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Business Council Leaders Contribute $1.9 Million to Senate Campaigns
Volunteers hit the streets on Saturday as part of a statewide door-to-door canvass called “Knock for the 99%” to build support for Fair Elections campaign finance reform. At 8 events across the State, volunteers
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Knock for the 99%
Click here to learn about our Knock for the 99% Day of Action and see how you can get involved!
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Coalition Delivers Over 200,000 Petitions Calling for Statewide Fracking Ban
Today at the Capitol, New Yorkers Against Fracking – a coalition of over 90 groups from across New York – held a press conference calling for a statewide ban on fracking and delivered over
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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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Now is the Time for Fair Elections
Today, an unprecedented coalition of groups – labor, faith, student, community, business, good government, and national – held a press conference in the Capitol outside the Senate lobby calling on legislators and Governor Cuomo
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Major Health Care Victory: Governor Creates Health Exchange!
Health care consumers in New York won a major victory on April 12th when Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order to create a health insurance exchange – a health care marketplace -- in the
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A Late Recap: Community Meeting on Suspension Reform
Nearly two years ago, Jawaan Daniels was shot and killed waiting for the bus to go home after he was suspended from his Buffalo school for walking the hallways. Since the summer of 2011,
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The 2012 Counter Budget
Today, advocates for budget that represents all of New York came together to announce their "2012 Counter Budget." This was released to remind Governor Cuomo and the state legislature of the issues they
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Today’s Foreclosure Action
Today, we teamed up with MoveOn.org, city residents, and and local elected leaders to hold a rally outside a vacant residence on Sheridan Avenue, an especially blighted street in Arbor Hill, a neighborhood in
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