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New York’s Soul at Stake
by Shanna Goldman, Organizing Director Right now, we’re working to pass legislation that would change New York’s antiquated practice of adding the count of people in prison to the population of the district where they
Read More »New law protecting credit card users goes into effect
New York Daily News New York, NY BY LORE CROGHAN DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Banks can no longer jack up interest rates on most customers' credit card balances, as a federal law protecting millions of consumers took effect
Read More »Need money? Tax the rich
Capitol Confidential, Times Union Albany, NY By Rick Karlin That’s one of the not-unexpected suggestions out today from a consortium of groups including the labor-backed Fiscal Policy Institute, the state teachers union, non-profits, health care organizations and
Read More »Latest potential domino: Cuomo, Schneiderman, Espaillat
Capitol Confidential, Times Union Albany, NY By Rick Karlin Maybe dominoes isn’t the best metaphor, it’s more like churn, or the ongoing movement of ambitious politicians seeking ever-higher office which in turn creates openings for others along
Read More »HEALTH CARE ACTIVISTS TRAVEL TO ALBANY TO CALL OUT INSURANCE COMPANY LIES
For Immediate Release: February 17, 2010 HEALTH CARE ACTIVISTS TRAVEL TO ALBANY TO CALL OUT INSURANCE COMPANY LIES Demand Congress Listen to Voters, Not the Insurance Companies Albany, NY - More than 100 health
Read More »Gov. drops reform of hospital charity-care payments
Crain's New York New York, NY New York's powerful hospital lobby quietly prevailed in pushing Gov. David Paterson to drop a reform of charity-care payments from his proposed executive budget. If implemented, the reform would have
Read More »New Option for the States on Inmates in the Census
New York Times New York, NY For decades, predominantly rural and Republican districts have had extra clout in state and local legislative bodies because their large inmate populations were counted as local residents in apportioning representation.
Read More »Prisons, Redistricting and the Census
New York Times New York, NY The Census Bureau struck a blow for electoral fairness recently when it decided to speed up publication of its data on prison populations to ensure it is available for the
Read More »Prisoners of the Census
Metroland Albany, NY State Sen. Neil Breslin supports the downstate effort to change the state’s system of counting the incarcerated In anticipation of this year’s census, advocates in New York state are adamant in their efforts to
Read More »One Person, One Vote
The principle of ‘one person, one vote,’ is a sacred component of our democracy in the United States. But, here in New York, when it comes to counting people in prison, representation is anything
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