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New York State Alliance for Retired Americans • New York State AFL-CIO • Citizen Action of New York 1199 SEIU, Fight for Fair Economy • New York Statewide Senior Action Council • New York
Read More »Citizen Action Praises Assembly for Passing Public Financing of Comptroller Campaigns
Legislation is Major Step Toward Taking Big Money Influence Out of Politics in New York Albany, NY - In response to the Assembly passing legislation to create a system of public financing for campaigns
Read More »Governor’s Health Exchange Bill to Save New Yorkers Money
Final Legislative Priority Must Be Health Exchange Bill, Say Dozens of Advocacy, Consumer, Community Groups Albany, NY - On Thursday, member organizations of Health Care for All New York, joined by representatives of community groups,
Read More »DiNapoli Leads Effort to Clean Up New York’s Elections
New Bill Would Set Up Publicly-Financed Voter Owned Elections for Comptroller’s Office In response to legislation introduced by Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli that would create a system of public financing for Comptroller campaigns, Karen
Read More »Local Residents to Ask Congresswoman Buerkle Why She Wants to End Medicare and Give Tax Cuts to the Rich at Palmyra Town Hall
Syracuse, NY - Citizen Action of New York and 1199SEIU will mark the tenth anniversary of the day George W. Bush signed into law a $1.35 trillion tax cut (June 7, 2011) by asking
Read More »Citizen Action Applauds Schneiderman/DiNapoli Plan to Fight Corruption
Attorney General and Comptroller to Shine Light on Fraud and Abuse Albany, NY - Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, made this statement after Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Comprotroller
Read More »Karen Scharff, Executive Director, Citizen Action of New York Reacts to Passage of NY Budget
Albany, NY - In response to the New York State legislature passing the 2011-12 State Budget, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said: History will look back on the passage
Read More »People of Color Disproportionately Harmed by State Budget Proposals, Say Grassroots Organizations
New Report: “Unequal Budget: The Impact of 2011-12 State Budget Proposals on New York Communities of Color” Albany, NY - Grassroots organizations released a report today assailing the state’s intention to slash school aid,
Read More »Malpractice Negligence Victims Arrive in Albany to Make Their Voices Heard
Proposed Caps and Infant Fund Called “Devastating” for New York’s Most Vulnerable ALBANY – Victims of medical negligence and their families arrived in Albany today to share their stories with legislators and to stop
Read More »STATEMENT BY KAREN SCHARFF, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK, REGARDING CHARGES AGAINST SENATOR KRUGER
“If the news of Senator Kruger’s alleged corruption doesn’t make our elected officials in Albany race to pass voter owned elections with public financing, then their inaction makes them as guilty as Senator Kruger
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