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Campaigns will call out Governor Hochul for letting billionaires like Bloomberg buy a state budget that should prioritize the needs of working New Yorkers.

NYC-DSA organizers, allies, and electeds fought to camp out in the Capitol to demand a budget that serves working-class New Yorkers, not billionaires and corporations. With the New York state budget about to be finalized, NYC-DSA organizers, allies, and electeds assembled and fought to camp out in the State Capitol last night to demand a budget that puts working class New Yorkers first.

Governor Hochul wants to sell out our budget to the highest bidders. But New Yorkers can win a budget for the working class.

On March 22nd, organizers with the New York City Democratic Socialists of America will host a series of borough-based Town Halls in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens for everyday New Yorkers to learn about this year’s budget and the #TaxTheRich campaign. 

On March 18th, organizers with the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, the Invest in Our New York campaign (IONY), and supporters from across the city will join in Columbus Circle for a rally and march down “billionaire’s row” calling on Albany to reject Governor Hochul’s corporate agenda and raise taxes on the ultra-wealthy to fund vital programs that will help New Yorkers thrive.

On Wednesday, the New York State Assembly and Senate released their “One-House” budgets. Because working-class New Yorkers stood up and demanded their government do something in the midst of an affordability crisis, the legislature has made some promises: to tax the rich, to build public power, and to protect tenants. The fact that politicians are making these types of promises is only due to the massive pressure our movement and socialists in office have brought to bear. As the legislature goes…

With the passage of the Build Public Renewables Act in the Senate, New York took a vital step toward the sustainable and pro-worker future our state needs. We’ve been proud to work with labor and working class New Yorkers across the state to fight for this bill, which will transform New York into a global model for clean public power. 

For Immediate Release: February 13th, 2023Contact: Harrison Carpenter-Neuhaus, press@socialists.nyc ALBANY, NEW YORK – On February 13th, organizers with Democratic Socialists of America chapters across New York convened in Albany to meet with state legislators and rally with supporters in the campaign to #TaxTheRich. At a moment of skyrocketing costs of living, New York remains the… Read More »Press Releases

Organizers from DSA chapters across New York will join with socialist electeds and other supporters in the legislature to demand a budget that puts people over profit.