by April Glick Pulito | May 30, 2023 | Press Releases
(May 30, 2023) – As Citizen Action of New York reaches its 40th year, Rosemary Rivera is becoming the first Latina and the first LGBTQ Executive Director in the organization’s history. A directly impacted New YoRican who grew up on the Lower East Side of New York...
by Communications Team | May 2, 2023 | Press Releases
May 2, 2023 (Albany, NY) – Members of Citizen Action of New York are responding to the culmination of a difficult budget year in which they managed to influence policies that uphold their collective vision as outlined in Our Justice Agenda. In response, Rebecca...
by Communications Team | Apr 25, 2023 | Press Releases
April 25, 2023 (New York, NY) – In response to the news of Harry Belafonte’s passing, Citizen Action of New York’s Co-Executive Director, Rosemary Rivera, had the following to say: “Mr. Belafonte dedicated his entire life to the movement for civil and human rights and...
by Communications Team | Apr 17, 2023 | Press Releases
April 17, 2023 (New York, NY) – Today, U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, gave a chilling speech to big money donors on Wall Street. He threatened to drive the U.S. back into default unless the White House agrees to federal spending cuts to...
by Communications Team | Apr 11, 2023 | Press Releases
April 11, 2023 (Albany, NY) – Yesterday, Judge Rowan D. Wilson was nominated for Chief Judge of New York’s highest court. Having served six years as an Associate Judge on the Court of Appeals, Judge Wilson’s opinions have articulated, defended, and expanded the...
by Communications Team | Apr 7, 2023 | Fair Elections, Press Releases
April 7, 2023 (New York, NY) – In response to news of the expulsion of two Black legislators from the Tennessee statehouse, Karen Wharton, Democracy Coalition Coordinator for Citizen Action of New York, had the following to say: “Yesterday we watched in abject horror...
by Communications Team | Mar 31, 2023 | Possibility Not Punishment, Press Releases
March 31, 2023 (Albany, NY) – The New York State budget is due April 1st, but there’s talk of the budget being delayed because of the Governor’s insistence on rolling back bail reform. Governor Hochul is taking aim at a standard set by the legislature decades ago,...
by Communications Team | Mar 23, 2023 | Press Releases
61 Organizations Representing New York Patients Urge Majority-Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie to Include the Ounce of Prevention Act in the State Budget (Albany, NY) — Today, an extraordinarily diverse group of 61 organizations representing...
by Communications Team | Mar 16, 2023 | Housing, Long Island, Press Releases
March 15, 2023 (Albany, NY) – Yesterday, members of Citizen Action of New York from across the state joined Housing Justice for All for a major day of action. Due to inclement weather, a Virtual Marathon Phone Bank was held in place of original plans for an in-person...
