Working Families

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 did  the people say?
T.A.: New York: Unemployment and large increases could easily result in me [...]

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 today is the last formal day of the legislative season. It’s called an Extraordinary Session [...]

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 New York are facing the triple threat of a deep recession, painful cuts to programs they rely on, and nuisance taxes that will [...]