New York is facing a once in a generation crisis. From Rochester to Maspeth, working-class people are struggling to find work, avoid eviction, and stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. All while billionaires continue to make record profit off of our suffering.
On top of our public health crisis, our state is facing an almost $60 billion budget deficit over the next four year. But rather than tax the rich - Governor Cuomo plans to slash our state’s safety net and basic public services.
Cutting funding to our hospitals, schools and subways won’t get us out of this crisis, it will only sink us deeper into it. This moment calls for a bold alternative: one that puts people over billionaire profits. That’s why NYC-DSA is launching the Tax The Rich campaign to demand our state does what is right to save our state.
We won’t accept anything less than a state budget that taxes the rich to close the budget gap and put our state on a path to economic prosperity.