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WFP Praises Fair Share Tax Reform Act

For Immediate Release: February 10, 2009

Contact: Dan Levitan

The Working Families Party today released the following statement on the Fair Share Tax Reform Act introduced today in the Senate. It can be attributed to Dan Cantor, WFP Executive

February 10th, 2009

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WFP Statement on Bloomberg’s Budget Address

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

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Fact Check: EJ McMahon’s Prescription: Economic Death


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

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Times: Millionaire’s Tax Likely

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

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SHARE Party: Dancing for a fair budget

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

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Let the Middle-Class Pay?

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

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WFP Responds to Gov. Paterson’s Budget

WFP Director Dan Cantor was a guest on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show today discussing Gov. David Paterson’s unfair budget proposal. On Tuesday, the Governor offered a budget that raises billions in taxes on the middle class, makes devastating cuts to…

December 17th, 2008

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POLL: New York Demands Fair Share Approach to Budget Crisis

Contact:  Dan Levitan

According to a poll conducted by Kiley & Company, and commissioned by the Working Families Party, the vast majority of New Yorkers are in strong opposition to the planned cuts by Gov. David Paterson and are…

December 15th, 2008

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Op-Ed: To help stop budget bleeding, raise taxes on the rich

Working Families Party Executive Director Dan Cantor argues the merits of raising taxes on millionaires to help close New York’s budget gap in an op-ed today in the Daily News:

To

November 19th, 2008

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WFP Statement on Tomorrow’s Special Session

Contact: Dan Levitan

The Working Families Party today released the following statement on tomorrow’s special legislative session. It can be attributed to Bob Master, Working Families Party Co-Chair:

“Tomorrow, Governor Paterson is asking New York’s working families…

November 17th, 2008

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