Tax the rich, urge protesters at New York City’s ‘Towers of Power’

Lawmakers demonstrating outside famous Manhattan apartment building promise to fight to ensure wealthy are fairly taxed

Lawmakers and activists gathered in the rain on Thursday outside a Manhattan apartment building once dubbed the “Towers of Power” and famous for being the home of millionaires and billionaires, calling for higher state taxes on the super-wealthy.

“I’m asking you now, help the people of New York City by sharing some of the wealth that you have,” New York state senator Robert Jackson shouted up to the apartments above, most of which had their blinds drawn. “If not, we’re going to pass legislation that makes you pay for it.”