Working Families

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 to swallow billions in budget cuts. The cuts will negatively impact millions of New Yorkers: SUNY and CUNY students, [...]

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The Working Families Party released today the following statement on the Governor’s proposal to shrink the budget gap through severe spending cuts.  It can be attributed to Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director:
With New York facing a $2 billion deficit this year and another $12 billion next year, everyone – [...]

The WFP knocked on over a half-million doors to help defeat the decades-old Republican State Senate majority.

The WFP knocked on over 120,000 doors to help Joe Addabbo unseat incumbent Republican Serphin Maltese.

For Immediate Release: November 4, 2008
Contact: Dan Levitan
Suffolk – Today the Working Families Party celebrated Brian Foley’s victory (D-WF) over incumbent State Senator Republican Caesar Trunzo. The grassroots third party knocked on over 100,000 doors in the race to help put Foley over the top.
“Whether it’s cleaning up Albany, cutting property taxes for middle-class [...]

Dan Cantor, Working Families Executive Director (left) and Councilmember Bill de Blasio (right) discuss the term limits after the Council’s vote:

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Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director issued the following official statement today after the City Council’s vote to extend term limits without a public vote:
“While we came up short on the floor [...]

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Viewers of tonight’s presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain will be invited to make their voices heard in another debate – the fight over extending term-limits in New York City.
Timed to launch on-air during coverage of the third presidential debate at Hofstra University this evening, the [...]

For Immediate Release: October 8, 2008
The Working Families Party released today the following statement on Ron Lauder’s announced support of Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to change term limits legislatively. It can be attributed to Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director:
“There’s something profoundly wrong with our democracy when the opinions of the city’s billionaires are [...]

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Contact: Dan Levitan
Working Families Party launches www.itsourdecision.org where New Yorkers Can Tell Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council Not to End Term Limits Legislatively
NEW YORK- Leaders of the Working Families Party gathered today at City Hall to announce a campaign to oppose Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed legislative extension of [...]

For Immediate Release: October 3, 2008
Contact: Dan Levitan, (718) 222-3796 ext. 237
The following statement regarding the November special session called today by Gov. David Paterson can be attributed to Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director:
“The Governor is right to try to meet the budget gap head on, both for this year and next. [...]