New York has passed a third budget extender after leaders missed their April 1 deadline, and they are still trying to land on a final deal. All of this is happening while families across the state are already feeling how expensive everything has gotten, and schools are dealing with those same pressures. The cost of … Continue reading As living costs rise, our schools cannot be left behind
Join us Thursday at City Hall to protect protest rights
New York City Council has passed two bills that would expand NYPD power to limit where New Yorkers can gather and speak out, and what happens next depends on what we do right now. These bills would allow the NYPD to set up police perimeters around schools and houses of worship, giving them broad control … Continue reading Join us Thursday at City Hall to protect protest rights
This is not the direction New York should go.
It has been hard not to feel frustrated as protest is being restricted across the country, and now here, in New York State, where proposals to limit where people can gather and speak out are being considered by our state legislature. Lawmakers are weighing so-called buffer zones around houses of worship (S.8599/A.9335) that would give … Continue reading This is not the direction New York should go.
Don’t Leave Out Child Care Workers or CCAP from the Final Budget
We are now in a second budget extension, with leaders again moving past the deadline instead of reaching a final agreement. Decisions are still being made about what will be included in the enacted budget, and our leaders need to hear directly from us before anything is finalized. Nearly 20,000 children remain on child care waitlists … Continue reading Don’t Leave Out Child Care Workers or CCAP from the Final Budget
Stop NYC Intro 175-B and Protect the Right to Protest
New York City Council just passed two bills that could restrict where you’re allowed to protest – or even gather – but the fight isn’t over, and there’s still a real chance to stop one of them. At a time when Trump and the far right are attacking dissent and criminalizing protest across the country, … Continue reading Stop NYC Intro 175-B and Protect the Right to Protest
No Final Budget Without Taxing the Rich.
Governor Hochul let today’s deadline pass and chose a budget extender through next Tuesday over a final agreement. We have all seen how our calls to Tax the Rich have been falling on her ears. New Yorkers are asking for something different from what the Governor is advancing in Albany. The majority of New Yorkers are calling for … Continue reading No Final Budget Without Taxing the Rich.
This is about how power is used in our state budget negotiations.
As our state budget is negotiated behind closed doors by a small group of leaders, a major decision about how New York City’s schools are governed has been folded into the equation, and is now being used as a bargaining chip. Year after year, other non-budgetary issues, in this case mayoral control, get tied to … Continue reading This is about how power is used in our state budget negotiations.
An explainer on funding NYS’ child child care workforce
Child Care Workers and CCAP Can’t Be Left Out of the Final Budget
We’re in the final stretch of New York’s state budget negotiations, and decisions are being made right now about what will be included in the enacted budget. Nearly 20,000 children are on the child care waitlist statewide, including 17,000 in New York City, while child care programs struggle to stay open and families are left … Continue reading Child Care Workers and CCAP Can’t Be Left Out of the Final Budget