Neurodiversity Strengthens Public Service
Public service teaches you something quickly: talent rarely looks the way people expect it to. That’s why Donald Trump’s recent...
State Budget Must Protect Food Access for All
In the halls of the New York State Capitol, legislators and advocates are demanding that a number of programs and...
Auto Insurance Reform Can Reduce Costs For New York Municipalities, The MTA, Generate Real Savings for Property Taxpayers & Riders
New White Paper Urges Swift Action to Cut Accident Fraud and Reduce Sky-High Insurance Costs as a Critical Component of...
A Labor of Love Worth $58 Billion in Care: New AARP Report Highlights Urgent Need to Support NY Caregivers
Caregivers are paying in time, wages, and their own well-being...and without family caregivers our nation’s health and long-term care system...
HOCHUL CLCPA CHANGES ARE NEEDED TO RESCUE RATEPAYERS & PROTECT JOBS
New Yorkers for Affordable Energy (NYAE) has long raised concerns about the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), particularly...
Utility rhetoric, policy are putting union workers in the crosshairs
A job as a frontline utility worker has always meant something in this state. It has meant a real career,...
New York State Must Intervene In The Behavioral Health Crisis
New York State is in the middle of a behavioral health crisis. Suicide rates are up over 40% in the...
Why New York Must Double Down on Legal Services as Federal Cuts Loom
As federal safety net cuts loom—threatening food assistance, healthcare, and basic stability—New York must act decisively to keep vulnerable families...
Albany Must Do More for Community Health Centers
Every day, I see what community health centers mean to New Yorkers. At Urban Health Plan, we serve more than...
Lawmakers Must Support Gov. Hochul’s Common Sense Insurance Affordability Agenda, Ignore Misinformation from Billboard Attorneys
There is a fight occurring in Albany right now to make auto insurance more affordable for New York’s small businesses,...
The Electric Grid and Winter Reliability Concerns – A Growing Challenge for New York
As the non-profit grid operator and administrator of competitive wholesale electricity markets, the New York Independent System Operator is tasked...
STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL
In response to today's jury decision that found Meta and Youtube liable for creating products that led to harmful and...
OVER 112,000 MESSAGES FROM NEW YORKERS TO LAWMAKERS DEMAND ACTION TO LOWER AUTO INSURANCE COSTS AND PUT MONEY BACK IN DRIVERS’ POCKETS
Ongoing Program of Emails and Calls Poised to Send Even More Messages to Lawmakers ALBANY – After roughly one month...
New York Can’t Stand for Federal Cuts that Limit Healthcare Education
We became nurses because we wanted to care for people in their most vulnerable moments. We have worked the long...
Why have state leaders reversed on access to cancer care?
2026 started off with some whiplash for me and much of the cancer community here in New York. Rewinding to...
The Business Council of New York State Launches CLCPA Cost Calculator
Businesses and Consumers Can Estimate Future Energy & Gasoline Bill Increases Under the CLCPA ALBANY – The Business Council of...
New York Must Finish the Job on Disability Services—Starting with a 4% Inflationary Increase
With just days remaining before New York’s April 1 budget deadline, state leaders face a clear choice. They can build...
Legality is not Accessibility: Close the Gap in Abortion Training
New York State has 4.4 million people of reproductive age protected by state law guaranteeing the absolute right to abortion...
Digital Shelf Labels Are About Accuracy — Not Surveillance
As New York lawmakers consider legislation (S.8616/A.9396), which would restrict digital shelf labels (DSLs) in grocery stores, it’s worth clarifying...
TRUCKING INDUSTRY CONVERGES ON ALBANY TO DEMAND RELIEF FROM AUTO INSURANCE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS
→ TANY Memo to Lawmakers ALBANY – Ahead of Tuesday’s Lobby Day in Albany, the Trucking Association of New York...
