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Cuomo in Binghamton Thursday to speak with business leaders
PressConnects.com Binhamton Gov. Andrew Cuomo will visit Binghamton Thursday to give a variation of his budget address. The governor's office confirmed Cuomo will speak at 11 a.m. at the Riverwalk Hotel -- the former Regency -- on
Read More »Groups Urge Lawmakers To Say No To Education Cuts
WBNG Binghamton Binghamton Numerous organizations are calling on Legislators to say 'no' to cutting more than a billion dollars in school budgets. Citizen Action of New York,, New York State United Teachers and other organizations are
Read More »Community urges lawmakers to reject school cuts
YNN Binghamton A special Valentine's Day message for state legislators, one that urges lawmakers to reject Governor Cuomo's proposed $1.5 billion in school cuts
Read More »Community Members Send Legislatures Valentines
Fox 40 Binghampton Some State Officials received Valentines Monday, but probably not the ones they expected. "Don't break our hearts- we deserve an opportunity to learn" was the messages on those cards along with calling on
Read More »Southern Tier Residents Speak Out on the Benefits of Health Reform and Protest U.S. House Vote to Repeal Reform
Newschannel 34 Binghampton, NY From Citizen Action: Residents of the Southern Tier and members of Citizen Action of New York, which led the fight for passage of federal health reform in New York State, will hold a
Read More »Local Group Says Health Care Reform Lowers Business Costs
Fox 40 Binghamton In terms of the claims that the new health care reform law will increase costs significantly for small businesses. That's a question we put to a member of the local chapter of Citizen Action
Read More »Northside Summer Celebration
YNN - Binghamton/Oneonta Binghamton, NY There was a summer celebration on the North side of Binghamton. The Northside Assembly along with Citizen Action of New York held an event at the Northside Farmer's Market. It's something
Read More »Lawmakers: Reform census for prisoners
News 10 Now Binghamton, NY NEW YORK STATE -- Lawmakers are trying to change the way some New Yorkers are counted for the census, specifically prisoners. Democratic lawmakers, standing alongside Citizen Action, introduced a bill Monday that
Read More »Effort Underway to Change How Census Counts NY Prison Inmates
WENY-TV (ABC/CBS/CW) Binghamton, NY By Renata Stiehl ALBANY -- As the 2010 U.S. Census gets underway, New York state lawmakers announced a campaign aimed at changing how the state's prison population is counted. A statewide effort is underway
Read More »Health care reform a moral issue
Press & Sun Bulletin Binghamton, NY What's going on with health care reform and why should we care? Recently the Rev. Philip Keane - author, professor of moral theology and health care ethics consultant - visited
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