Over 100 Grassroots Leaders Come to Albany to Protest Republican Coup in State Senate

Charlie Albanetti July 9, 2009 0

DSCN0294Over one hundred voters and advocates, shocked and outraged at the yesterday’s attempted Republican takeover of the State Senate, came from around New York today to protest yesterday’s attempted coup d’etat. At the protest, outside renegade Democrat Pedro Espada’s office, the voters and advocates said they would not let the people’s agenda be silenced by a political power grab partially engineered by a billionaire who left the state to avoid paying his fair share of taxes.

Here is the news coverage from the protest:

Hundreds rally at the Capitol – Capital News 9

Citizen Action protests Senate change – Legislative Gazette

Senate switch leaves business unfinished – WNYT NBC 13

Blocking Action – FOX 23 / WXXA

Albany Out of Order – Gotham Gazette

Billionaire businessman helped GOP take back Senate – News day

Golisano Denies Ties to Espada, Monserrate – Politics on the Hudson

Senate stuck in gridlock after coup – Elmira Star-Gazette

How Tom Golisano flipped control of the New York State Senate – Syracuse Post-Standard

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Charlie Albanetti heads the Communications team at Citizen Action of New York, working out of the Albany office. His day to day tasks include web and new media content, email blasting, communications strategy, and general public relations. Charlie can be reached at calbanetti@citizenactionny.org or 518.465.4600 x 121.


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