Working Families

Liveblogging the NYC Mayoral Forum

Charles — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:31:58 +0000

[4:30pm]

There’s quite a lot of firsts taking place tonight. It’s the first open mayoral forum this electoral season. It’s the first time Working Families is broadcasting an event live on the web. It’s the first time we put a twitter…

Watch LIVE: Mayoral Forum - Thurs at 5:30pm

Charles — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:30:27 +0000

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

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

Charles — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:29:54 +0000

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

WFP Mayoral Forum

Charles — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:58:00 +0000

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 Thompson, and Councilmember Tony Avella

This event will be…

Albany Crisis

Charles — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:18:51 +0000

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 --->

Letters to Gov. Paterson….

Charles — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:28:01 +0000

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…

Tell Gov. Paterson: Include the REAL Issues!

Charles — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:12:02 +0000

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

Governor David Paterson

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

Sign Up for Bacon & Eggs

Charles — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:49:08 +0000

The Village Voice calls it “the best daily progressive news digest in New York.” We call it Bacon & Eggs, Working Families breakfast reading. It’s how our members and leaders stay up to date on the issues that effect us most across the state.

Fox News vs. WFP (Updated)

Charles — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:36:27 +0000

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.

WFP On Senate Power Sharing Agreement

Charles — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:47:37 +0000

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 of the…