Kingston, NY – With early voting set to begin on October 23, Citizen Action of New York’s Hudson Valley chapter announced their endorsements of Ulster County Legislator Peter Criswell for re-election in District 7 and Kayleigh Zaloga and Kevin Freeman for Saugerties...
Albany, NY - In response to the city of Hudson passing its Good Cause Eviction legislation, Rebecca Garrard, Citizen Action Legislative Director, released the following statement: “The city of Hudson is now the second municipality in New York to pass Good Cause...
Albany, NY - In response to the unjust arrests and targeting of several social justice and Black Lives Matter supporters, Citizen Action President Ivette Alfonso released the following statement: “The targeting and arrests of at least 15 community activists by...
Albany, NY - In response to the Less is More Act being signed into law, Rosemary Rivera, co-executive director of Citizen Action of New York, released the following statement: “We applaud Governor Kathy Hochul and Lt. Governor Benjamin for signing the Less is More Act...
Dear Activist, As we work to overcome the ongoing pandemic and rebuild our communities, we’re questioning the dominant values that drive many of the policy decisions in our state and country. We’re examining the various spectrums of care that people need to have good...
Albany, NY - Today, the Empire State Campaign for Child Care (ESCCC) invited a virtual panel of leading child care champions from federal, state and local governments to share their sense of “The 2022 Climate for Universal Child Care” on a virtual panel open to the...
Albany, NY - In response to new legislation passed this week by the state legislature to fix and extend New York’s eviction moratorium, Rosemary Rivera, Citizen Action Co-Executive Director, released the following statement: “Today marks yet another month that rent...
Rochester, NY - Every year, communities around the world celebrate Black August, a month dedicated to Black political prisoners, past and present, and the revolutionary agenda of resistance to systemic racial oppression. As Black August comes to a close, Citizen...
Dear Activist, Andrew Cuomo is officially out and Kathy Hochul is officially in. Many of us are encouraged by the appointment of state Senator Brian Benjamin, a Democrat from Harlem, to serve as lieutenant governor. In response to his appointment, and our vision for a...