Posted 11/28/2023, 3:41:00 AM
AOC: NYC Budget Cuts Target Working Class While Wealthy Residents Stay
- AOC claims working class NYC residents are fleeing because the city has become too expensive
- She states this during a discussion on budget cuts proposed by Mayor Adams that would impact police, schools, libraries, arts
- AOC questions why taxes aren't being raised on wealthy residents instead
- She argues that data doesn't support the claim that higher taxes lead wealthy residents to leave
- She states that it's actually working class residents who can no longer afford to live in NYC that are moving out