by Communications Team | Jan 29, 2016 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – Reacting to today’s event with Governor Cuomo and Vice President Biden in support of a Paid Family Leave program for New York, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said: “Paid Family Leave is essential for the...
by Communications Team | Jan 13, 2016 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – Reacting to Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Address, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said: More and more working families are struggling to make ends meet. It’s because the separation between the very rich...
by Communications Team | Jan 11, 2016 | Press Releases
Electeds: With LLC Loophole Protected by Senate Majority, Budget Best Chance for Reform NEW YORK – Today, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, and 42 co-sponsors of their bill to close the LLC Loophole (S.60/A.6975), called on Governor Cuomo...
by Communications Team | Jan 6, 2016 | Press Releases
Buffalo, NY – Citizen Action of WNY, a grassroots community organization that works locally for significant social change, has been active for three decades in working to improve the quality of public education for all children in the Buffalo Public Schools....
by Communications Team | Jan 6, 2016 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – In response to Speaker Heastie’s opening address for this year’s legislative session, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said: CEO campaign contributors have rigged the system so that they can grow their...
by Communications Team | Dec 14, 2015 | Press Releases
First New York Statewide Organization to Back Sanders, Citing Historic Opportunity to Win Economic, Social and Racial Justice Albany, NY – Citizen Action of New York announced Monday its endorsement of Bernie Sanders for President of the United States. Citizen...
by Communications Team | Dec 11, 2015 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – In response to the verdict convicting Senator Skelos of felony corruption, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said: No one reading the news today can argue – the system is fundamentally corrupt. The problem...
by Communications Team | Nov 10, 2015 | Press Releases
Hundreds converge on the State Capitol to call for passage of a minimum wage that meets families’ basic needs Albany, NY – On the same day that Republican State Senators conferenced in the State Capitol on their 2016 legislative agenda, hundreds of people called on...
by Communications Team | Nov 4, 2015 | Press Releases
New York Politicians Should React Before 2016 Elections Albany, NY – In reaction to election day results in New York and around the country, Karen Scharff, executive director of Citizen Action of New York, said: “These elections are the first ripple in a...
