by Communications Team | Feb 14, 2020 | Press Releases
Utica, NY- Parents, students and community members rallied at the Utica State Office Building, Friday February 14, to demand lawmakers fund the collective $57 million owed to the Utica and Rome City School Districts in Foundation Aid. Advocates were accompanied by...
by Communications Team | Feb 13, 2020 | Press Releases
Albany, NY—In response to the City of Albany announcing a one-to-two year timeline to complete a vacancy study to determine the city’s eligibility to opt into the Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA), Ivette Alfonso, President of Citizen Action of New York,...
by Communications Team | Feb 11, 2020 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – In response to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s remarks on New York’s bail reform law during yesterday’s joint legislative budget hearing, Stanley Fritz, Political Director, Citizen Action of New York, said: “It’s astonishing that as a self-proclaimed...
by Communications Team | Feb 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Activist, I hope you’re doing well! So much has happened since our last check-in. We’re still going hard to defend our new pretrial laws. Republican lawmakers, district attorneys, prosecutors and law enforcement officials have been using tragic situations,...
by Communications Team | Feb 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Activist, This is an important time to make our demands clear to our leaders in Albany. Last week, Governor Cuomo unveiled his proposed spending plan for the year, totaling $178 billion. We expect one-house budgets from both houses of the Legislature soon, and...
