Like Ocasio-Cortez, Bowman, a former Bronx middle school principal, shocked the political world last year by trouncing a long-time Democratic incumbent Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, who represents parts of The Bronx and Queens, said she will continue to press Congress and the White House to provide more New York more federal coronavirus recovery funding, but that doesn’t preclude imposing state higher taxes on the wealthy.

She said New Yorkers shouldn’t have to settle for under-funded schools, mass transit and “crumbling infrastructure.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, left, and Jamaal Bowman will speak of their support for ‘The Invest in Our New York Act’ at a 4 p.m. We have to make sure the wealthy pay their fair share,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “Working families are paying their fair share.

Their allies in the New York branch of the Democratic Socialists of America are key partners in the tax the rich campaign. They pledged their support for “The Invest in Our New York Act” Act at a 4 p.m. Jamaal Bowman endorsed a massive $50 billion package of state tax hikes on the wealthy to maintain services during the pandemic-fueled fiscal crisis.ĪOC and Bowman, both Democratic Socialists representing Big Apple districts in DC, backed a growing progressive insurgency in the Democratic-run state legislature to pressure Gov. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her New York congressional sidekick Rep. The Met Gala hypocrisy of class warrior Chi OsséīK pol says he wants to ‘eat the rich’ - yet he hobnobbed with stars at Met Gala

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