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Who is Citizen Action of New York?

We are a powerful membership organization working for economic, racial, social and environmental justice.

We fight every day for quality affordable health care for all; quality public education, from pre-school to after-school; full public funding of campaigns so that grassroots candidates can compete for public office; a fair federal budget; good jobs and safe workplaces. We're concerned about the endless war in Iraq, and beginning in 2007 started to help lead the opposition.

We stand for a society based on justice, liberty, and respect for privacy. We work for opportunity for all in our nation and the world. We want an America that builds partnerships for peace and democracy around the world.

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In the News

Poll results show overwhelming support for Clean Elections
(PPEF, release date 4/28/08)
In a new poll, New Yorkers of all political stripes show overwhelming support for public financing of elections for statewide and legislative offices, even in tough times for the State budget. Click here for a summary of the poll results. Click here for the full poll results.

Endless War or Human Needs:
Local Residents Protest Upside-Down Priorities of U.S. on Tax Day 
(Citizen Action, release date 04/15/08)
As last-minute tax filers rushed to post offices on Tax Day, representatives of area community, labor and peace groups, including Albany County legislator Douglas Bullock, assembled outside an Albany post office to highlight how billions of tax dollars are being wasted each month for the War in Iraq, while education, health care, mortgage foreclosures, food stamps, energy assistance and other basic human needs are neglected.

Consumer Report Card Grades 97 Hospitals on Financial Assistance Policies
(Citizen Action, release date 3/21/08)
“While hospitals are continuing to collect $847 million in taxpayer dollars to provide financial assistance to those patients who need it most, patients are still not being provided the legally required protections from aggressive collections policies,” said Richard Kirsch, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York.
Click here for the full report.

Parents, Advocates, Kids Say: Keep the Promise to After-School
(CASF, release date 03/19/08)
New York City — Hundreds of after-school parents, kids, providers and other after-school supporters mobilized today at a rally at City Hall to urge the City and State governments to keep the promise for after-school. 

One Cost of Five Years of Iraq War is the Economic Security of New Yorkers
(Citizen Action, release date 03/19/08)
On the fifth anniversary of the War in Iraq, and in the wake of calls by new Governor David Paterson for further cuts to the state budget, Citizen Action of New York said today that the war and continued high military spending are a drag on the economic well-being of New Yorkers.