An aerial photo of the huge crowd outside City Hall Park (Courtesy of the United Federation of Teachers)
This afternoon, the Council’s Progressive Caucus released the results of its budget survey just before thousands gathered at the “Save Our City” Rally outside City Hall to demand that the Mayor find alternative solutions to budget cuts.
Melissa and other members of the Progressive Caucus joined advocates and social service providers on the steps of City Hall today to announce the results and again renew the call for the consideration of new revenue options.
Among the nearly 2,000 New Yorkers that responded, 89% supported protecting vital services by asking those who can afford to pay to put in their fair share. The survey indicated that New Yorkers support a number of new, progressive revenue options, including closing a tax loophole for hedge fund and private equity managers and fair share reforms to our tax structure.
More detailed results can be viewed in the report below. A press release on the survey results can be found here.
We would like to thank all of those who took part in the survey!
Below are the official results. If you are unable to view this document, click here to download it in PDF.
Melissa Mark-Viverito 
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