Ralph Nader, Unsurprisingly, Still Wants You to Pay Attention

Ralph Nader, 92, remains active despite being largely out of the public spotlight, continuing to push a long-running campaign for a stock transfer tax in New York. He has spent years urging reporters, state lawmakers and even Mayor Zohran Mamdani to revive the tax that existed for about 80 years until 1981, when Gov. Hugh L. Carey passed a 100% rebate. Attempts to repeal that rebate have stalled in Albany. Nader typically communicates by landline and declines requests for interviews or photographs. Living in Washington with his sister, Claire, he rarely leaves home and is portrayed as relentless in contacting officials, even when responses fail to come.