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On April 22nd, NYC-DSA organizers joined teachers, parents, elected officials, and supporters in the Bronx for an Earth Day rally demanding a sustainable, livable future for New York’s children. Right now, Governor Hochul is fighting to destroy public education as we know it by expanding charter schools that leave our students behind, abuse teachers, and funnel public money to private hands. New Yorkers deserve better. We need a budget that taxes the rich, supports public education, and passes u…

On April 22nd, NYC-DSA organizers will join elected officials and supporters in the Bronx for an Earth Day rally demanding a sustainable, livable future for our children. That means rejecting Governor Hochul’s efforts to privatize our education system by expanding charter schools, and instead using this year’s budget to tax the rich, support public education, and pass urgent climate legislation like the Build Public Renewables Act that will help our planet and students thrive.

Today, elected officials representing Astoria and beyond joined supporters in Athens Square to demand Governor Hochul and the State leadership pass the Tax The Rich platform in this year’s budget. With the 2023 New York budget already late and millions of livelihoods on the line in this year’s budget process, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, State Senator Julia Salazar, State Senator Kristen Gonzalez, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, Assemblymember Ron Kim, Assemblymember Steven Raga, Councilmember …

ASTORIA, NY—On April 12th, socialist and progressive legislators representing Queens will rally with supporters to demand the State leadership and Governor Kathy Hochul pass a budget that meets the needs of working-class New Yorkers while rejecting destructive proposals to rollback bail reform, expand charter schools, and raise CUNY tuition. 

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.