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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
Read More »Most school budgets pass
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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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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Citizen Action New York City Chapter
We are a capable energetic group that currently includes members from a broad based assortment of professions and disciplines. Many offer our organization extensive experience in progressive politics. But you don’t need past experience
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“They get the gold, we get the shaft.”
by Tahisha Victor and Jia-Jia Zhu “They get the gold, we get the shaft” is what hundreds of workers chanted at Albany's Capitol today. They were joined by the Growing Together NY coalition and
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