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...
by Communications Team | Mar 29, 2011 | Capital District, Education, Health Care, Hudson Valley, New York City, Rochester, Southern Tier, Western New York
On Wednesday, March 30th, hundreds of concerned New Yorkers will converge upon the state Capitol to protest a devastating state budget that puts millionaires before working class New Yorkers. Organizations participating include Alliance for Quality Education, Citizen...
by Communications Team | Mar 1, 2011 | Capital District, Education, Fair Elections
“They get the gold, we get the shaft” is what hundreds of workers chanted at Albany’s Capitol today. They were joined by the Growing Together NY coalition and rallied to urge elected officials to protect their families’ jobs, their schools, their seniors, their...
by Communications Team | Feb 23, 2011 | Capital District, Education, Fair Elections, Health Care, Hudson Valley, New York City, Rochester, Southern Tier, Western New York
This year’s Citizen Action leadership conference is the event that the progressive movement in New York has been waiting for. It’s the event our movement needs to grow stronger and move forward. It’s the event that you, as a progressive, need to...
by Communications Team | Feb 15, 2011 | Capital District, Education, New York City, Rochester, Southern Tier, Western New York
Yesterday, parents and schoolchildren in cities and towns across New York delivered special Valentine’s Day messages to their State Senators and Assemblymembers. The message: “Don’t break our hearts with more cuts to education.” These events...
