Tax the Rich Takes the New York Capitol
It Could Happen Here
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🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Garrison reports from Albany at a rally to raise taxes on millionaires while a budget crisis looms in New York City.
Sources:
https://taxtherichny.com/action/
https://www.capitolconfidential.com/p/new-york-gained-thousands-of-new
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/mamdani-budget-parks-libraries/
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/executive-order-12
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.0 | Cool Zone Media. |
| 0:29.2 | This is It Could Happen here, I'm Garrison Davis, reporting from the New York State Capitol. |
| 0:38.6 | In the early, early morning of Wednesday, February 25th, I rode on a bus from the snowy streets of the financial district in lower Manhattan up to Albany, the New York State Capitol. The bus arrived at the Armory Arena shortly before |
| 0:45.8 | 10 a.m. Inside, there was coffee and breakfast, signs and posters, tax the rich embroidered beanies, |
| 0:53.1 | and over a thousand New Yorkers gathered to tell |
| 0:56.3 | Kathy Hockel and the New York State Legislature that it's time to tax the rich. After recovering |
| 1:02.7 | from the morning bus ride, a rally was held in the Armory Arena hosted by New York City Councilman |
| 1:09.7 | Chi Ose. |
| 1:18.2 | With speakers from local unions like the Nurses Association, 1099 SCIU, the Taxiworkers Alliance, Immigrant Justice Organizations, child care, housing, and education advocates, |
| 1:24.1 | as well as the co-chair of the New York City DSA. |
| 1:28.4 | Following the speeches, the crowd practiced chants and protest songs ahead of the march to the capital. |
| 1:36.0 | The rally at the armory just wrapped up. |
| 1:40.0 | Now a thousand or so people are marching on Washington towards the state capital building in Albany. |
| 1:50.1 | Tax the rich! |
| 1:54.8 | What do we want? |
| 1:56.8 | We don't get to shut it down! |
| 2:01.4 | The question. The crowd is now. We don't get to shut it down. |
| 2:07.8 | The crowd is now in front of the legislative building. |
| 2:13.7 | There's some New York taxi cabs honking outside the New York DSA marching band. We are Lord of a little bit louder, three, we need funding for our future. |
| 2:22.7 | What? |
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