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Statement on New York’s Pied-à-Terre Tax Plan

Statement on New York’s Pied-à-Terre Tax Plan

The proposed pied-à-terre tax is a meaningful step toward a fairer tax system and a major win for working-class New Yorkers. It reflects years of organizing to ensure the ultra-wealthy contribute more and is expected to raise roughly $500 million annually toward a budget gap of more than $5 billion. But this alone is not enough. New York needs broader, recurring revenue solutions to fully address the deficit and protect the services New Yorkers rely on. #TaxTheRich
Statement on the Council’s FY27 Preliminary Budget Response

Statement on the Council’s FY27 Preliminary Budget Response

“The Council’s response to the Mayor’s FY27 Preliminary Budget recognizes, in part, the importance of better managing City resources and improving collection of fines and revenue, particularly from corporate actors and delinquent landlords. However, it does not fully grapple with the scale of the challenge ahead, which cannot be addressed without new, recurring state revenue, including taxing the ultra-wealthy."
People’s Budget Coalition Launches “Make ’Em Pay” Campaign

People’s Budget Coalition Launches “Make ’Em Pay” Campaign

Yesterday evening, the People’s Budget coalition—alongside more than 40 grassroots organizations, labor partners, and community leaders—launched the “Make ’Em Pay” campaign, a citywide effort to hold corporate bad actors accountable and recover hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid fines and penalties owed to New York City. The launch event, held in Lower Manhattan, brought together over 100 advocates, workers, tenants, and elected officials to call for stronger enforcement and accountability measures as part of the City’s FY27 budget process.
Budget Dancing Partners
Politico Playbook

Budget Dancing Partners

“The fact that this balanced budget hinges on the possibility of a 9.5% property tax hike underscores the failure of Albany to act — but it also highlights the risk to ordinary New Yorkers if our leaders don’t prioritize progressive revenue and spending reforms,” the People’s Plan, a collection of progressive social service and political organizations, said in a statement.
Heard around Town
City & State

Heard around Town

Progressive budget watchdogs at The People’s Plan praised New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s order yesterday for “chief savings officers” to hunt for “efficiencies” – even after hammering former Mayor Eric Adams’ savings plans throughout his term. Adams’ Program to Eliminate the Gap, or PEGs, were across-the-board percentage targets, while Mamdani’s – at this point – are looking more open-ended. Still, “if Mamdani touches what we deem core services without trying to bridge gaps and find cuts elsewhere, we will change our tune,” People’s Plan Executive Director Zara Nasir told City & State.
Mamdani promises no budget games – but he has a budget narrative
City & State

Mamdani promises no budget games – but he has a budget narrative

Zara Nasir, executive director of The People’s Plan NYC, a coalition of advocacy groups that organized against Adams’ budget cuts in recent years, said she’s encouraged to see Mamdani pushing the state to kick in more revenue. The group also sees an opportunity for city agencies to ramp up enforcement on fines and fees for landlords and other companies as a potential source of new revenue.
People’s Budgets Insist on Care First—for and by Everyone
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People’s Budgets Insist on Care First—for and by Everyone

In New York, The People’s Plan NYC (a coalition of over 50 local organizations) won major fund restorations from Mayor Eric Adams: tens of millions of dollars for public education and over $200 million for early childhood education. It also secured tens of millions of dollars in new funding for people’s budget priorities, programs like immigrant legal services and expanded peer-led crisis care and safety programs. Unifying public pressure on Mayor Adams—through rallies, testimonies, postcards, petitions, and some heckling—was decisive to these wins
Update on FY27 budget re: Libraries/Ed Programs

Update on FY27 budget re: Libraries/Ed Programs

As we continue our preliminary FY27 budget analysis, we are disappointed to see that library spending has been cut by $29 million in the Mayor’s preliminary budget proposal. Additionally, key educational programs such as restorative justice and Learn To Work programs have not been included in this budget. We recognize the city’s legal obligation to balance the budget and the difficult choices that come with that responsibility. Those choices, however, must not come at the expense of New Yorkers.
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