Karen Young
ON THE RECORD · 11 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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 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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.