# Hochul under pressure from DSA to ‘tax the rich’ immediately after winning second term

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/hochul-under-pressure-from-dsa-to-tax-the-rich-immediately-after-winning-second-term/
- Published: 2026-11-04T21:43:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T02:53:29+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/04/us-news/hochul-under-pressure-from-dsa-to-tax-the-rich-immediately-after-winning-second-term/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Hochul won re-election by 20 points.
- The DSA and Working Families Party want higher taxes on the wealthy.
- Political observers say backlash against Trump helped drive her victory.

## Summary

Kathy Hochul is facing renewed pressure from New York’s Democratic Socialists of America and the Working Families Party to raise taxes on wealthy people, expand free childcare and increase the minimum wage. Their demands follow her re-election, though political observers cited in the article say her victory owed more to opposition to President Donald Trump than to a shift towards the left.

The New York City DSA chapter says it will press Hochul during the next budget season, after its members won a record number of state legislative seats. Hochul defeated Republican Bruce Blakeman by 20 points, compared with a six-point win in 2022; the article says Blakeman’s low name recognition and association with Trump may have hurt him. Hochul had the Democratic and Working Families Party lines, but not the DSA’s endorsement.

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