Gov. Hochul: Tax the Rich, or Get Out of the Way

In response to Governor Hochul’s State of the State, the Invest in Our New York Campaign released the following statement:

"Instead of actually addressing New York's affordability crisis and the attacks coming from Washington, Governor Hochul boasted that she won’t raise taxes on the rich, effectively leaving working-class New Yorkers behind. Without new, robust, and consistent public funds, New Yorkers will suffer.

“True statewide universal childcare, where the workforce is paid a living wage, requires long term, stable revenue - not shifting funds from other programs and agencies year after year creating winners and losers. 

“In the same breath of acknowledging the 450,000 New Yorkers losing their health insurance and the thousands more who won't be able to afford their healthcare, Governor Hochul failed to put forth any tangible solution beyond a laughable commitment to ‘negotiate with the federal government.’ Families that rely on SNAP are seemingly left to starve by the Governor.

"New Yorkers need significant investments in the public systems and programs we rely on. The only way to do that is by making the super wealthy and highly profitable corporations pay their fair share. Seventy-eight percent of New Yorkers support taxing the wealthy to address federal funding cuts and build the New York we deserve, but Hochul is still, bafflingly, siding with the billionaires who are pocketing astronomical federal tax breaks.

"Governor Hochul has a choice: tax the rich, or let our neighbors go hungry. Tax the rich, or let hospitals close. Tax the rich, or let New York's children get sicker.

"Governor Hochul, tax the rich, or get out of the way."

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