The race centers on protecting Social Security for current retirees and future seniors. Candidates emphasize that Social Security and Medicare are earned benefits that support the American middle class. Plans include extending Social Security’s solvency for decades, increasing monthly payouts, and ensuring benefits are updated annually to match real costs in high-cost areas. Proposals also include lifting the payroll tax cap so higher earners contribute on more income, funding full scheduled benefits through at least 2096, and rejecting efforts to raise the age required to receive benefits. Additional focus includes finding new revenue sources for OASI beyond its projected depletion date and investing in the Social Security Administration to improve guidance and reduce backlogs.
"Social Security and Medicare aren't entitlements. They are the backbone of the American middle class, paid for by a lifetime of hard work. Nearly 69 million Americans rely on these benefits they earned, yet Trump and his MAGA allies are actively trying to destroy them to pay for massive corporate tax breaks. In Congress, I will champion legislation to extend Social Security's solvency for the next 100 years. I will fight to increase monthly payouts and guarantee that benefits are updated annually so that they actually keep pace with the real cost of living in high-cost cities like New York."
"We need to lift the payroll tax cap so high earners pay on all their income, fund full scheduled benefits through at least 2096, and protect benefits for current retirees. Older Americans have given so much to New York and this country; we owe them a great deal for their work and fortitude in raising us, teaching us, and building this great city into what it is today."
"I will advocate tirelessly to protect their hard-earned benefits and the promises that were made to them when they started working. I am committed to finding new sources of revenue to shore up the OASI past its projected 2034 depletion date, while simultaneously rejecting efforts to increase the age requirement to receive benefits and working to ensure benefits match cost-of-living increases."
"Aside from revenue sources for OASI, investing in the Social Security Administration itself to increase its ability to provide meaningful and clear guidance to the seniors it serves is critical to alleviating backlogs and ensuring people can make the most well-informed decisions p"
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