As tourists sipped hot cocoa and sampled wool gloves at Manhattan’s Union Square Holiday Market Sunday, across the way, chants of "tax the rich" echoed through the area.

Hundreds gathered at a rally organized by the New York City Democratic Socialists of America to celebrate Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s victory and demand Gov. Kathy Hochul support his plans to tax the wealthy and secure free public child care.

"Across the city, billionaires treat this place like a playground, while working-class people scrounge for their dignity," said Christian Celeste Tate, a democratic socialist from Brooklyn running for the New York Assembly in 2026.

"Today it’s child care, tomorrow it’s health care. The day after that, it’ll be housing," said Tate, among several candidates and elected leaders wh

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