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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...

New York Politicians Should React Before 2016 Elections Albany, NY - In reaction to election day results in New York and around the country, Karen...

Families, Women, Seniors, Infants, Businesses All Greatly Impacted by NY's Lack of Paid Family Leave Kingston, NY - Working families are forced to...

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,...

Albany, NY - As Attorney General Schneiderman begins to implement an executive order that gives his office authority over prosecutions in cases of...

Albany, NY - In response to the end of this year's legislative session, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said: "This...

Albany, NY – In response to today’s 6 to 3 Supreme Court decision in King v. Burwell, holding that subsidies under the Affordable Care Act – known...

Say it’s time to pay families a wage that meets basic needs and stop subsidizing the industry’s low wages Albany, NY – Faith leaders from across the...

Albany, NY - In response to news that Governor Cuomo has formed a wage board to investigate the wages of fast food industry workers, Jacquie Jordan,...

Albany, NY – In response to the New York State Assembly passing a hist minimum wage increase that sets New York on a path to a $15 minimum wage,...

In response to the New York State Assembly passing a significant minimum wage increase that sets New York on a path to a $15 minimum wage, with...

New York – A coalition representing New Yorkers most impacted by climate change has called on Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to take sides and implement a...

Albany, NY - In response to news that the Board of Elections, a day after Senate Leader Skelos' surprise appointment of a new Co-Chair, deadlocked...