1. Contact your senator: Gas drilling & drinking water in NY (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
A message from Dan JacobyHelp stop gas drillers from potentially destroying water supplies in New York State We have a new push in the fight to stop gas drillers from potentially destroying water supplies in Ne...
2. Charter Schools - What's Your Opinion? (Issues & Projects/Projects)
On Monday, May 4th, 2010, the NYS Senate voted 45-15 to raise the state's cap on charter schools from 200 to 460, partly in an effort to get federal “Race to the Top” funding. Now the bill is in the Assembly.
What’s your opini...
3. Charter Schools - What's Your Opinion? (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
On Monday, May 4th, 2010, the NYS Senate voted 45-15 to raise the state's cap on charter schools from 200 to 460, partly in an effort to get federal “Race to the Top” funding. Now the bill is in the Assembly.
What’s y...
4. Camp OUT NOW begins March 15th in Washington, DC (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
On March 15th, Peace of the Action will erect Camp OUT NOW, a tent city on the grounds of the Washington Monument, as a base camp for actions, community gathering, and activities, and to house, feed and otherwise care for everyone...
5. Chinese and Latino Garment Workers protest Cache, Inc. (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
Thursday, February 11, 2010.
Chinese and Latino Garment Workers hold press conference and protest outside the Time Warner Center at 10 Columbus Circle
Latino and Chinese workers protested today, February 11, against Cache, Inc., t...
6. Council Members Vote on Term Limits (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
How They Voted: Council Members Tackle Term Limit Bill
As reported by the NY1 News
Here is how each member of the City Council voted Thursday, October 23,
on Mayor Michael Bloomberg's bill to extend term limits for elected
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7. Comment on Con Ed's Proposed Rate Increase (Issues & Projects/Old Action Items)
As you probably know, Con Ed wants to raise your rates. Officially, the rate increase is listed at about 11%, but that's not the whole truth. Residential rates would rise by about 17% under the plan. But the real number is 36% -- &nbs...
8. CNN Running Ads Linking Iraq to 9/11 (Issues & Projects/Old Action Items)
Freedom's Watch, an organization founded by former Bush press secretary Ari Fleisher, has launched a media campaign claiming that Iraq was responsible for the attacks of 9/11. The advertisements in this campaign are designed to confuse a...
9. Clean Money, Clean Elections (Issues & Projects/Issue Endorsements)
Democracy for NYC has endorsed Clean Money, Clean Elections Clean Money, Clean Elections (CMCE) is a full, public financing system for election campaigns under which candidates, who agree to limit spending and collect only a limited number of...
10. City Budget has $205 million for Bruce Ratner's Development Company (Issues & Projects/Old Action Items)
Update/Question: does anybody know if this made it into the city budget? Today we reported in the DFNYC newsletter that we heard that the current version of the proposed city budget includes a $250 million appropriation for Bruce Ratner,...
