by Communications Team | Apr 1, 2021 | Press Releases
New York, NY – Citizen Action of New York announced its endorsement of Chi Ossé for New York City Council in Brooklyn’s District 36, covering Bedstuy and Crown Heights. As part of the city’s new ranked choice voting, the chapter ranked Tahirah Moore as its...
by Communications Team | Mar 29, 2021 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – In response to state legislators reaching a deal to legalize recreational marijuana in New York that closely resembles the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA), Stanley Fritz, Citizen Action Political Director, released the following...
by Communications Team | Mar 26, 2021 | Press Releases
Buffalo, NY – Today, advocates and community leaders with Free the People WNY, Buffalo Police Advisory Board, VOICE Buffalo, Citizen Action of Western New York, Black Love Resists in the Rust (BLRR), Partnership for the Public Good, Vocal-NY, Prisoners Are...
by Communications Team | Mar 18, 2021 | Press Releases
New York, NY— Citizen Action of New York announced its endorsement of organizer and survivor advocate Jaslin Kaur for New York City Council District 23 in eastern Queens. Jaslin is running to fight for affordable housing, health care for all and fully funded schools,...
by Communications Team | Mar 18, 2021 | Press Releases
Rochester, NY– In response to the New York State Senate and Assembly passing the HALT Solitary Confinement Act, Jalil Muntaqim, Citizen Action community organizer in Rochester, released the following statement: “The New York State Legislature has finally moved to end...
by Communications Team | Mar 17, 2021 | Press Releases
New York, NY– In response to a rise in anti-Asian violence across the nation and the recent mass shooting at three Atlanta spas, Stanley Fritz, Citizen Action Political Director, released the following statement: “We stand with our AAPI sisters and brothers. Over the...
by Communications Team | Mar 15, 2021 | Press Releases
Albany, NY — In response to the release of the Senate and Assembly one-house budgets, Ivette Alfonso, President of Citizen Action of New York, released the following statement: “On Governor Cuomo’s watch, New York has steadily grown to crisis levels of inequality....
by Communications Team | Mar 11, 2021 | Press Releases
Albany, NY— As one of dozens of progressive organizations calling for higher taxes on the rich to avoid cutting essential services to poor and working families, today, Citizen Action united its diverse membership for a massive lobby day. Their message: pass the Invest...
by Communications Team | Mar 3, 2021 | Press Releases
Albany, NY— In response to housing courts reopening, Stanley Fritz, Citizen Action of New York Political Director, released the following statement: “Now that New York’s stay on evictions has expired, our legislature must act to solve this rental crisis once and for...
