New Yorkers are loudly calling to tax the ultra-wealthy. Sounds like the legislature is listening.

In response to reports of the Senate and Assembly one-house budget proposals, Invest in Our New York Campaign Manager Brahvan Ranga released the following statement:

“The Senate’s and Assembly’s proposals to raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and most profitable corporations indicate that lawmakers understand the need to protect New Yorkers from dangerous federal funding cuts; sustain vital public programs and services that working-class families need; and meaningfully address the affordability crisis, including through truly universal childcare statewide. This commitment also signals that lawmakers are listening to voters, who overwhelmingly want the very rich to pay their fair share in taxes. 

“While these revenue raisers fall short of what we believe New Yorkers deserve, their inclusion in the one-house budget proposals reflects the popularity of this issue both upstate and downstate — and the need to keep 1 million New Yorkers on their health insurance, prevent 200,000 from losing SNAP benefits, and pay childcare workers a living wage. They are also a reflection of the immense momentum our campaign has built, as demonstrated by the 100-plus local elected officials who sounded the alarm to Gov. Hochul about their communities’ fiscal crises, the dozens of new state electeds who have cosponsored the Invest in Our New York bills, and the hundreds of New Yorkers who have joined us in Albany to demand a budget that works for all, not just the wealthy few.

“It is now up to Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Heastie to hold the line on these wildly popular proposals, and for Gov. Hochul to listen to the people of New York instead of her corporate donors.”

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