PRESS RELEASES
Over A Week Since Filing Due, Kevin Stocker Still in Violation of Election Law
Oct 14, 2014 | Press Releases
Buffalo, NY - With more than a week passed since the 32 day pre-election campaign finance disclosures were due, State Senate District 60 candidate...
Community & Environmental Groups Condemn Cahill’s Record On Transparency And Ties To Dirty Energy
Oct 10, 2014 | Press Releases
Groups Point to Cahill Lobbying For Notorious Polluter AEP And Taking Campaign Cash From David Koch – Yet Refusing To Release Lobbying Client List...
Community Demands Implementation of School Policies to End Racial Disparities in Discipline
Oct 8, 2014 | Press Releases
Parents, Students, Buffalo Residents Gathered to Address Board of Education on Solutions to Suspensions BUFFALO (October 8, 2014) – A coalition of...
Upstate School Funding: Setting the Record Straight
Oct 7, 2014 | Press Releases
Alliance for Quality Education and Citizen Action of New York Release Analysis of State Republican Claims on School Aid ALBANY, NY – With the 2014...
Citizen Action Calls on Rob Astorino to Release Complete Tax Information
Oct 1, 2014 | Press Releases
As Questions Surface About Astorino's Campaign Contributions, Community Group Says Full Disclosure Essential to Determine Any Conflicts of Interest...
Citizen Action Calls On John Cahill To Release His Tax Returns
Sep 29, 2014 | Press Releases
Community Group Says AG Candidate Should Release 5 Years Of Tax Returns So New Yorkers Can See How Much He Has Profited Off Oil And Gas Industry...
Workers, Advocates call on Cuomo’s Wage Board to Eliminate Sub-Minimum Wage for 230k Tipped Workers in New York
Sep 15, 2014 | Press Releases
Poverty Rate Among Tipped Workers Double That of Regular Workforce Following the first convening of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s wage board on Monday,...
NY’s Low Minimum Wage Leaves Ulster County Families Behind, Says New Report
Sep 12, 2014 | Press Releases
Findings Show Low-income Families are Taking on Higher Levels of Debt to Make Ends Meet Kingston, NY – A new report released Friday by Citizen...
Environmental and Community Groups Petition AG Candidate John Cahill to Release List of Oil and Gas Industry Clients
Sep 2, 2014 | Press Releases
Voters Demand Transparency From Candidate With Deep Ties to Anti-Environment Corporations Albany, NY - In an effort to ensure voters understand the...
Statement: New Democratic Majority Will Address New Yorkers’ Priorities
Jun 25, 2014 | Press Releases
Albany, NY - In response to news that the Independent Democratic Conference plans to join with the Senate Democratic Conference to form a new...
AS REPUBLICAN IDC COALITION FAILS TO DELIVER MANY MORE CALL ON SENATOR VALESKY TO RETURN TO THE DEMOCRATS
Jun 20, 2014 | Press Releases
June 20th, 2014 SYRACUSE, NY – As this year's legislative session comes to an end it is once again clear that the Republican-IDC coalition in the...
Citizen Action of New York Announces New York City Candidate Endrosements for 2013
Aug 30, 2013 | Press Releases
New York, NY - Citizen Action of New York, a grassroots, membership organization that works on social, racial, economic and environmental issues and...
Citizen Action of New York Endorses Scott Stringer for NYC Comptroller
Aug 28, 2013 | Press Releases
New York, NY – Citizen Action of New York, one of the leading grassroots, community groups in New York, announced today that they have...
Siena Poll Shows Broad Support for Publicly Financed Fair Elections
Jan 17, 2013 | Press Releases
Governor’s Support Means 2013 is Year for Real Reform Albany, NY - In response to the newly released Siena poll showing that 59% of New Yorkers...
Advocates for Publicly Financed Fair Elections Ramp Up Campaign in Albany and Washington
Jan 14, 2013 | Press Releases
Groups Gather to Strategize, Lobby Legislature Albany, NY - On Monday, more than two dozen partner organizations in the Fair Elections for New York...