While families across New York wait for critical funding decisions on child care, education, housing, and other essential services, Governor Hochul is holding up the state budget process to push a political maneuver that would benefit her own reelection campaign. Email Governor Hochul and the Legislature now telling them New Yorkers are waiting on them … Continue reading Hochul’s Delays are Politics at the Expense of Our Kids
Make 3 Calls to Demand Child Care Funding for all New Yorkers
Join ESCCC’s Call Relay today – Monday, March 24. We need your help making three quick calls to New York State leadership, urging them to fund the child care workforce and the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). Even if the scheduled call times have passed, you can still call, leave a message, continue calling tomorrow, … Continue reading Make 3 Calls to Demand Child Care Funding for all New Yorkers
Protect Our Schools – Reject Trump’s Attacks on the Department of Education
By now, you’ve likely heard about Trump’s Executive Order to close the Department of Education. This is a direct attack on our children, our schools, and our communities, but Congress – not the president – determines which agencies remain open or are shut down. This administration’s strategy is to exhaust us with repeated attacks on … Continue reading Protect Our Schools – Reject Trump’s Attacks on the Department of Education
Tell Your Leaders to Stand Up for Child Care in the Final Budget
Right now, our state leaders hold the future of child care in their hands. Without immediate funding, many children will lose access to affordable care, and educators – the vast majority of whom are women of color – will continue to struggle in poverty. Our state’s leadership must act now to secure a sustainable future … Continue reading Tell Your Leaders to Stand Up for Child Care in the Final Budget
Time is running out to raise wages of NY’s child care workforce
Families and child care educators are counting on Albany to take action in this year’s budget to address the ongoing crisis in child care and provider wages—starting with raising wages for the child care workforce. But time is running out—we have only days left to influence the Senate and Assembly’s budget proposals. Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, … Continue reading Time is running out to raise wages of NY’s child care workforce
Don’t Allow the DOE to Be Dismantled
Any minute now, President Trump is expected to sign an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). The President does not have the power to unilaterally eliminate federal agencies – only Congress has that authority. But with Congress under Republican control, we need to make sure our elected representatives understand the devastating … Continue reading Don’t Allow the DOE to Be Dismantled
Before Budgets Are Set, Speak Up For School Communities
As threats to public education intensify at the federal level – with Linda McMahon now confirmed to lead the Department of Education, and on track to underfund our schools and dismantle the Department itself – our state leaders must respond quickly to protect funding supporting New York’s students. Right now, the State Assembly and Senate … Continue reading Before Budgets Are Set, Speak Up For School Communities
Invest In Our New York – Tax the Rich, Fund Our Future!
Yesterday we were in Albany for Invest in Our New York Advocacy Day, demanding that Governor Hochul and the legislature act now to ensure that millionaires, billionaires, and highly profitable corporations pay their fair share. For weeks, New Yorkers have waited for leadership to act as schools brace for cuts and families face impossible choices. Meanwhile, the Trump administration … Continue reading Invest In Our New York – Tax the Rich, Fund Our Future!
Join Us in Thanking AG Letitia James for True Leadership
For the past six weeks, New Yorkers have been in dire need of a voice in leadership who would let us know they are fighting for us, instead of letting us live in fear because of their deafening silence. Children have missed school, families are avoiding hospitals, businesses have closed their doors—all because of the Trump … Continue reading Join Us in Thanking AG Letitia James for True Leadership
Tell Congress: Send Linda McMahon home, not to the Department of Ed!
Today, Linda McMahon begins her confirmation hearings for Secretary of Education. Her nomination is a direct threat to our public schools, particularly those serving our Black, brown, and low-income students. Tell Congress to send Linda McMahon home, not to the Department of Education! Send your representatives an email now urging them to reject McMahon’s confirmation … Continue reading Tell Congress: Send Linda McMahon home, not to the Department of Ed!