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...
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 | 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 4, 2011 | Capital District, Education, Health Care
As New Yorkers push once again for voter owned public financing of elections, it may be helpful to take a look at how political financing is carried out by our Scandinavian neighbors. In Sweden and Iceland, for instance, there is public funding of elections through...
by Communications Team | Feb 4, 2011 | Capital District, Education, Health Care
Yesterday, Citizen Action of New York joined organizations from across the state at a gathering of the new GrowingTogetherNY budget coalition. This group of faith, human services, labor, and community-based organizations has come together to call on the Governor and...
by Communications Team | Feb 3, 2011 | Education, Health Care
Cross-posted to Jon’s Blog at DragonFlyEye.net. Cuomo’s on a roll. First, in his state of the union he called health care and education “special interests” and now he’s talking about massive cuts during a recession, when families are being hit hardest. Governor...
by Communications Team | Jan 20, 2011 | Health Care
Yesterday, the party of NO, now in control of the House of Representatives, staged a vote to repeal the new health care reform law signed by the President in March; the repeal passed 245-189 with all Republicans voting for health care repeal along with just 3...
by Bob Cohen | Jan 10, 2011 | Health Care
We are pleased to announce that the Public Policy and Education Fund (PPEF), Citizen Action’s research and education affiliate, has been selected by Community Health Advocates (CHA) to provide health care assistance in Erie and Niagara counties. The assistance has two...
