#InvestInOurNewYork has 6 bills that will raise $50-75 Billion annually to make massive public investment for NY's economy and get through the budget crisis!
Wealthiest top 5% are massively undertaxed and doing better than ever financially in the midst of the pandemic
NY state is:
#1 most unequal
#1 in homelessness
#2 in deaths per capita deaths from COVID
YET, Cuomo is proposing:
5% across the board cut
$2B in Education cuts
$500M Medicaid cut
Just fully funding public education will cost $6B
NY state is RICH. We have a bigger GDP than South Korea!
#InvestInOurNewYork to Transform New York! This is a life or death situation. We need to redistribute the wealth!
If we raised state tax to a level comparable to a Canadian province, we would raise $70B of NEW revenue a year in NY state
NYers making >$780K+ pay a smaller share of their income in taxes than those making <$61K
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MLK said "of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is most shocking and inhumane." COVID exposed this inhumanity. We need to stand up against decades of austerity - Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, President of @nynurses
The narrative and agenda has to change. Political leaders and union leaders have to change. We saw this with Sandy. We are seeing this with COVID. Many deaths are unnecessary if our commitment to the public is genuine. #InvestInOurNY@nynurses
After decades of budget cuts, the cupboards were bare. The PPE was not there when we needed them. The staff was not there!