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State Democrats in New York and across the country are fighting the destructive choices in DC with real solutions for working-class families
WASHINGTON— In Empire Report, New York Senate President Pro Tempore and Majority Leader, and DLCC Board Chair Andrea Stewart-Cousins reveals how Democrats in the state legislature have put working families first amidst the attacks and cuts from GOP leadership in Washington. Democrats in state leadership are setting a proactive agenda with common-sense solutions that stand in sharp contrast to the chaos coming from Trump and Republicans.
Read more from Leader Stewart-Cousins in Empire Report about how New York Democrats are standing up for working families:
- “While here in New York we’ve spent the last month fighting for working families, Washington—under its current leadership, has been doing the opposite.”
- “While [Republicans] propose slashing SNAP benefits and gutting programs that help families access healthy food, we are investing $50 million in food security through Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance and Nourish NY.”
- “While [Republicans] push tax giveaways for the ultra-wealthy and mega-corporations, we’re maintaining the lowest middle-class tax rates in more than 70 years. We’re issuing inflation checks to put real dollars back into the pockets of working families. We’ve expanded the child tax credit because New York’s families should come first.”
- “And while [Republicans] threaten to gut affordable housing programs, we’re continuing historic investments in housing—from $1 billion to support new housing development in New York City including NYCHA to expanded programs across the state for renters, homeowners, Mitchell-Lamas, and land banks.”
- “In this budget, New York has made the choice to stand with working people and to invest in people. We have decided to strengthen our schools and hospitals, not starve them. To expand access to food and housing, not rip it away.”
- “And while Washington continues to take more from New York than it gives back, we will keep doing the work. We will keep investing in people. And we will carry that responsibility forward—because that is the promise we make to every New Yorker.”
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