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Knock for the 99%
Join us on Saturday, May 19th, as we Knock for the 99% – going door to door in communities across New York to tell your neighbors about the plan for Fair Elections – elections
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Senate Democrats Introduce Fair Elections Legislation
Today, Senate Democrats held a press conference announcing the introduction of two bills that would establish a publicly financed Fair Elections system for statewide and legislative campaigns. Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson introduced S7036,
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Stop Paul Ryan’s $3 Trillion Windfall for the 1%
Sign our petition to New York’s Republican Members of Congress now!
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“Walk In Our Shoes”- Citizen Action Protests Rep. Buerkle’s Vote Against Extending Unemployment Insurance
Earlier today, members if Citizen Action’s Syracuse chapter protested outside Representative Ann Marie Buerkle’s re-election campaign kick-off party. The subject of the protest was Rep. Buerkle’s vote against extending unemployment insurance benefits that she
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Today’s Letters to the Editor in the New York Times
Today’s New York Times includes three great letters to the editor about money in politics. Two of the letters are in response to an Op-Ed by Linsay Mark Lewis, the former Finance Director for
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Fair Elections for New York Has a New Website
Earlier today, we launched a new website: fairelectionsny.org. It’s part of a major effort to enact public financing of elections in New York, supported not only by over 100 community, faith,and labor organizations across
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New Research Review Shows Public Financing of Elections Benefits Communities and Candidates of Color
A new research review conducted by the Center for Working Families has shown that a system of public financing of elections in New York would have significant benefits for communities and candidates of color.
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New Group of Business Leaders Support Fair Elections
Yesterday, a large group of New York business and civic leaders, top executives at Fortune 500 companies, and former members of Congress announced their strong support for comprehensive campaign finance reform: Fair Elections. This
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New Report Shows Years of Pre-K Cuts, Despite Funding & Big Benefits
Today, we joined a coalition of early childhood education providers, parents, policy and advocacy groups to release a new report that details drastic reductions to the Universal Pre-Kindergarten grant since 2007, despite proof that
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