by Communications Team | Apr 13, 2021 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – Activists and stakeholders statewide provided testimony in support of the Climate Community and Investment Act (CCIA) before the New York State Senate Environmental Conservation and Energy and Telecommunications standing committees. A corporate...
by Communications Team | Apr 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dear Activist, This was another week pumped with action—mainly the celebratory kind. We’re stopping to smell the flowers—so to speak, sitting in gratitude for how far we’ve come. State lawmakers passed a state budget that fully funds Foundation Aid! And after a...
by Communications Team | Apr 7, 2021 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – In response to Governor Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie reaching an agreement on the 2021-22 state budget, Citizen Action of New York President Ivette Alfonso released the following statement: “As a...
by Communications Team | Apr 6, 2021 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – In response to state lawmakers reaching an agreement to fully fund Foundation Aid and strengthen tenant protections in the final state budget, Rosemary Rivera, Co-Executive Director at Citizen Action of New York and Chair of the Alliance for Quality...
by Communications Team | Apr 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dear Activist, It’s been another action-packed week! As expected, state legislators have not reached an on-time budget by the April 1 deadline. Given the complexities of this budget season, I’m not really surprised at the outcome. There’s an open investigation against...