2026/03/02/prineville-mayor-leaves-rep…

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Claim 8: “In a Bloomberg TV interview, Dimon called the mayor an “ideologue,” adding, “I don’t care what he says.””

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Multiple sources report that Jamie Dimon referred to Mayor Mamdani as an 'ideologue' and cautioned him against his hard-left vision.

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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani is an American politician who has served as the 112th mayor of New York City since January 2026. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, Mamdani…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani

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web search NEUTRAL — Jamie Dimon warns Mayor Zohran Mamdani that New York City must compete globally, saying governance requires lower crime and economic growth, not "morality" slogans.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/jamie-dimon-tells-nycs-…

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web search NEUTRAL — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon cautioned Mayor Zohran Mamdani about his hard-left vision for the Big Apple, warning the millennial mayor that he can relentlessly preach morality and ideology — but if …
https://nypost.com/2026/05/21/us-news/jpmorgans-jamie-dimon-…

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Claim 9: “who actually believes the government should open nearly half a dozen grocery stores in New York City”

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While evidence confirms Zohran Mamdani is the Mayor of NYC and a democratic socialist, none of the provided search results mention a specific proposal to open 'nearly half a dozen grocery stores'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani[c] (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician who has served as the 112th mayor of New York City, since January 2026. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic So…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as Mayor of the City of New York on January 1st, 2026. Prior to becoming Mayor, he represented the 36th New York State Assembly District and its neighborhoods …
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Zohran Mamdani was elected New York City mayor in 2025. His win in the primary sent shock waves through Democratic politics as his relative inexperience and left-wing positions made his w…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zohran-Mamdani

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Claim 10: “Dimon... handed Mamdani a book about economic development projects after their little confab”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Jamie Dimon handing a book to Zohran Mamdani.

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Claim 11: “Dimon and Mamdani held a “friendly” and “constructive dialogue” on Monday”

CORROBORATED

Multiple independent sources (Fox Business and other web results) confirm that Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with Jamie Dimon on a Monday.

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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani is an American politician who has served as the 112th mayor of New York City since January 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani

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web search NEUTRAL — Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has angered some corporate executives with his tax policies, has had a recent series of meetings with top business leaders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/nyregion/mamdani-dimon-so…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mamdani meets Jamie Dimon as Wall Street outreach intensifies amid tax backlash. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expanding outreach to major financial executives after facing backlash over propo…
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/mamdani-jamie-dimon-wal…

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