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...
by Communications Team | Oct 26, 2015 | Press Releases
Families, Women, Seniors, Infants, Businesses All Greatly Impacted by NY’s Lack of Paid Family Leave Kingston, NY – Working families are forced to decide between their paychecks and caring for loved ones according to Hudson Valley residents, community...
by Communications Team | Jul 22, 2015 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – In response to today’s announcement by the New York Fast Food Wage Board on raising the fast-food industry’s minimum wage to $15, fast-food workers, community leaders, elected officials and labor groups said. Travell Caruth, an Albany Burger King worker,...
by Communications Team | Jul 16, 2015 | Press Releases
Albany, NY – As Attorney General Schneiderman begins to implement an executive order that gives his office authority over prosecutions in cases of police officers killing civilians, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said:...
