“Through a tax on the mega-rich, the Livable New York Act would fund 100,000 units of deeply affordable housing and transition every building in New York off of fossil fuels over the next 10 years—all while creating tens of thousands of good union jobs for New Yorkers.”
Somehow, inexplicably, Eric Adams is still mayor of New York City, despite clear evidence that he persuaded the Trump administration to drop his corruption case in exchange for enforcing the president’s controversial agenda.
New Yorkers have a right to be worried. The president’s stated priorities—mass deportations, billionaire tax breaks, corporate giveaways, and planet-warming fossil fuels—won’t do anything to make our city better or more livable for the 8 million people who call it home.
What New Yorkers really need are solutions to the crises they face every single day: soaring rents, low-paying jobs, and a rapidly heating planet. And since we can’t count on Mayor Eric Adams to fix our most pressing problems, we need Gov. Kathy Hochul to step in…