A looming fiscal cliff tied to President Donald Trump's funding cuts has reignited a progressive push to raise taxes on the rich — and to cancel Gov. Kathy Hochul's planned rebate checks for middle-class New Yorkers.

A half-dozen progressive state lawmakers, including several members of the Democratic Socialists of America, called on the Democratic governor to convene a special session of the Legislature before the end of the year. They said the $2 billion in rebates are fiscally irresponsible given looming deficits that could force cuts to social service programs.

“We have a responsibility to actually tax the ultra-wealthy and big corporations,” Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, who is challenging Hochul in a Democratic primary next year, said at a rally in Manhattan this week. “ Two billion

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