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[https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/subsidizing-inequality-new-york-citys-crooked-development-agenda/ by Alex Ulam 23/6/14 DISSENT] | [https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/subsidizing-inequality-new-york-citys-crooked-development-agenda/ by Alex Ulam 23/6/14 DISSENT] | ||
Too much of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign against inequality has been spent trying to change New York State law. His most ballyhooed initiatives, such as raising New York City’s income tax on the wealthy and hiking up the minimum wage for the city’s working poor, require a vote by a divided state legislature and a signature from a governor whose recent tepid support for progressive causes appears to hinge on political calculations. | Too much of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign against inequality has been spent trying to change New York State law. His most ballyhooed initiatives, such as raising New York City’s income tax on the wealthy and hiking up the minimum wage for the city’s working poor, require a vote by a divided state legislature and a signature from a governor whose recent tepid support for progressive causes appears to hinge on political calculations. | ||
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