by Communications Team | Jul 25, 2011 | Capital District, Health Care, Hudson Valley, New York City, Rochester, Southern Tier, Western New York
The Statewide Caravan to Restore the American Promise was a massive effort by Citizen Action of New York and our many coalition partners and supporters to draw attention to the fact that right now, politicians are working to strip away our social safety net in order...
by Communications Team | Jul 7, 2011 | Capital District
Today, Frack Action, along with a myriad of co-sponsors, hosted a rally and press conference at the Capitol to demand that a statewide ban on hydrofracking is enacted. Fracking is a method of gas extraction that involves injecting secret, highly-toxic chemicals deep...
by Communications Team | Jul 7, 2011 | Capital District, Health Care
Today, demonstrators representing the Capital District Area Labor Federation, Citizen Action of New York, NYSUT, and other groups converged in front of the Verizon building on State street in downtown Albany. Despite posting record profits in the past years, and...
by Communications Team | Jun 29, 2011 | Capital District, Education, Health Care
Today, concerned activists met outside of Congressman Chris Gibson’s office in Saratoga, New York, to hold him accountable for attacking our social safety net. Gibson is just one of many Congressmen who have cut funding from Medicare, Social Security, and...
by Communications Team | Jun 7, 2011 | Capital District, Education
Today, representatives from the Alliance for Quality Education, NYSUT, NAACP, League of Women Voters, CSEA, New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, Citizen Action of New York, and NYC Communities for Change met at the Capitol building to host a press conference regarding...
by Communications Team | May 19, 2011 | Capital District, Education, New York City, Rochester, Southern Tier, Western New York
Today, Citizen Action of New York, The Alliance for Quality Education, and New York State United Teachers launched a statewide campaign called “Students First: The Reality Tour.” At a press conference in the Legislative Office Building in Albany, AQE...
by Communications Team | May 16, 2011 | Capital District, Education, Health Care, New York City
On Thursday, May 12, I hopped on a bus with Citizen Action of New York and other local activists. We made the trip from Albany to Lower Manhattan in order to join with On May 12, a massive political rally to protest a devastating state budget that puts millionaires...
by Communications Team | May 12, 2011 | Capital District, Education
If you live in Albany, there’s two important votes taking place on Tuesday, May 17th: the Albany City School District budget vote, and the Albany Public Library budget vote. These two institutions are central to the strength of our community. We must make sure...
by Communications Team | May 12, 2011 | Capital District, Education
About 150 concerned New Yorkers stopped by the Legislative Office Building in Albany on Tuesday, May 10th, to protest the “profits over people” lobbyists and Tea Partiers who were meeting in the Well of the Legislative Office Building in support of...
