Over 100 New Yorkers rallied in Union Square Park Sunday afternoon, urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to back Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s proposals for universal child care, free buses and affordable housing by raising taxes on corporations and high-income residents.
The event, organized by groups including the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, featured speeches from city comptroller Brad Lander, local community board chair and Gallatin alum Andrea Gordillo and several other city representatives and union leaders. Protesters rallied at the park for around two hours starting at noon, holding signs that read “TAX THE RICH! Fund Child Care!” while chanting “Keep families in NYC,” calling on state lawmakers to support tax hikes for residents who make $1 million annually.
“It’s completely backwards, the way money is actually spent,” Shane, a protester who declined to provide his last name out of safety concerns, told WSN. “That’s because of the way that the working class are disenfranchised from real political involvement — it’s going to take an upending of the current system to get our needs met as working-class people.”…