Karen Young
ON THE RECORD · 11 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“I don't think we've seen the worst in in terms of our energy supplies, or the pressure that's probably going to going to come,”
Karen Young · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Young said the worst impacts on energy supplies and prices have yet to be seen.
“squeez[ing] third parties and the interlocutors for money that gets to Iran,”
Karen Young · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Young described additional economic measures the administration could pursue against intermediaries dealing with Iran.
“seems in the past only to have reinforced the kind of hardliners in Iran”
Karen Young · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Young said past pressure tactics have tended to strengthen Iranian hardliners.
“I think it's still very early ... we have been drawing down our strategic reserves [and] you can't do that forever, so there will be a crisis point,”
Karen Young · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Young said the U.S. has been drawing down strategic oil reserves, which cannot continue indefinitely.
“It’s a cumbersome process to prove that I’m a primary resident, which just seems absurd. My jury summons come here, I pay my taxes from here, my utilities,”
Karen Young · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-28
Young described the difficulty of proving her primary residency through the DOF website.
“Apparently they haven’t checked their own website. And I’m tech-savvy!”
Karen Young · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-28
Young said she spent three fruitless hours on the DOF website trying to appeal her tax bill.
“Is this a witch hunt?”
Karen Young · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-28
Young reacted exasperated after receiving a mistaken pied-à-terre tax bill on her primary residence.
“Is anybody paying any attention, or any thinking, or two minutes of research. Just look me up!”
Karen Young · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-28
Young fumed that the city did not do basic research before sending her a pied-à-terre tax bill.
“I just sort of line up all of these things and think ‘why are you picking on us?’”
Karen Young · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-28
Young questioned why she and her husband were being targeted with a pied-à-terre tax on their home of 30 years.
“As a faithful New Yorker since 1972, I find it not only insulting but painful,”
Karen Young · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-28
Young, a New York resident since 1972, expressed frustration at being hit with a pied-à-terre tax on her primary residence.
“Whoever’s behind this, who I can only assume is the mayor, didn’t take the 30 seconds to research,”
Karen Young · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-28
Young, who has lived in New York since 1972, was stunned to receive a $43,000 pied-à-terre tax bill on her West 95th Street brownstone.