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Activists demand unemployment insurance extension
Newschannel 13 - WNYT Albany A coalition of local progressive organizations voiced a common theme Wednesday. "It is pretty ironic that we're talking about unemployment benefits not being extended while at the same time we're talking about
Read More »NY’s Attorney General Schneiderman: ‘This Is Our Moment’
The Nation As a longtime supporter of Eric Schneiderman, it was solace for the political soul, on a grim election night, to mark his victory as New York State's attorney general. His win is one
Read More »Tedisco returned to Assembly
The Saratogian Saratoga Republican Assemblyman Jim Tedisco won his 15th straight election Tuesday night, beating out Democratic rival BK Keramati of Galway, to continue into his third decade representing the 110th Assembly District. "I think everybody in
Read More »Billionaire NYU Trustee Has Deep And Unsettling Ties To The Republican Party
NYULocal New York City Meet one of NYU’s most powerful trustees: Kenneth Langone. Both the NYU Langone Medical Center and Stern’s Langone Part-Time MBA carry his name; the multibillionaire gave the medical school a whopping $200
Read More »Extra help being made less available to students
CBS 6 - WRGB Albany State Education Leaders decided to put it to a vote on Tuesday that would allow individual schools to decide if a student needs extra help or not in an effort to
Read More »Education advocates rally against Regents decision
News Channel 13 - WNYT Albany Tyese Edwards soared from 7th to 8th grade easily. She did not, however, move on to 9th and that, claims her mom, is the direct result of no longer
Read More »Group wants state to force schools to give extra help to students who are struggling
Syracuse.com Syracuse The state Board of Regents is scheduled to decide Monday whether to extend a waiver through the school year that gives school districts the option to not provide extra help to struggling students who
Read More »BK Keramati hopes to unseat James Tedisco in 110th Assembly District race
The Saratogian Saratoga The race for the 110th Assembly District, which contains parts of Schenectady and Saratoga counties as well as the city of Saratoga Springs and a part of the city of Schenectady, will be
Read More »Riders, Students and Advocates Mourn the Potential Death of LI Bus
Mobilizing the Region Long Island Long Island Bus riders, students and members of various advocacy groups gathered at the Mineola Intermodal Center today to mourn the potential passing of LI Bus. In the face of historic underfunding
Read More »Progressives rally under ‘One Nation’ banner, invigorated for midterm elections
Long Island Populist Examiner Long Island Progressives - thought to be sitting out the midterm elections - came by the tens of thousands to rally in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, October 2. They came from different
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