Archive for June, 2009

2009 NYC Mayoral Forum

We asked Mike Bloomberg, Bill Thompson, and Tony Avella the tough questions – Watch the highlights to hear their answers.

June 30th, 2009

Mayoral Forum – Thurs July 2nd at 5:30pm

Thursday night (7/2) at 5:30 pm: Watch the Mayoral Forum live on WFP-TV.

June 30th, 2009

WFP Mayoral Forum

Working Families is pretty darn happy to announce the details of the first Mayoral Forum of New York City’s electoral season:

When: Thursday, July 2nd, 5-8 pm
Where: Hotel Trades Council
Who: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Comptroller Bill…

June 29th, 2009

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Albany Crisis

Governor Paterson is using his authority to call for an Extraordinary Session of the state Senate. Take action to make sure the issues that matter to working families stay on the agenda —>

June 23rd, 2009

Letters to Gov. Paterson….

Yesterday evening we asked our folks to write – urgently – to Governor Paterson. It’s vital that he includes the most important issues on the WFP legislative agenda in his invitation for an Extraordinary Session of the state Senate.  What…

June 23rd, 2009

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Tell Gov. Paterson: Include the REAL Issues!

Update: more than 1300 of you have sent letters already.  Read comments from the letters to the Governor here.

It’s come to this:  Gov. Paterson is forcing the State Senate to show up for work this week, even though…

June 23rd, 2009

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Fox News vs. WFP (Updated)

A right wing crank by the name of Rus Thompson is on the warpath against us by way of Glenn Beck and Fox (*cough*) News. [Clip of that segment after the jump.]

That’s my way of letting you know that the largest right wing echo chamber in the country has decided to pick on the Working Families Party because of our role in making sure that the Democrats don’t go back to being the minority in the NY State Senate.

June 17th, 2009

WFP On Senate Power Sharing Agreement

WORKING FAMILIES PARTY URGES SENATORS TO AGREE ON POWER SHARING, GET BACK TO PEOPLE’S BUSINESS
The following statement can be attributed to Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director:

“After a week of distractions, State Senators from both sides…

June 16th, 2009

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In Support of our Brothers and Sisters in Puerto Rico

A major struggle is underway in Puerto Rico as a result of efforts there to solve the economic crisis on the backs of workers, especially unionized public sector employees. The New York City Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA)…

June 16th, 2009

Janel Towers Video – Fighting to Save Affordable Housing

I’m excited to feature another one of our contestants for the Dispatches from Rental Hell Video Contest. An article about the struggle appears after the video.

June 15th, 2009

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