The Strong Economy for All Coalition will press for public and private policies to benefit working, middle-class and low-income New Yorkers, including job creation, fair taxation, effective government services, consumer protections in foreclosures and financial services and improved wages and healthcare.
State, city, and local budget proposals across New York include severe cuts to the public institutions our families and our neighborhoods need to survive: schools, community colleges, firehouses, libraries, and a range of essential human services including senior centers, supportive housing and homeless services, child care and more.
But there’s a real alternative to severe cuts and dramatic job losses. At a time when the financial sector is booming and millionaires and billionaires are making more than ever, our Coalition in demanding that we eliminate unaffordable subsidies and ensure fair-share tax policies that could keep public institutions strong and stop mass layoffs.
We are made up of some of New York’s most engaged and effective unions and community organizations:
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