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Board President Ivette Alfonso Speaks at 99NY Presser on Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes
Today, the 99 Percent New York Coalition – made up of labor, community groups, education advocates, students and Occupy – held a press conference calling on the Governor and the Legislature to close corporate
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Policy Highlight: A Blueprint for Corporate Tax Fairness
Earlier today, Citizen Action joined with dozens of allies to announce our new plan to reform our corporate tax system – a plan that if enacted would save New York State over $1 billion.
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The Affordable Care Act: The Gift that Keeps on Giving to New Yorkers
Polling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) shows what first seems like a weird contradiction. The latest Kaiser polling shows that Americans are split down the middle when you ask them whether they support
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Statement by Karen Scharff, In Response to Announced Tax Deal
Citizen Action of New York Responds to Tax Plan In response to the economic plan announced today, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York said: After several years of devastating budget cuts to
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Cross Post: Money and Politics This Week
A cross post from the Brennan Center for Justice - Every Friday, the Brennan Center will be compiling the latest news concerning the corrosive nature of money in New York State politics—and the ongoing
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Knock for the 99%
Right now, Governor Cuomo and the NYS Legislature are planning a $4.6 billion tax cut for the richest 1% of New Yorkers while the rest of us suffer. Join us as we Knock for
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Where Millionaires Live — And Where They Don’t
Crosspost from 99 New York- New analysis of the state’s most recent public tax data by the Center for Working Families shows that those who make $1 million or more a year disproportionately live
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An End to Business as Usual: A Recap
Citizen Action of New York, along with our labor and community allies, delivered hundreds of vocal members of the 99% to the State Capitol to put our message directly into the hands of New
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Health Plans to Refund $114.5 Million in Overcharges
On Wednesday, Governor Cuomo announced that he was ordering 11 health insurance companies to refund $114.5 million to policy holders who were overcharged for their health insurance premiums in
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CWA Workers Begin March From Albany to New York
Today, CWA Verizon workers began their march from Albany to New York City in protest of Verizon's immense corporate greed at the expense of its employees.
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