by Communications Team | Mar 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Activist, It’s been a full week of action around the state. We only have a few days left to get our priorities in the final budget. This includes small donor public financing, $1.2 billion in Foundation Aid for our schools, and $20 million in funding for...
by Communications Team | Mar 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Activist, We did it! Not only is small donor public financing in the Senate and Assembly budget proposals, we got our elected leaders to place a $1.2 billion down payment on the $4.1 billion owed to our public schools. We’ll be pounding the pavement over...
by Communications Team | Mar 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Activists, We’re deep in the throes of budget season, and Citizen Action is fighting hard to make sure small donor public financing and equitable school funding are included in the final budget. If you’ve been waiting to make...
by Communications Team | Feb 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Activists, We appreciate all the folks who came out to the Capitol yesterday—braving the weather and long security lines. Our power is in our people. When we stand together and raise our voices, there is no policy or reform that’s out of reach. – Ravi...
by Communications Team | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Activists, It’s February break for legislators, and we’re planning a series of Fair Elections Town Halls across the state. The 100 biggest donors contributed more to state elections in 2018 than the combined 137,000 small donors in New York. And...
by Communications Team | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Activists, Hopefully Amazon has learned an important lesson: You can’t extort billions in tax breaks and expect people in the community to remain silent. We’re inspired by the grassroots organizing that happened to stop Amazon’s swindle. Public...
by Communications Team | Feb 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Activists, Surprise, surprise: Donald Trump used his State of the Union address to push his anti-worker, anti-immigrant, anti-environment agenda. But we know that there is nothing that scares Trump and the GOP more than a vibrant, inclusive democracy that counts...
by Communications Team | Jan 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Activists, The Trump tantrum is over—after nearly five weeks—and thousands of contract workers still haven’t received the back pay they deserve. Contract workers, including cleaners, cooks, and security people, are among the lowest paid government workers,...
by Communications Team | Jan 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Activists, Magical things are happening in Albany. Without the IDC to kneecap progress, bills are actually moving. In three days, we passed GENDA and a host of key voting reforms. This was possible because a handful of insurgent candidates and their progressive...
