Gothamist asked 113 billionaires in New York whether they'd pay more taxes. Four responded. John Catsimatidis, the only one who agreed to speak to a reporter, called the idea 'dumb as dogshit.' (via Christopher Robbins & Sydney Pereira)

A spokesperson for Bloomberg, the richest NY billionaire, declined to comment, citing a 'longstanding policy' not to discuss NYC issues. (pretty, uhh, rich coming from a guy who ran for president on his NYC record) gothamist.com/news/new-york-…

Kathy Wylde, the CEO of Partnership for NYC, suggested the biggest hurdle to getting the ultra-rich to pay more in taxes was that people weren't nice enough about it. gothamist.com/news/new-york-…