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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...

Albany, NY - Reacting to Governor Cuomo's State of the State Address, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said: More...

Electeds: With LLC Loophole Protected by Senate Majority, Budget Best Chance for Reform NEW YORK – Today, State Senator Daniel Squadron,...

Buffalo, NY - Citizen Action of WNY, a grassroots community organization that works locally for significant social change, has been active for three...

Albany, NY - In response to Speaker Heastie's opening address for this year's legislative session, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen...

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...