For Immediate Release: January 30, 2009
Contact: Dan Levitan
The Working Families Party released today the following statement on Mayor Bloomberg’s budget address. It can be attributed to Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director:
“The catastrophic…
January 30th, 2009
EJ McMahon just can’t help himself. The Manhattan Institute’s “Director of the Empire Center for New York Policy” proves in a series of op-eds that he’s more far-right ideologue than economist and more worried about pushing…
January 27th, 2009
The New York Times today points to the increasingly likelihood that New York will raise taxes on the wealthy to help balance the budget. That’s good news for anyone who thinks school children, the elderly, and the disabled…
January 21st, 2009
Over three hundred community activists and organizers gathered at the “SHARE” party on Thursday night at Brooklyn’s Soda bar to launch a grassroots campaign to fight Governor Paterson’s devastating proposed budget cuts.
The activists, many of whom joined political organizing…
January 16th, 2009
Working families in Queens need Julissa Ferreras in the City Council. Election Day: Feb 24th!
January 13th, 2009
The best budget briefing this side of Lake Ontario, from our friends at the Fiscal Policy Institute:
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January 9th, 2009
In his State of the State address yesterday, Gov. Paterson called for “shared sacrifice” to get New York through one of the worst recessions we’ve seen in decades.
But the budget proposal the Governor presented…
January 8th, 2009
Buffalo News columnist Rod Watson questions today why Governor Paterson’s budget proposal soaks working families with devastating cuts and regressive nuisance taxes, but asks nothing from the wealthy New Yorkers who could most afford to sacrifice:
January 8th, 2009
Contact: Dan Levitan
Albany – A broad coalition of environmental, labor, and housing advocates convened by the Center for Working Families praised Governor Paterson’s “45 by 15″ plan announced in today’s State of the State address. The plan calls…
January 7th, 2009
Contact: Dan Levitan
The Working Families Party today released the following statement on Governor Paterson’s State of the State address:
“Governor’s Paterson’s call for shared sacrifice in tough economic times is heartening.
“Working families across…
January 7th, 2009
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