Media Contacts:
Harrison Carpenter-Neuhaus, press@socialists.nyc
On-site contact: Émilia Decaudin, (646) 725-0879
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.
Albany, New York — On February 13th, organizers with the Democratic Socialists of America and Invest in Our New York will head to Albany to meet with state legislators and rally with supporters in the campaign to #TaxTheRich. The working class built New York and its incredible wealth, but decades of disinvestment in public goods, attacks on labor, and giveaways to the ultra-wealthy have made it harder and harder for working-class people to make ends meet. Now, as the pandemic recession gives way to a cost of living crisis, New Yorkers are fed up. It’s time to change course. When we #TaxTheRich this year, we will protect tenants and fund access to housing, free universal childcare, tuition-free higher education, publicly-owned clean energy, and Fix the MTA. Learn more about our vision as we rally with allies in the Capitol to fight for a budget that finally puts people over profit.
- WHO — Supporters will include:
- #TaxTheRich organizers across New York State:
- Patrick Robbins, Coordinator, New York Energy Democracy Alliance
- Illapa Sairitupac, Tenant Organizer, Cooper Square Committee
- Danny Valdes, Organizer, Democratic Socialists of America
- Jaslin Kaur, Co-Chair, Democratic Socialists of America
- Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha
- Assemblymember Zohran Kwame Mamdani
- Assemblymember Emily Gallagher
- Senator Robert Jackson
- Senator Gustavo Rivera
- Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas
- Assemblymember Juan Ardila
- Assemblymember Steven Raga
- Assemblymember Khaleel Anderson
- Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal
- #TaxTheRich organizers across New York State:
- WHAT — Rally & Press Conference to #TaxTheRich, highlighting key policies and priorities for the 2023 budget to support working-class New Yorkers across the state.
- WHEN — Monday, February 13th, 2023
- Press conference will begin at 11:30 AM.
- WHERE — Great Western Staircase (a.k.a “Million Dollar Staircase”), New York State Capitol Building, Albany, New York
Speakers will be available for comment following the press conference.
For any additional information, please contact: Harrison Carpenter-Neuhaus, press@socialists.nyc
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ABOUT NYC-DSA: New York City Democratic Socialists is the local chapter of Democratic Socialists of America—the largest socialist organization in the United States with over 85,000 members. NYC-DSA is run by its 5,000+ members and activists who are working together to build a democratic socialist organization in the five boroughs.