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Protect Our Safety Net
Today, concerned activists met outside of Congressman Chris Gibson's office in Saratoga, New York, to hold him accountable for attacking our social safety net. Gibson is just one of many Congressmen who have cut
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Legislation to Document Health Care Disparities Introduced in New York
By Bob Cohen, Policy Director As this entry is being written – on June 20th, the last day of the scheduled New York legislative session -- advocates for health care reform are converging on
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Our Final Legislative Priorities
With just 5 working days left in this year's legislative session, it's time to buckle down and get our goals accomplished. We need to make sure that our state government helps to make a
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Let the Fox in the Hen House?
Tell New York State: enact legislation creating a health insurance Exchange in order to receive millions of dollars in federal assistance, and to ensure the Exchange is ready for consumers and small businesses to
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Assembly Speaker Silver Introduces Legislation to Extend Millionaires’ Tax
On Tuesday, May 17, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver introduced legislation to extend the millionaires' tax beyond the end of the year deadline. Speaker Silver cited this extension as a "moral imperative." It's unreasonable, unethical, and
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On May 12th – a recap
By Charlie Vella, Communications Assistant On Thursday, May 12, I hopped on a bus with Citizen Action of New York and other local activists. We made the trip from Albany to Lower Manhattan in order
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On May 12th
By Charlie Vella, Communications Assistant On Thursday, May 12th, thousands of concerned New Yorkers will converge at public assembly points throughout Lower Manhattan to protest a devastating state budget that
Read More »Capitol Camp-In Live Coverage!
On Wednesday, March 30th, hundreds of concerned New Yorkers will converge upon the state Capitol to protest a devastating state budget that puts millionaires before working class New Yorkers. Organizations participating include Alliance for Quality
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Justice Works: A Conference for Progressive New York
This year's Citizen Action leadership conference is the event that the progressive movement in New York has been waiting for. It's the event our movement needs to grow stronger and move forward. It's the
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