by Communications Team | Dec 2, 2011 | Fair Elections
A post by John Travis, Brennan Center for Justice Every Friday, the Brennan Center will be compiling the latest news concerning the corrosive nature of money in New York State politics—and the ongoing need for public financing and robust campaign finance reform. We’ll...
by Communications Team | Aug 22, 2011 | Fair Elections, Uncategorized
Citizen Action of New York officially endorses Jesus Gonzalez in his campaign for election to the State Assembly. Gonzalez is a candidate in the September 13th Special Election to fill the vacancy in the 54th Assembly District. He is a lifelong Democrat, running on...
by Communications Team | Aug 8, 2011 | Education, Fair Elections, Health Care
Citizen Action of New York is a grassroots membership organization taking on big issues that are at the center of transforming American society. We look for opportunities to accomplish big changes – not small, incremental reforms. We work to elect progressive...
by Communications Team | May 9, 2011 | Education, Fair Elections, Health Care, New York City
On Thursday, May 12th, thousands of concerned New Yorkers will converge at public assembly points throughout lower Manhattan to protest a devastating state budget that puts millionaires before working New Yorkers. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing disastrous budget...
by Communications Team | Mar 28, 2011 | Fair Elections
Oral arguments were presented today in the US Supreme Court on whether some aspects of the Arizona campaign finance law are constitutional. See this link for the Question Presented to The Court. The gist of the argument is about matching funds, which are a grant...
by Communications Team | Mar 14, 2011 | Fair Elections
On March 10th, federal prosecutors unveiled charges against Senator Carl Kruger, accusing him of corruption schemes involving over $1 million. New York desperately needs voter owned elections. Click here to tell the Senate now!
by Communications Team | Mar 10, 2011 | Fair Elections
Today’s story that State Senator Carl Kruger will surrender to prosecutors ought to be enough for New Yorkers to say: “We have had enough!” Here is one more case of a state politician who is allegedly being corrupted because politicians need private...
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 | Mar 1, 2011 | Fair Elections
Ed Koch, Bill Bradley, Bob Kerrey and a number of other prominent New York businessmen and past politicians have called on Governor Cuomo to push for voter owned elections. Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal has an article about the letter sent by 23 big names in...
