As budget negotiations heat up, we’re rallying behind Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie as they champion our kids and their public schools. Both chambers’ proposals protected school funding from the Governor’s harmful cuts in their one house budgets, yet there’s more work to be done to fill the funding gaps left by expiring federal … Continue reading Time is Running Out: Advocate for School Funding Now!
Email State Leaders: Hold the Line for Public Schools in the Enacted Budget
Earlier this week, the State Senate and Assembly released their own budget proposals, fully rejecting Governor Hochul’s proposed cuts and harmful changes to the Foundation Aid formula. Unlike Governor Hochul, both the Senate and Assembly clearly recognize the importance of fully funding public schools at this moment. With student needs growing and the impacts of … Continue reading Email State Leaders: Hold the Line for Public Schools in the Enacted Budget
Equal Pay Day Phone Bank for the Child Care Workforce
On Equal Pay Day, March 12, we’ll be phone banking in support of New York’s child care workforce. We know that funding quality child care and early education is the best investment that New York’s leadership and the country at large can make. Research tells us that by doing the right thing up front – … Continue reading Equal Pay Day Phone Bank for the Child Care Workforce
Time Sensitive Action: Push for $1.2B for Child Care in One House Budgets
The governor’s budget proposal falls short in providing the funding needed to adequately support child care providers and the families they serve. Now more than ever, families and child care educators are relying on Albany to respond. This response must prioritize an increase in wages for the child care workforce. The imminent release of the … Continue reading Time Sensitive Action: Push for $1.2B for Child Care in One House Budgets
Time-Sensitive Action: $2B Needed to Save At Risk NY School Programs
Did you know that students across New York are at risk of losing essential services and programs as federal COVID-era funding comes to an end in June, unless New York State steps up? The urgency is clear – our schools desperately need the state budget to include $2 billion to bridge this fiscal gap. As … Continue reading Time-Sensitive Action: $2B Needed to Save At Risk NY School Programs
Massive School Funding Threats! Take Action Today
As the threat of severe cuts looms in the governor’s budget proposal, we urgently need to come together to influence the fate of statewide school funding. This week, New York legislative leaders – Senate Leader Stewart-Cousins, Speaker Heastie, and their colleagues – are fine-tuning the State Senate and Assembly budget proposals (referred to as the … Continue reading Massive School Funding Threats! Take Action Today
Phone Bank for Education Equity and Universal Child Care
Join us every Tuesday at 4:30 pm in March (one exception, we’ll be meeting Wednesday March 27) for an important phone bank uplifting the public education and child care systems that New York’s working families need. As New York’s legislative leaders, Senate Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie, and their colleagues in the State Legislature are … Continue reading Phone Bank for Education Equity and Universal Child Care
NY’s child care educators must earn a thriving wage
Families and child care educators are counting on Albany to address the ongoing crisis in child care and provider wages in this year’s budget — and that means raising the wages for the child care workforce. But we’re running out of time. Right now, New York’s legislative leaders, Senate Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie, and … Continue reading NY’s child care educators must earn a thriving wage
Send Legislators a Love Letter for Public Education in 2024
As we write to you, advocates in Albany are demanding more progressive tax policies for increased funding to public education and other essential services. Email your state legislators now calling on them to reject Governor Hochul’s harmful cuts and instead invest in the future of all New Yorkers. What’s Happening Today, the State Legislature is holding … Continue reading Send Legislators a Love Letter for Public Education in 2024
Reject Governor Hochul’s Cuts to Our Public Schools
Take a stand for our schools and communities, and email your State Legislators now. Governor Hochul’s budget proposal includes harmful cuts, but together, we can push back. What’s Happening These school districts educate 8 in every 10 Black and Latinx students and English Language Learners in the state. All of these low-income districts rely mostly on … Continue reading Reject Governor Hochul’s Cuts to Our Public Schools