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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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Cuomo’s Proposed Tax Cap Will Increase Educational Inequality
Today, representatives from the Alliance for Quality Education, NYSUT, NAACP, League of Women Voters, CSEA, New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, Citizen Action of New York, and NYC Communities for Change met at the Capitol
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Justice Works: A Recap
After months of preparation, Citizen Action of New York and the Public Policy and Education Fund of New York finally hosted the inaugural Justice Works: A Conference for Progressive New York. Located at the
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Register for the Justice Works Conference!
Justice Works: A Conference for Progressive New York is less than a week away. If you haven't already, register now to make sure you don't miss out on the progressive event of the year! Justice
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NY 26 – the Right Wing’s Waterloo?
A guest post by Jeff Blum, Executive Director of USAction Americans of all stripes demonstrated Tuesday how important Medicare is to them – and how out of touch Republican budget proposals really are. Since the
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BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) - Voters across Western New York Tuesday approved most of the area school budgets. Spending plans, however, were defeated in North Tonawanda, Iroquois, Medina and Batavia. But largest districts with budgets on
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Students First: The Reality Tour
Today, Citizen Action of New York, The Alliance for Quality Education, and New York State United Teachers launched a statewide campaign called "Students First: The Reality Tour." At a press conference in the Legislative Office
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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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Albany Residents: Vote ‘YES’ on Tuesday!
If you live in Albany, there's two important votes taking place on Tuesday, May 17th: the Albany City School District budget vote, and the Albany Public Library budget vote. These two institutions are central
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Tax Cap Proposal Not So Popular
About 150 concerned New Yorkers stopped by the Legislative Office Building in Albany on Tuesday, May 10th, to protest the "profits over people" lobbyists and Tea Partiers who were meeting in the Well of
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