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3 Climate Justice Working Groups Members Resign over Hochul’s retreat on climate
Governor Hochul has announced that she is further delaying her cap-and-trade-invest program to enact carbon pricing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to pay for climate action. And while in her state of the state she says she was allocating $1 billion for climate...
Hands Off Medicaid
Please be directly in touch with Casandra - copied here and also below. They are looking for organizations to partner with: The Healthcare Education Project is a joint effort of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and the Greater New York Hospital Association....
Las Posadas procession in Albany calls on Gov. Hochul to address child poverty in the NYS budget
For Immediate Release Sunday, December 22, 2024 Contact: Rev. West McNeill, Executive Director, NYS Labor-Religion Coalitionwest@labor-religion.org, 585-313-8574 Las Posadas procession in Albany calls on Gov. Hochul to address child poverty in the NYS budget More...
Directions to the WESPAC Office
How to get to WESPAC: The WESPAC office is located at 77 Tarrytown Rd, Suite 2W in White Plains, NY 10607 also known as Route 119. Take the driveway all the way up to the upper level behind the building and walk into the building. We are across the hall from State...
Take Another Look at Second Look
NYLJ: In the New Year, Take Another Look at Second Look The author writes "For nearly as long as I have been a judge, I have firmly believed in the importance of what I call demystifying the judiciary — that is, helping the public understand what judges do, how they...
Public Statement by The Westchester Coalition for Police Reform in Response to the Death of Robert Brooks
We are deeply disturbed by the recent video showing the horrific beating of Robert Brooks by corrections officers, medical staff, and state employees which caused his death. This violent act is not only unacceptable, but also inhumane and barbaric. Robert Brooks, a...
Stop Toxic Food Production
TAKE ACTION: TELL YOUR LEGISLATORS TO PROTECT AMERICANS FROM TOXIC FOOD PRODUCTION PRACTICES Our government has propped up an industrial food and farm system that has harmed human health and the environment for far too long. Today, the largest agrochemical...
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Westchester Organizer Make the Road New York (MRNY) builds the power of immigrant and working-class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services. Make the Road New York operates...
Black Prison Workers Associations Speak Out on Killing
‘Wasn’t an Isolated Incident’: Black Prison Workers Associations Speak Out on Killing Associations representing New York prison and parole officers are publicly denouncing the killing of Robert Brooks, the 43-year-old incarcerated man who died last month after prison...
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Communities Not Cages Second Look Symposium | Center for Justice https://centerforjustice.columbia.edu/events/communities-not...
Chief Judge Rowan Wilson supports the Second Look Act in today’s State of the Judiciary. “Put simply, our criminal justice system isn’t working. Maybe it hasn’t really ever worked. Prolonged incarceration is very expensive, and it does not make us safer.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/nyregion/second-look-pris...
Proud to partner with @AthenaFilmFest for their 15th year of celebrating women and leadership at @BarnardCollege, March 6-9. Tickets are now on sale: check out the amazing lineup!
https://athenafilmfestival.com/
A Land for All is based on international law and is a confederation of Palestine and Israel. Prof Oren Yiftachel was excellent yesterday in presenting this Palestinian and Israeli peace movement: https://youtu.be/KSQ1bJvWSL0?si=8PYm3Cw_iqIUu9Ed
The public banking movement is sweeping New York State.
In this powerful op-ed, David Sprintzen of @EHSLI calls for a public bank to address Long Island’s affordability crisis.
@AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie: It’s time to bring public banking to New York!
https://www.newsday.com/opinion/commentary/guest-essays/long...
🚨NEW: "Behind every slumlord harassing and neglecting tenants is a bank fueling these practices."
NYC needs a public bank that invests in communities—not speculation, writes Public Bank NYC coalition member @CooperSq’s Jodie Liedecker in @CityLimitsNews:
https://citylimits.org/2025/01/31/opinion-wall-street-fuels-...