Water infrastructure critical to all local governments
Water infrastructure critical to all local governments
Providing clean drinking water to every resident in the city of Oneida is one of our city government’s most important...
Providing clean drinking water to every resident in the city of Oneida is one of our city government’s most important services. Up-to-date water mains, sewer pipes, and wastewater treatment plants are critical to protect our lakes, rivers, and drinking water from contaminants that could make people sick.
That’s why I introduced two resolutions in the Oneida Common Council calling on Gov. Cuomo and the state Legislature to increase water infrastructure funding in this year’s state budget. The resolutions passed unanimously.
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Opinion: We Can't Let Right-Wing Hypocrites Weaponize Anti-Semitism
Opinion: We Can't Let Right-Wing Hypocrites Weaponize Anti-Semitism
Brad Lander is a member of the New York City Council, and the board chair of Local Progress, a national network of...
Brad Lander is a member of the New York City Council, and the board chair of Local Progress, a national network of progressive local elected officials.
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Oregon just enacted statewide rent control—and it could be a model for the country
Oregon just enacted statewide rent control—and it could be a model for the country
Rent stabilization measures could go a long way to alleviate the country’s affordable housing crisis, according to the...
Rent stabilization measures could go a long way to alleviate the country’s affordable housing crisis, according to the “Our Homes, Our Future: How Rent Control Can Build Stable, Healthy Communities” report out last month by PolicyLink, the Center for Popular Democracy, and the Right To The City Alliance.
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Common Council strengthens tenant rights laws amid other major resolutions
Common Council strengthens tenant rights laws amid other major resolutions
Local renter protections passed by Ithaca City Council: (Seph Murtaugh, Duc Nguyen, George McGonigle, Laura Lewis, and...
Local renter protections passed by Ithaca City Council: (Seph Murtaugh, Duc Nguyen, George McGonigle, Laura Lewis, and Cynthia Brock) “The new tenant’s rights resolutions establish that the landlord is now responsible for any and all coding faults with buildings and rental units instead of the tenants. Some of the new resolutions state that landlords who have more than the legal limit of people living in a unit will receive a penalty for each additional occupant over the limit.”
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Common Council strengthens tenant rights laws amid other major resolutions
Common Council strengthens tenant rights laws amid other major resolutions
Local renter protections passed by Ithaca City Council: (Seph Murtaugh, Duc Nguyen, George McGonigle, Laura Lewis, and...
Local renter protections passed by Ithaca City Council: (Seph Murtaugh, Duc Nguyen, George McGonigle, Laura Lewis, and Cynthia Brock) “The new tenant’s rights resolutions establish that the landlord is now responsible for any and all coding faults with buildings and rental units instead of the tenants. Some of the new resolutions state that landlords who have more than the legal limit of people living in a unit will receive a penalty for each additional occupant over the limit.”
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Bankshot Welcome to Operation Choke Point 2.0
When it comes to prison investment, activists and community groups kept up “a very steady drumbeat” opposing JPMorgan’s...
When it comes to prison investment, activists and community groups kept up “a very steady drumbeat” opposing JPMorgan’s funding of GEO Group and CoreCivic, two of the country’s largest prison companies, said Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy. Protesters have shown up at the bank's last two annual meetings and recently visited Chief Executive Jamie Dimon's house with a mariachi band in tow, among other confrontations.
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Following Sustained Campaign, JP Morgan Chase and Co Divests From Private Prison Operators
Following Sustained Campaign, JP Morgan Chase and Co Divests From Private Prison Operators
Common Dreams reported that civil rights groups, like Make the Road NY, the Center for Popular Democracy and New York...
Common Dreams reported that civil rights groups, like Make the Road NY, the Center for Popular Democracy and New York Communities for Change, were among the organizations credited with pressuring JP Morgan Chase and Co to stop bankrolling CoreCivic and GEO Group, the country’s largest private prison operators.
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Common Council strengthens tenant rights laws amid other major resolutions
Common Council strengthens tenant rights laws amid other major resolutions
Local renter protections passed by Ithaca City Council: (Seph Murtaugh, Duc Nguyen, George McGonigle, Laura Lewis, and...
Local renter protections passed by Ithaca City Council: (Seph Murtaugh, Duc Nguyen, George McGonigle, Laura Lewis, and Cynthia Brock) “The new tenant’s rights resolutions establish that the landlord is now responsible for any and all coding faults with buildings and rental units instead of the tenants. Some of the new resolutions state that landlords who have more than the legal limit of people living in a unit will receive a penalty for each additional occupant over the limit.”
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The Marxist Roots of "Medicare for All"
Jayapal was surrounded by more than 100 supporters, many from groups such as National Nurses United, the Center for...
Jayapal was surrounded by more than 100 supporters, many from groups such as National Nurses United, the Center for Popular Democracy, Our Revolution, Coalition of Labor Union Women, and the Labor Campaign for Single Payer.
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Following Pressure From Advocates, JPMorgan Chase Stops Financially Backing Private Prisons
Following Pressure From Advocates, JPMorgan Chase Stops Financially Backing Private Prisons
"The country has seen the images of humans in cages and heard the cries of children begging to be reunited with their...
"The country has seen the images of humans in cages and heard the cries of children begging to be reunited with their parents. Our immigration enforcement system is cruel and inhumane. Providing financial backing to this industry is not morally defensible", said Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy.
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