Weiner Outlines Vision For Easing Burden On New York City's Middle Class
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn- Queens) outlined his vision for easing the burden on New York City's middle class and those struggling to make it at a Drum Major Institute panel discussion in Manhattan recently. Weiner discussed his proposal to provide middle class families with a 10% tax cut and highlighted the crunch New Yorkers face under the rising and inescapable costs of everyday life. "It is not an overstatement to say New York is not a place you go anymore if you're in the middle class or you're striving to make it into the middle class. I am a firm believer that progressivitiy of the tax code is long overdue in this country. We need to refocus government away from property values towards a new paradigm of addressing the needs of the middle class," said Rep. Weiner. The panel discussion, which took place at Baruch College in Manhattan, was attended by representatives from unions, non-profits groups, and New York City elected officials, discussed how to make New York City a place where it is possible to become and remain middle class.