In the new york state capitol, secrecy and institutionalism make up the baseline. Tight guardrails restrict basic democratic tenets. And I think many insiders have so lost touch that they can't see what a problem it is. Great get from the New York Focus politics team here.

Scoop: Bernie Sanders just released the 1st part of his year-long Senate investigation into worker safety at Amazon, in time for Amazon Prime Day Almost 45 out of 100 Amazon warehouse workers was injured during week of Prime Day in 2019, probe found washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

Ridership is also up in Ulster County after making buses free: by 89.5%!! Free buses are a good policy. dailyfreeman.com/2024/07/20/fre…

NEW: NY Renews review finds four agencies aren't fully complying with the state's climate law requiring ALL state entities to consider emissions impacts and disadvantaged communities The story, with agency responses: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0… The report: nyrenews.org/flouting-the-l…

Excited to join the fight to pass Good Cause Eviction in Hudson alongside For the Many Hudson/Catskill Housing Coalition! Come out to the Common Council meeting on August 20 to speak out in support: mobilize.us/forthemany/eve…

⚡BPRA News Alert⚡ The NYPA Board of Trustees met last week and we heard some important new info about their plans to #BuildPublicRenewables, including their current level of ambition. Read on to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly. 🧵

Addressing racial inequality in maternal health starts with ensuring pregnancy care without cost as a barrier. Only the NY Health Act does that. If your reps are serious about ending maternal mortality here in New York, then they must support the New York Health Act.

Taken as a whole, New York is a state of high wages and average poverty. But when we examine upstate cities like Buffalo and Rochester something different becomes clear: Wages are much lower than average and poverty is high. Here's what the data shows: investigativepost.org/2024/08/16/inf…

Quality care not personal profit! We joined 1199SEIU💫 nursing home workers in New Paltz who are fighting for a fair contract across five centers. Their demands are more than reasonable and we ask the management to negotiate in good faith.

Kathy Hochul really blowing the doors off the place

Beacon Good Cause Eviction passed unanimously! Tenants that rent from a landlord who owns more than 1 unit and pay less than 345% of Fair Market Rent are now protected. Thank you to Housing Justice For All, For the Many, Community Voices Heard, BCAN, and our members for organizing to make this happen!

Beacon became the latest upstate city to opt-in to Good Cause Eviction protections last night! We were proud to support the campaign led by BCAN alongside Mid-Hudson Valley DSA Community Voices Heard and Housing Justice For All 💪 Up next: Hudson, Newburgh, Middletown, Town of Poughkeepsie, New Paltz....😈

FIVE (!) upstate cities have now opted into #GoodCause...and every single one has closed the LLC loophole that Governor Kathy Hochul and the state legislature introduced. We're not stopping until every tenant has these protections.

We went to the Hudson Common Council meeting last night to testify in support of Good Cause Eviction! Hudson is 60% renters and 23% of residents live below the poverty line. We need Good Cause!

State agencies like the NYS Department of Education must step up so we can invest in #GreenHealthySchools and reach NY's Climate Laws. Tell Governor Kathy Hochul and state agencies to stop flouting the climate law: nyrenews.org/flouting-the-l… NY Renews

Amazon Teamsters Win Monumental NLRB Ruling: Amazon Drivers are Amazon Workers! Amazon delivery drivers represented by Teamsters Local 396 in Palmdale, Calif., won a groundbreaking decision that sets the stage for Amazon delivery drivers across the country to organize with the

The President of Cornell University is scabbing instead of bargaining a fair contract? 🤔 #StandUpCornell

No rollbacks to our climate goals! New York isn't on track to meet its renewable targets, but we have a solution—build 15 gigawatts of public power by 2030. Join our town hall at SUNY Paltz on Sept 17th or Bard College on Sept 18th to learn more. actionnetwork.org/event_campaign…

As NY Power Authority develops their plan for #PublicRenewables 🗓️ They schedule a board meeting on 9/24 ✊ We plan a rally to make sure they hear New Yorkers 👤 Meeting is moved to avoid the people's demands 🔥 We go even harder and get even louder Join us: bit.ly/bprasept24