U.S. Lieutenant Governors

She wants to abolish the border, abolish prisons. That is a deeply disturbed individual.

I said months ago, I said the Democratic Party is becoming an orgy of socialism. These recent elections vindicate my description.

We have a long, long history of standing up for people who are oppressed, who need our help.

We're banning masks for immigration enforcers as well as anyone who wears a badge. We should know who you are.

Today, hundreds of thousands of individuals woke up with this dread, this fear in their hearts because their rights are being abandoned by the Trump administration and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Making sure students have access to healthy meals improves their mental wellbeing and their academic performance.

It’s simple: No kid should go hungry, which is why we introduced free school meals statewide,

The Empire State Service Corps supports local communities across New York State, while engaging students in meaningful paid service opportunities.

For those experiencing homelessness, supportive services and a stable home can be life-changing.

These smart investments will strengthen vital upstate travel corridors for everyone – businesses, commuters, college students, residents, and visitors alike.

A true minimum tax on billionaires — a modern Buffett Rule — that ensures the people at the very top pay at least the tax rate their own workers pay.

So here is what I support: A national billionaires’ tax.

But I’m voting no because this measure dedicates almost all of the revenue it raises to a single category of state spending.

Money buys influence, and influence rewrites the rules. Those rewritten rules funnel even more wealth to the few. Under this weight, democracy itself starts to buckle.

We need to ensure every American owns a stake in the future being built by AI through a national public equity fund that takes a major stake in the new economy.

I understand the anxiety driving the wealth tax proposal in California. But I’m voting no because this measure dedicates almost all of the revenue it raises to a single category of state spending.

The evidence is in. The impacts are very real — not just substantive economic impacts in terms of the revenue, but start-ups, the indirect impacts of … people questioning long-term commitments, medium-term commitments.

This is my fear. It’s just what I warned against. It’s happening.

The fight to make the wealthiest Americans pay more in taxes is not one we should be fighting state by state.

The system is fundamentally broken. The federal tax code, a corporate code, and an inheritance code were written for a different set of Americans. It’s time for an economic reset.

Wealth is movable, and it shops for the state with the lowest taxes.

You may not be able to pick up and move to Texas or Florida to shelter your income from taxation, but I promise you that billionaires can, and do.

Last night, it became certain that a wealth tax would be placed on the November ballot in California. I’m voting no.

Trickle-down economics" a 50-year-long "failed" experiment that funneled record profits into buybacks and executive pay while workers' wages stagnated.