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Corporate Cash, Personal Wealth Report
by Bob Cohen, Policy Director Hopefully, you’ve caught Joan Mandle’s recent post on this blog about the attempts to buy our elections through attack ads funded by right-wing corporate-allied PACs (“Conservative Money is Drowning Out
Read More »1st Congressional District Residents Protest Randy Altschuler’s Ties to Corporate Cash and a Corporate Agenda
“Corporate Cash, Personal Wealth” Report Details Corporate Support For Tim Bishop Challenger East Setauket, NY – Residents of New York’s 1st Congressional District protested the corporate connections of Randy Altschuler, the Republican candidate for
Read More »Did You See This Video?
Matt Damon taped a special message with his birthday wish - that you vote on Row E, the Working Families ballot line. Voting Working Families means your vote counts for the best candidate, but it
Read More »Billionaire NYU Trustee Has Deep And Unsettling Ties To The Republican Party
NYULocal New York City Meet one of NYU’s most powerful trustees: Kenneth Langone. Both the NYU Langone Medical Center and Stern’s Langone Part-Time MBA carry his name; the multibillionaire gave the medical school a whopping $200
Read More »Corporate Cash, Personal Wealth: Randy Altschuler’s Campaign Funding and What it Means for Long Island
2010 – October 26 Corporate Cash, Personal Wealth: Randy Altschuler’s Campaign Funding and What it Means for Long Island (click to download PDF) Voters in New York’s First Congressional District, on the east end
Read More »Who Will Fight for Every Street?
Elections matter. The people we elect to represent us have an incredible power to make a difference in our lives. We can elect progressive candidates who are committed to fighting for the interests of
Read More »Extra help being made less available to students
CBS 6 - WRGB Albany State Education Leaders decided to put it to a vote on Tuesday that would allow individual schools to decide if a student needs extra help or not in an effort to
Read More »Education advocates rally against Regents decision
News Channel 13 - WNYT Albany Tyese Edwards soared from 7th to 8th grade easily. She did not, however, move on to 9th and that, claims her mom, is the direct result of no longer
Read More »Strategy Conference Call with Eric Schneiderman
On Thursday, October 21st at 8:45 pm, Eric Schneiderman will be joining us for a special strategy conference call, and you're invited! We'll speak with Eric about the last couple of weeks of the
Read More »Conservative Money is Drowning Out Our Voices
by Joan Mandle, Special Projects The Chamber of Commerce and other conservative groups are spending millions to try to influence the November elections in New York and other states. With the Supreme Court for the
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