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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 20h

“Thus, in a world where the poor are increasingly numerous, we paradoxically see the growth of a wealthy elite, living in a bubble of comfort and luxury, almost in another world compared to ordinary people.”

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 1d

[spoiler alert: Gov. Hochul has that power]

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 1d

We have a great package of legislation that would help address the funding cuts. AND, we've called on lawmakers to convene a special session to make it happen NOW (not in April when people will already be sicker & hungrier). You can sign our petition here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...

PETITION: Hold a Special Session to Protect New Yorkers from the Federal Budget Scam

The Federal Budget Scam makes devastating cuts to our healthcare, balloons ICE spending, and gives billionaires and millionaires big tax breaks - it’s a scam: it makes life harder for everyday New Yo...

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 1d

This is really a damn shame. If only there was New York elected who had the power to raise new state public $$$ by taxing the rich so we could invest those clean energy projects and keep New Yorkers employed.

Do you know anyone with that kind of power, Governor Hochul?

Governor Kathy Hochul @governor.ny.gov · 1d

Once again, New York Republicans are turning their backs on their neighbors to please Donald Trump.

1,000 jobs and $650 million are on the line.

They’d rather kiss the ring than protect their own state.

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 8d

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.

Republicans in Washington did this.

This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 9d

Republicans would rather shut down the government than help people stay healthy.

Republicans would rather shut down the government than keep people fed.

Republicans would rather shut down the government than tax the rich.

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 9d

It's official: 🏛️➡️ 🚫

Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 10d

New Mexico lawmakers are opening a special session Wednesday to combat the Federal Budget Scam by investing in public programs. So did Colorado and California. Oregon is also considering it.

New York...🦗crickets🦗

Twiddling our thumbs won’t help! Special session now!

apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump's big bill is prompting urgent action in some Democratic states, but not in Republican ones

New Mexico lawmakers are convening in a special session this week to boost funding for food assistance and rural health care.

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 16d

“Like their French peers, many of NY’s billionaires have predicted the fall of civilization if their taxes are raised, but it’s…hard to see how raising from 10.9% on the portion of their income in excess of $25M to 12.9% would bring the walls of the temple tumbling down” prospect.org/economy/2025...

Clamoring to Tax the Rich

In Berkeley, New York, Paris, and Vatican City, it’s become central to political battles—and religious concerns.

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 22d

@speakercarlheastie.bsky.social knows what's up.

The Federal Budget Scam serves the rich, and the rich alone.

New Yorkers are more than ready to #TaxTheRich.

It's time for them to pay their fair share.

A screeenshot of a twitter post from Politico reporter Jeff Coltin. There's a photo of Zohran Mamdani and NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie standing at a podium outside with news station microphones on the podium and a Zohran for New York City sign on the podium too. The tweet says:

Would you help Mamdani raise taxes on millionaires, pass free child care and free buses, Heastie is asked?
“All of the above,” Heastie said.
“Millionaire taxes poll extremely well,” he adds. “With the Big Disgusting Bill, the rich are getting richer with that bill.”

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 23d

The Federal Budget Scam is....scamming working-class New Yorkers.

Fair Share America @fairshareamerica.bsky.social · 23d

New analysis shows that middle-income families will pay nearly three times more in higher costs from Trump tariffs than they get in tax cuts from Trump's Big, Ugly Bill - and lower-income families will be hit even harder.

#TaxJustice

Cost hike from tariffs is greater than OBBBA tax cuts for most Americans

In case you missed it -- new analysis from Yale Budget Lab shows that middle-income families will pay nearly three times more in higher costs from Trump tariffs than they get in tax cuts from the OBBB...

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 24d

"Do you think the government should increase taxes on the wealthiest to strengthen the country's social and safety net programs?"

Yes: 73%
No: 26%

Beacon/Shaw / Sep 9, 2025

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 24d

Read the Comptroller's report here: www.osc.ny.gov/files/report...

Read the Fiscal Policy Institute's analysis on New York's rising inequality here: fiscalpolicy.org/new-data-sho...

