""A small group of protesters walked into the iconic American Hotel's restaurant in Sag Harbor this weekend to convey a message they filmed for the world to see: "Tax the rich." Sag Harbor is a village in East Hampton that has long been a premier destination for the wealthy. Labor Day weekend is one of the busiest times of year for the otherwise sleepy enclave.""
""A group of protesters also targeted the Hamptons home of billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman on Saturday. "The Hamptons protest is meant to be both symbolic and strategic as it directly confronts the billionaires who summer in East Hampton while making visible the hidden flow of money fueling Cuomo, Adams, and Trump," Planet Over Profit said in a press release, referring to Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor now running for mayor, Eric Adams, the current New York mayor, and President Donald Trump.""
Activists protesting wealth inequality staged demonstrations in the Hamptons over Labor Day weekend. Protesters entered a Sag Harbor restaurant with signs and a filmed message calling to "Tax the rich." Demonstrations were part of a nationwide "Workers Over Billionaires" campaign with actions from San Francisco to Chicago to New York. Protesters also targeted the Hamptons home of billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman. Organizers said the Hamptons actions aim to confront summering billionaires, expose flows of money funding powerful politicians, and launch a longer-term effort to reduce billionaire influence and redirect resources to workers and communities.
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