by Communications Team | Jul 8, 2011 | Health Care
An Op-Ed previously published on timesunion.com, written by Richard Kirsch New York’s long history of bipartisan leadership on health care got swept under the rug at the end of the legislative session when Senate Republicans blocked passage of a key step toward...
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 Bob Cohen | Jun 20, 2011 | Health Care
As this entry is being written – on June 20th, the last day of the scheduled New York legislative session — advocates for health care reform are converging on the State Capitol in Albany to make a last push for the Legislature to create a pro-consumer health...
by Communications Team | Jun 13, 2011 | Education, Health Care
With just 5 working days left in this year’s legislative session, it’s time to buckle down and get our goals accomplished. We need to make sure that our state government helps to make a New York that works for everyone. We need to urge Governor Cuomo not...
by Communications Team | Jun 8, 2011 | Health Care
Tell New York State: enact legislation creating a health insurance Exchange in order to receive millions of dollars in federal assistance, and to ensure the Exchange is ready for consumers and small businesses to use! Don’t let the fox in the hen house!
by Communications Team | May 18, 2011 | Education, Health Care
On Tuesday, May 17, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver introduced legislation to extend the millionaires’ tax beyond the end of the year deadline. Speaker Silver cited this extension as a “moral imperative.” It’s unreasonable, unethical, and...
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 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...