Read @winnyc.bsky.social's report about the potential (devastating) cuts to housing here: winnyc.org/wp-content/u...

www.osc.ny.gov

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 24d

We're shocked –– shocked we tell you! –– that @nyscomptroller.bsky.social found that the Federal Budget Scam hurts working-class New Yorkers while benefiting the ridiculously rich.

Anyone else think it's time for a special session to #TaxTheRich?

Earlier today, State Comptroller DiNapoli released a report analyzing the impact that the Federal Budget Scam’s tax cut extensions will have on New Yorkers. This report comes on the heels of an analysis by the Fiscal Policy Institute that confirms New York’s growing economic inequality. Below is a statement from Erica Vladimer, communications coordinator for the Invest in Our New York Campaign, in response to the Comptroller’s report:

“The analysis from Comptroller DiNapoli confirms what we already knew: The federal budget scam will move billions of dollars into the pockets of the richest New Yorkers, including the 130 billionaires who call New York home, while hurting working-class people in our state.

"Congressional Republicans passed a budget that cut our safety net programs and increased burdens on working-class people, all to pay for tax breaks for the rich. It is not enough for state lawmakers to criticize the federal government; they must also take action to protect New Yorkers.

“Governor Hochul, Leader Stewart-Cousins, and Speaker Heastie must convene a special session, make the super wealthy and highly profitable corporations pay their fair share, and invest those new public dollars in keeping our healthcare whole and making New York affordable for everyone.

“As Comptroller DiNapoli’s report makes clear, the federal budget scam ‘further skews tax benefits to individuals and businesses at higher income’ and will ‘put a heavier burden on working-class New Yorkers trying to make ends meet.’ New York’s millionaires and billionaires can afford to pay what they owe in taxes.”

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Mandy Keifetz @besecretandexult.bsky.social · 29d

This is a disaster for me personally. How the fuck are any of us supposed to survive this?

Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 29d

Welp, @governor.ny.gov is on board with Trump & Congressional Republicans' efforts to make NY sicker. @axios.com reported this morning that Hochul is scrapping expanded healthcare b/c of the Federal Budget Scam. www.axios.com/2025/09/10/n...

Our response (spoiler, she should #TaxTheRich instead)👇

Earlier this morning, Axios reported that Gov. Hochul plans to axe New Yorkers’ healthcare as a result of July’s Federal Budget Scam. Below is a response from Erica Vladimer, Communications Coordinator for the Invest In Our New York Campaign:

“New York’s Congressional Republican delegation happily voted to make New Yorkers sicker by cutting billions from our healthcare, forcing state leaders to step in and deal with the aftermath. Unfortunately, Governor Hochul’s claim to stand up for New York’s families falls short as she chooses to axe their healthcare. Instead, Governor Hochul can raise the necessary public dollars to protect healthcare access by raising taxes on New York’s millionaires and billionaires. Anything less is just going along with Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans.”

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 29d

So sorry to hear that this directly impacts you, Mandy.

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Jen DeWeerth ❌👑 @jendeweerth.bsky.social · 29d

Why is @governor.ny.gov caving to Trump and taking away our healthcare? If she really wants to protect New Yorkers, she'd #taxtherich so every New Yorker can see a doctor without going broke. It's really that simple...and popular!

Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 29d

Welp, @governor.ny.gov is on board with Trump & Congressional Republicans' efforts to make NY sicker. @axios.com reported this morning that Hochul is scrapping expanded healthcare b/c of the Federal Budget Scam. www.axios.com/2025/09/10/n...

Our response (spoiler, she should #TaxTheRich instead)👇

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Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · 29d

@governor.ny.gov could join us in calling for a #SpecialSessionNow to protect NYers from the MAGA budget. Instead, she's cutting off access to healthcare for 450,000 NYers. NYS has the resources to meet NYers' needs -- we just need leaders who are willing to fight for us!

Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 29d

Welp, @governor.ny.gov is on board with Trump & Congressional Republicans' efforts to make NY sicker. @axios.com reported this morning that Hochul is scrapping expanded healthcare b/c of the Federal Budget Scam. www.axios.com/2025/09/10/n...

Our response (spoiler, she should #TaxTheRich instead)👇

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 29d

Once again, the super-rich and highly profitable corporations escape paying what they owe.

....Must be nice.

It's up to state lawmakers to ensure the wealthy pay their fair share.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29d

When Trump said "I am your voice," this is who he was talking to.

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · 29d

Welp, @governor.ny.gov is on board with Trump & Congressional Republicans' efforts to make NY sicker. @axios.com reported this morning that Hochul is scrapping expanded healthcare b/c of the Federal Budget Scam. www.axios.com/2025/09/10/n...

Our response (spoiler, she should #TaxTheRich instead)👇

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adamnyc.bsky.social @adamnyc.bsky.social · Sep 4

The MAGA budget was signed into law 2 months ago today. NYS lawmakers can protect us from its full impact. But they went on recess in June and they haven't come back to Albany since.

Call @governor.ny.gov and your NYS electeds to demand a #SpecialSessionNow!

elections.ny.gov/new-york-sta...

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · Sep 2

"The number of millionaires in New York actually doubled between the years 2010 and 2022, from 35,802 to 69,780."

"From 2019 to 2022, the richest 5% of New York City earners garnered 56 percent of all income gains."

The rich are doing just fine...and they're not leaving.

Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · Sep 2

Other states are gaining millionaires faster than New York, a new report finds, linking it to our high taxes. But is there any hard data to suggest the ultra-rich would leave quicker if a Mayor Mamdani convinced the state legislature to make them pay more?

Won’t Someone Think of New York’s Millionaires?

Other states are gaining rich people faster than ours. Is that a bad thing? And other links to start your day.

hellgatenyc.com

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · Aug 25

"In 2021, when New York increased personal income tax rates for millionaires, the state’s millionaire population grew by 21 percent."

Millionaire👏Tax👏Flight👏Is👏A👏Lie👏

Read more from @groundwork.bsky.social: archive.ph/K7f6S

(cc: @governor.ny.gov)

A headline from a Rolling Stone Article that says: Commentary. Tax The Rich. They'll Stay. Zohran Mamdani wants to make New York more affordable by raising taxes on the city’s millionaires. History shows they won’t leave
By Nia Law, Lindsay Owens
August 24, 2025

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · Aug 23

Can you count the number of at-risk hospitals in NY?

State leaders need to do some thing- NOW. If there were ever a time to #TaxTheRich, this is it. Our hospitals, and New Yorkers’ lives, depend on it.

A zoom in of a map that shows the number of hospitals and their location that are at risk of closure due to the feral budget scam. The zoom in is on the northeast, with a focus on NY state, with at least 25 yellow circles that represent at-risk hospitals.

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Mr. Bunny Slippers @maxtropolitan.bsky.social · Aug 22

Yup. Trump's tax cuts for the rich gutted services New Yorkers need.

By refusing to raise NY State taxes on the rich, even just to a level that would zero out the cuts they got from Trump, Kathy Hochul is telling us she supports Trump's policy.

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Invest in Our New York @investinourny.bsky.social · Aug 22

💁‍♀️actually. There are VERY clear things Gov Hochul & state leadership can do in the short term

Convene a special session to make the obscenely rich pay their fair share and protect our communities from the federal budget scam.

Don’t be fooled: redistricting isn’t the only option.

There are “no clear options” for what New York can do ahead of the midterm elections, said the person, who was granted anonymity to relay the closed-door discussion.

New York Democrats, though, agree they will do something — likely a constitutional amendment — to alter how the state draws House lines. That amendment, however, can’t be in place until 2027, assuming voters give their approval.

At times, Hochul has signaled she wants to be aggressive with redistricting, tweeting “Game on” after Texas state lawmakers approved new House lines.

But she is also realistic about what New York can actually do in the short term.

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