by Communications Team | Apr 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dear Activists, Tuesday was Tax Day for most of us. Or, as it’s known among the billionaire set: Giveaway Day. Bank of America paid half a billion less in taxes in the first quarter of 2018. And the financial industry is set to make $250 billion over the next...
by Communications Team | Apr 18, 2018 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – In response to Governor Cuomo’s statement that he is a “middle-class guy” who has represented working people “from day one,” Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said: “If Andrew Cuomo’s idea of middle-class is Andrew...
by Communications Team | Apr 18, 2018 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – In response to Governor Cuomo’s executive order restoring voting rights for parolees, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said: “Barring people on parole from voting has long been a blight on our state. This...
by Communications Team | Apr 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Jessica Wisneski and Rosemary Rivera (originally posted at Medium) Each day we talk to people struggling to make ends meet even as they work two, sometimes three jobs while trying to raise families. We watch as children are denied the education they deserve, and...
by Communications Team | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dear Activists, This week Citizen Action came out with its endorsements of Cynthia Nixon for Governor and Jumaane Williams for Lt. Governor. Eight years of broken promises, watered-down legislation, and half measures is enough for us. We’re ready for bold...
