May 17, 2012
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Welcome!
Welcome to the first edition of “Watt’s New? The Green Jobs/Green NY Progress Report.” Every two weeks, we’ll share stories and facts about the implementation of Green Jobs/Green NY (GJGNY). Based on a Center for…
May 17th, 2012
Common tags: green jobs, fair share, democracy, on bill recovery, strong communities, about CWF, model legislation, transportation, publications, bonus tax, civic engagement, conference
May 16, 2012
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Why did 24 times as many residents of the low-income Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant donate to New York City Council candidates as to New York State Assembly candidates?
City elections are publicly financed. State elections…
May 16th, 2012
May 10, 2012
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Opponents argue the cost of publicly funded elections is too high.
But the real question is: What’s the cost to New Yorkers if we don’t have publicly funded elections?
Without public funding, big money dominates. Regular…
May 10th, 2012
May 3, 2012
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You want to represent your hometown in the New York State Senate. Who do you approach for funds?
A) Your neighbors and others who live in your district
B) PACs and wealthy New Yorkers who…
May 3rd, 2012
In Long Island, voters of color go to the polls in lower numbers than their white counterparts.
Why? Maria Magdalena Flores of Make the Road New York, a grassroots community group, explained in Newsday recently how Latino voters in…
April 26th, 2012
Our most recent fact sheet shows that the Yankees inundated public officials’ campaign coffers with contributions — $50,000 to the Bronx Democratic County Committee alone from 2005 to 2010.
The payoff: Highly lucrative subsidy deals for the new stadium.
Today,…
April 13th, 2012
April 5, 2012
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Former State Senator Espada is on trial for stealing Medicaid funds. But that wasn’t his only pot of cash. He also benefited from nearly unrestricted campaign contributions.
In 2009 and 2010 alone, Espada—then chair of the powerful…
April 5th, 2012
Former Senator Espada is on trial for stealing Medicaid funds from his Bronx health clinic.
But as an elected official, Espada had another sweet source of money: campaign contributions.
CWF’s analysis of his campaign finance filings shows that:
* Espada’s fundraising increased more than 650% after he became the Senate’s Housing Committee chair
* More than half of the $484,8551.51 he raised from 2009 through 2010 came from the industry that lobbies the Housing Committee – the real estate industry
* Only three contributions came from within his own district.
April 3rd, 2012
Long Island’s communities of color are growing in population, but their turnout at the voting booth lags. Last year, turnout of registered voters was under 20 percent in Brentwood, where people of color are the majority. Countywide turnout was 27.5…
March 26th, 2012
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Contact: Dave Palmer, Executive Director, (917) 482-7251
Statement of Dave Palmer, Center for Working Families Executive Director
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March 20th, 2012
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