• Taxing the Ultra-Wealthy Individuals and Corporations

• Bringing Universal Child Care to NYS

• Delivering on Fast and Free Buses

• Passing the New York Health Act

The cost of starting a family in New York has skyrocketed to unimaginable levels; in the period from 2019 to 2024, family-based childcare costs increased a staggering 79%. As a result, families with small children are more than twice as likely to move out of New York City compared to those without. Yuh-Line, a new mother, has personally felt this pressure and is dedicated to alleviating the economic pressures on New York parents. Yuh-Line will push for the adoption of Senate Bill S.3415A, establishing funding for universal health care and increasing pay and benefits to revive the struggling childcare worker industry.

Yuh-Line will also prioritize lowering the cost of public transit. For areas with poor subway connectivity, buses are a vital part of the public transit network. However, as prices have increased, many residents are being priced out. Yuh-Line is committed to reviving the free bus pilots under Senate Bill S.4421 and will champion transportation equity by fighting for funding for fast and free buses in next year’s budget. The 2024 pilot program demonstrated a 30% increase in ridership, with one route reporting a 71% decrease in driver assaults.

To fund these proposals, everyone in New York must contribute equitably. While the real wage growth in the lower and middle class has only gone up 8% from 2019 to 2024, the top 3% of earners in New York have seen a staggering 34.5% percent increase in real wages. To combat this growing inequality, Yuh-Line has continually been at the forefront of progressive tax policy. In 2021, Yuh-Line sponsored A.02422, imposing a tax on corporate stock buybacks, as well as A.05215, establishing a modernized tax on financial transactions. To build a New York where growth is shared by all, Yuh-Line will continue pushing legislation to make our tax system equitable. Yuh-Line is determined to introduce new legislation, establishing a tax on unrealized capital gains for individuals with over 100 million dollars in net worth. The well-known tax loophole of passing large asset portfolios through inheritance bypassing the capital gains tax, must be closed. For existing legislation, Yuh-Line will work to pass Senate Bill S.1622 will establish state-level tax brackets for those making over $500,000 a year, raising a projected $20 billion annually for projects such as universal childcare and free buses. Yuh-Line is also a staunch supporter of Senate Bill S.953, which increases corporate tax rates on the largest, most profitable businesses in the state.