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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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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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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NY State Senators Hiram Monserrate and Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. voted with the Republican minority yesterday in a – so far successful – effort to unseat Majority Leader Malcolm Smith and overturn the Democratic majority.
This is huge
Details and…
June 9th, 2009
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The WFP knocked on over a half-million doors to help defeat the decades-old Republican State Senate majority.
November 5th, 2008
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A memo from WFP Director Dan Cantor and Deputy Director Bill Lipton on our biggest electoral priority this year – taking back the State Senate.
November 3rd, 2008
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