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Smith stated his daughter supports New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.","Smith plans to have his daughter, who is nearing 18, get a job to experience paycheck deductions.","He believes her support for Mamdani is due to her not having paid bills yet.","RedState reported that middle-income New York City residents typically lose 30-35% of their pay to taxes and deductions."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith said on Trevor Noah's \"What Now?\" podcast that his daughter supports New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Smith, whose daughter Nyla is nearing 18 years old, plans to have her take a job so she can see firsthand the amount deducted from her paycheck."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Smith stated that he knows why his daughter supports Mamdani: \"cause she ain’t pay a damn bill yet.\" He intends for her to get a job, \"I don’t give a damn if it’s for a month,\" so she can see \"what you say then\" when \"more than half your s*** is missing\" from her earnings."},{"type":"heading","text":"Tax deductions in New York City"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"RedState reported that middle-income residents in New York City typically have 30% to 35% of their paychecks deducted for taxes and other standard payroll expenses. The outlet also noted that New York City has the highest combined state and local tax burden in the United States."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated reports mention the specific podcast episode where Stephen A. 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