(Albany, NY) – In response to House Republicans passing President Trump’s Big Ugly Budget Bill, Carolyn Martinez-Class and Rebecca Garrard, Interim Co-Executive Directors at Citizen Action of New York, released the following statement:
“New York Republicans in the House, including Reps. Lawler and Malliotakis, voted to abandon millions of New Yorkers by backing a cruel, extremist Republican budget that guts healthcare, slashes food assistance, and shreds the basic supports our communities depend on—all to hand even more tax giveaways to billionaires and the ultra-wealthy. This budget is nothing short of economic violence on working class New Yorkers
“By voting to slash $880 billion from Medicaid, they are condemning millions to go without doctors, medicine, or even a hospital bed. By slashing $230 billion from SNAP, they are taking food off the tables of millions of people— including children, veterans, and low-income workers just trying to survive. These cuts are not about fiscal responsibility — they are about cruelty and robbing working people to reward the ultra-rich.
“These so-called representatives chose billionaires over babies, corporations over communities, and greed over human life. It’s been made crystal clear: they don’t work for us — they work for the ultra-wealthy — and Citizen Action of NY will make sure voters remember that at the ballot box in 2026.