Joe Sackman for NY

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"The enacted New York budget pumps $105 million into an expansion of universal pre-kindergarten in 210 upstate New York and Long Island districts that don't currently offer pre-school programs." Early education, pre-k can set our kids on the road to a great future. The fight for this and other services, including taxing the ultra-wealthy was hard won by grassroots orgs on the left. Something the Republicans didn't want and fought against. The people have spoken election after election they want a government that works for them and they want something for their taxes. Better schools and services, roads and an economy that works for all of us. https://www.timesunion.com//Dozens-of-local-districts-will

I am proud to be part of Invest In Our NY coalition. We fought hard to bring money back into our communities and end austerity in NY. "In January, 170 grass roots organizations along with dozens of legislators formed the Invest in Our New York coalition, which in the subsequent months made close to one million calls to lawmakers, sent more than 260,000 texts to residents across the state, held 100 teach-ins and placed hanging cards declaring Tax the Rich on 120,000 doors. ...The coalition spent a lot of time explaining how tax cuts for the wealthy played out. In 2012, for example, New Yorkers earning between $500,000 and $2 million a year received the largest tax cuts of any income-bracketed group; two years later came corporate tax cuts. Although progressives did not receive all of the tax changes they sought, they struck a victory in the hike to state income-tax rates on top earners. Anyone making more than one million dollars a year will now see an increase from 8.82 percent a year to 9.65 percent. Leaving federal and local taxes out of the equation, what it means, for example, is that a couple earning $2 million a year will now see their state income-tax burden rise from $176,00 a year to $193,000. The highest tax bracket would reach 10.9 percent and affect only incomes over $25 million." https://www.nytimes.com//new-york-is-taxing-the-rich-heres

"The budget this year is a massive $212 billion....A combination of federal stimulus, better-than-expected revenues, and raising taxes on the rich means the state is funneling billions of dollars into roads, bridges, schools, child care, environmental projects, housing, and unemployment benefits for undocumented workers." https://www.politico.com//budget-deal-raises-taxes-funds-e

COVID19 VACCINATION FOR SENIORS THIS FRIDAY 4/9/21 Sen. Gaughran's office is sponsoring a pop up site in Hicksville for seniors this upcoming Friday. If you are 60 years and older and would like assistance in scheduling an appointment for Friday morning, please call his office at 516-922-1811 or email him at [email protected]

The benefit would be felt in families and communities around the state. Overall, roughly 274,000 excluded workers in New York are likely to be unemployed or have been unemployed at some point between the beginning of the pandemic last March through the end of this year. That includes 173,000 in New York City, 33,000 on Long Island, 40,000 in the Hudson Valley, and 28,000 in Northern and Western New York. https://fiscalpolicy.org/new-report

The swell of xenophobia is unmooring. It breeds a kind of palpable fear and feeds the notion of othering, of reducing an individual’s essence to ethnic stereotypes. We’ve gone from being invisible to being seen as subhuman, wrote Representative Grace Meng, Democrat of New York, after an attack in Manhattan last week. We just want to be seen as American like everyone else.

Sixta lost 1 child & her job to COVID. She still has 4 children to feed, but anti-immigrant exclusions block her from getting a single penny in Unemployment. She's gathering recyclables on the street to live - $10 per large bag. @CarlHeastie & @AndreaSCousins #FundExcludedWorkers

Please call today/Saturday. Your action is needed!!!