
Our Justice Agenda 2023
At Citizen Action of New York, we envision a world where every person’s basic needs are met—and we have an agenda to build it. Our movement for justice continues in 2023.

Public Money is Our Money
The money we all pay in taxes is public money. We should be putting more of it into things like daycare, low-cost high-quality housing & health care so that costs aren’t so out of reach for our neighbors. Join us in demanding a just economy that works for all of us!

End Medical Debt
New York’s non-profit hospitals sued over 53,000 patients over medical debt between 2015 and 2020. It’s time to protect patients and put an end to the hospital industry’s aggressive billing practice. We call on state lawmakers to protect our right to financial assistance by passing the Ounce of Prevention Law.

Funds for Pre-Trial Services!
We have to stop keeping people in jail just because they’re poor! The use of pretrial detention and money bail has contributed to the 500% explosion in U.S. jail populations over the last forty years. Demand Governor Hochul expand state funding to pre-trial services!

Get Engaged
A worldview is a framework of ideas, attitudes, and assumptions that shape the way we understand events and make sense of the world around us. Help us create the world we all want by shifting to a progressive worldview.

Join the Movement for Justice!
Citizen Action of New York is a statewide grassroots membership organization taking on big issues that are at the center of transforming society—issues that will achieve social, racial, economic and environmental justice in our communities.
Our Victories
FIGHTING FOR CHANGE
Full Foundation Aid
With our allies at the Alliance for Quality Education, we won the decades-long fight for full funding for our public schools.
Passed HONDA
The Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity Act will allow the state to convert unused hotels into permanent, affordable housing.

Progressive Candidate Endorsements
We’ve endorsed a whole slate of progressive candidates across New York State.
Latest News
CITIZEN ACTION LAUNCHES ‘OUR JUSTICE AGENDA 2023’ IN ALBANY
Jan 24, 2023
Elected Officials Including Prime Sponsors of the Bills In Attendance January 24, 2023 (Albany, NY) – Today, Citizen Action of New York unveiled Our Justice Agenda 2023, a package of priority bills that address housing, health care, education and child care, the...
CITIZEN ACTION APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF PRO-DEMOCRACY, PRO-VOTER MEASURES
Jan 13, 2023
January 12, 2023 (Albany, NY) – Citizen Action of New York applauds lawmakers in the New York Senate for voting to approve several pro-democracy, pro-voter measures as it begins its 2023-2024 legislative session. Among other improvements, the package of bills passed...
AFTER GOVERNOR’S STATE OF THE STATE, CITIZEN ACTION CALLS FOR SPENDING PUBLIC MONEY ON PUBLIC GOOD
Jan 10, 2023
A New York Where All Can Thrive Means Putting Everyday People First Instead of the Wealthy and Well-Connected Citizen Action of New York is committed to achieving a society rooted in dignity, safety and opportunity for all. Following Governor Kathy Hochul’s State of...