by Communications Team | Mar 31, 2016 | Press Releases
ALBANY (MARCH 31, 2016) –Today’s state budget agreement fails to address the fundamental educational inequities based on race and income that have plagued New York State for decades. The Foundation Aid formula had a small increase of $627 million, but schools...
by Communications Team | Mar 31, 2016 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – These statements were made in response to the reported deal on increasing New York’s minimum wage: Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said: “When upstate workers are condemned to poverty, our state’s economy can never...
by Communications Team | Mar 24, 2016 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – In response to news reports that a deal is being negotiated to increase the minimum wage with a slower phase-in than Governor Cuomo proposed and possibly at a lower rate than $15 upstate, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New...
by Communications Team | Mar 10, 2016 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – In response to the Assembly’s budget proposal for education, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said: “Community schools offer a proven strategy for putting struggling schools on a path to success. Along with...
by Communications Team | Mar 8, 2016 | Press Releases
Community Schools Are Proven to Boost Educational Outcomes and Family Engagement Albany, NY – With just over three weeks until New York State’s budget is due, parents from communities across the state joined with Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins...
by Communications Team | Mar 7, 2016 | Press Releases
The “carried interest tax loophole” allows money managers to pay a lower tax rate than ordinary working Americans Albany, New York – Today, ‘Patriotic Millionaires’ Chair Morris Pearl and a delegation of fellow millionaires will travel to Albany, NY to support...
by Communications Team | Feb 3, 2016 | Press Releases
More than 200 workers, business leaders and other advocates rally to call for $15 statewide minimum wage Albany, NY – The best way to “develop” the workforce and boost New York’s economy is to enact a minimum wage that meets families’ basic needs. That was the message...
by Communications Team | Feb 2, 2016 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – In response to the Assembly’s plan to increase taxes on the richest New Yorkers, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said: “The Assembly’s tax plan is a recognition that our economy won’t work for...
by Communications Team | Feb 2, 2016 | Press Releases
ALBANY (Feb. 2, 2016) – A day after a Siena poll revealed that New Yorkers believe education should be a top priority of Gov. Cuomo and the legislature in 2016, a total of 18 community groups and unions launched the Stand Up For Kids campaign. This sweeping...
