Welcome to 2017! We’re six days into the new year and I have already broken 8 resolutions and completely abandoned my healthy eating meal plan for 2017. I have one resolution left: I promise to fight like I never have before on behalf of poor and working class New Yorkers. I think I have a good chance of winning this fight, but I’m going to need your help. Are you ready to sign petitions, attend meetings, protest, and raise all kinds of hell for justice? Good, because we have a laundry list of things that need to get done this year. Here’s what we got done in the first week of 2017.
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Fighting for the Affordable Care Act. While the Republican Party tries to play political football with our health insurance, real people are scared to death at the possibility of once again not having affordable health coverage. We can’t let that happen, so on Thursday, January 5, we joined elected officials, community leaders, and advocates outside of the State Senate chamber to tell President-elect Trump and New York Congressional representatives not to take away the health care of 2.7 million New Yorkers. Click here for some of the tweets.
Resisting Trump’s Agenda. On January 4, the Southern Tier held their resistance movement annual meeting at the United Presbyterian Church in Binghamton. The action teams are creating programs and events to prepare participants for the right wing takeover happening in Washington D.C. Click here for photos.
Three Kings Action. Earlier today, the Hedgeclippers held an action in front of the Santander Bank at 841 Broadway in NYC to reveal the next group of banks that have profited from the suffering of Puerto Rico. They were joined by Make the Road and Vamos4PR. Click here to read the report.
BLOGS
If a doctor or hospital makes an error while treating you, you have the right to take legal action against them, but only for a limited time. This time limit is called a “statute of limitations” – you need to take action within a reasonable timeframe. But in New York, that time limit starts the day that the medical error was made. Click here to read more.
IN THE NEWS
Times Union. Check out this article from the Times Union that spotlights the work we’re doing in the Capital District to get people involved in the Women’s March in D.C. Click here to read more.
Time Warner Cable. Banding together inside the State Capitol, Citizen Action of New York was joined by the New York State Nurses Association, the Fiscal Policy Institute, 1199 SEIU and a handful of Democrat Assembly members, ripping the new Republican Congress for failing to propose a viable substitute for the national health care law. Click here to read more.
EVENTS
January 10. From climate justice to affordable housing, equitable school funding to an end to mass incarceration, healthcare for all and fair taxes on the 1% – Albany is failing to act. On Jan. 10, demand an end to business as usual! Click here to RSVP
January 12. Join parents and local education experts to learn about the success stories of community schools in the Capital Region. We’re working to build a community schools vision in the Albany School District with $2.7 million in funding available to the district. Click here to RSVP
January 21. Join millions of people in Washington to advocate for Women’s Rights and protest the Trump agenda. Call the Southern Tier Citizen Action at 607.723.0110. Seats limited.
January 26. Are you in Binghamton and want to learn how to get involved in the movement? The Southern Tier chapter is holding training’s to give you the tools you need. Organizing 101 – How to Organize – basic organizing skills. For information, call Citizen Action at 607.723.0110.
TAKE ACTION!
Republicans are saying they have a “mandate” to kill the Affordable Care Act. They don’t. And they’re about to find out. Tell Congress that no one should have to go without health care, and that we need to protect the ACA and expand health insurance until everyone is covered! Click here to take action.
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