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PRICELE$$ Movie Screening – WNET 13

Anonymous on August 25, 2012 - 1:00pm

Director David Cowan presents Pricele$$, Habitat Media’s new documentary which sheds light on the corridors in our nation’s Capitol to reveal how campaign money from deep-pocket special interests can influence both the electoral process and national policy.
Featuring testimonies from lawmakers, lobbyists, veterans, and students, Pricele$$ offers a behind-the-scenes look at why some of nation’s most basic policies are so out of date, and what can be done to fix them.

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Binghamton: Education Reform Hearing Press Conference and Public Hearing

Anonymous on August 8, 2012 - 12:30pm

Governor Cuomo has formed an education reform commission that will help determine the future of our state’s public schools. The commission is holding a hearing and we need to make sure that we chime in and make our voices heard.
Please join us on Wednesday, August 8th, at the Binghamton University Engineering Science Building at 12:30 for a press conference, and then stick around after for the public hearing.

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Fair elections, fair economy

Anonymous on August 2, 2012 - 9:00am

Times Union op-ed
8/2/12
Richard Kirsch
http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Fair-elections-fair-economy-3758655.php
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been a late and reluctant supporter of key measures to advance a more fair economy in New York. He fought extending the millionaire’s tax, only supporting a watered-down version when Occupy Albany tagged him as “Governor 1 Percent.”

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Local officials join workers in call for raise of minimum wage

Anonymous on August 1, 2012 - 3:32pm

Hudson Valley Press Online
8/1/12
http://www.hvpress.net/news/126/ARTICLE/11366/2012-08-01.html
As part of their Mid-Hudson Valley 99% campaign, members of community groups including Citizen Action of New York, Community Voices Heard Power, Working Families Organization and Worker Justice Action, joined workers across the country today as part of a national day of action to raise the minimum wage.

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Insurance Refunds Arriving Thanks to ACA

Anonymous on August 1, 2012 - 2:26pm

Today, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, as of today, big insurance companies will be refunding individuals and businesses in New York State $86.5 million. The ACA includes a provision that requires insurers to spend 85% of large-group premiums and 80% of small-group and individual premiums on clinical services and quality improvement. If they don’t spend enough on care, the insurer must refund the difference.
That $86.5 million will be divided up like this:

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Report released by N.Y. coalition slams extension of Bush-era tax cuts

Anonymous on July 31, 2012 - 3:07pm

Knickerbocker Ledger
7/31/12
http://www.knickledger.com/2012/07/report-released-by-n-y-coalition-slams-extension-of-bush-era-tax-cuts/
Extending the Bush-era tax cuts will lead to a significant increase in tax revenue and will result in one trillion dollars over a decade, according a report released by Citizen Action of New York.

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Protesters challenge Maggie Brooks on Medicare

Anonymous on July 31, 2012 - 2:36pm

Democrat and Chronicle
7/31/12
Jessica Alaimo
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120730/NEWS01/307300064/Protesters-challenge-Maggie-Brooks-Medicare?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CLocal%20News
The Raging Grannies didn’t have a whole lot of love for the health insurance companies. But they like their Medicare. They don’t want it to be cut — in fact, they want everyone to have it.

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Medicare Anniversary Marked by Protest

Anonymous on July 30, 2012 - 3:05pm

WICZ Fox 40
7/30/12
http://www.wicz.com/news2005/viewarticle.asp?a=24333
47 years ago, Congress established Medicare and Medicaid.
On Monday, in recognition of the anniversary, Citizen Action called for an end to cuts in the health care program–

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Activists Rally in Beacon

Anonymous on July 30, 2012 - 2:59pm

WAMC Hudson Valley
7/30/12
Dave Lucas
http://wamc.org/post/activists-rally-beacon?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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