LI’s Suffolk county offering tax breaks to NYC companies who relocate if Mamdani becomes mayor

Forget, Florida — come out East!

Suffolk County will offer tax breaks to Big Apple companies to relocate there if Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York City, the Long Island region’s top official said Sunday.

“If Mr. Mamdani wins, I’m going to encourage many of the corporations that do business in New York City [to] come to Suffolk” about 70 miles east, County Executive Ed Romaine said on WABC 770 AM’s “Cats Roundtable” show.

“We’re going to give them tax breaks. They’re going to be able to do better,” Romaine told host John Catsimatidis.

Romaine made his alluring pitch to CEOs after Catsimatidis told him that Florida officials are trying to recruit Big Apple CEOs to relocate their firms to the Sunshine State, where many New York transplants already live.

Romaine said there’s no need to travel that far south.

“Come out to Suffolk,” Romaine said.

Romaine, a Republican, said he doesn’t believe that Mamdani, currently a 33-year-old state assemblyman representing Astoria and western Queens, has the experience and wisdom to run the nation’s largest metropolis.

He noted that Mamdani’s proposed free-bus fare program for the city “sounds great” — but said someone has to pay for it.

Mamdani has proposed $9 billion in higher taxes on billionaires and corporations to subsidize such initiatives as free bus fares, expanded free childcare and more affordable housing.

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“The taxpayers who pay the taxes, how much are they going to put up with?” Romaine said.

He said New York state is already suffering from an exodus because of the high cost of living that includes hefty taxes.

Mamdani campaign spokeswoman Dora Pekec responded in a statement to The Post, “Working people are being pushed out of the city they built, and it’s because of corrupt politicians like [former Gov.] Andrew Cuomo and [current Mayor] Eric Adams,” who are running against her boss in November.

“Zohran will make this city affordable, and deliver a quality of life that ensures New York City is a magnet for workers, businesses, and opportunity,” the rep said.