Hi John,

The countdown to the budget deadline is on. The next 48 hours are critical for New York's public schools and our students' futures.

In a normal year, we'd be at the Capitol around the clock to hold our elected officials accountable to prioritize the needs of our public school students — but as we all know, this is no normal year. And that makes your participation in these actions, from your own home or office, over the phone or online, more important than ever. We simply cannot do this — we cannot win for our students —without your help.

For our seventh day of action, join us in generating a tweetstorm for Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Finance Chair Liz Krueger urging them to hold the line and accept #NotAPennyLess for our students and communities when negotiating the final budget. Check out the toolkit below!

Use the sample tweets and graphics below to tweet at Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Finance Chair Liz Krueger now!

If you don't have Twitter, you can use the below sample content to post a comment on their Facebook or Instagram pages, too.

Sample Tweets

NYers need @AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie to hold the line and accept #NotAPennyLess for our students and communities when negotiating the NYS budget. We need a just recovery for ALL New Yorkers. #ProtectStudentsNotBillionaires

We are sick of broken promises. As of Nov. 2020 the @NYSEDNews has stated that districts are owed $4 Billion in Foundation Aid. Students need @AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie @LizKrueger to stay strong and accept #NotAPennyLess for schools!

The stakes for our students have never been higher than they are now. With days left until the NYS budget deadline, students, families, & educators are depending on @AndreaSCousins & @CarlHeastie to stand strong on revenues in negotiations for our students. #NotAPennyLess

A budget is a moral document. We need @AndreaSCousins, @CarlHeastie & @LizKrueger to show moral leadership &  fight for a final budget that includes #NotAPennyLess than the Senate one house proposal. 

The decisions made this week will be the difference between a historic improvement for schools, or disaster. Hold the line in negotiations & vote to impose taxes on the ultra wealthy.  @AndreaSCousins, @CarlHeastie & @LizKrueger, show up for students! #NotAPennyLess

@NYGovCuomo is standing in the way of Black and Brown students. We need @Carlheastie & @AndreaSCousins to hold the line and fight for full funding of our schools and raise $7B in new revenue. #NotAPennyLess 

Over the past 3 months we have had a dedicated team join us on Wednesday evenings for a text bank, contacting constituents to call their State Legislators and urge them to fight for our public schools in the State budget. Together, we've generated hundreds of thousands of texts and phone calls.

Join us for one last emergency response action during the final hours of state budget negotiations: tomorrow, Wednesday, March 31 at 4 PM. We will provide updates about the news we are hearing from the Capitol on education, and collectively push to ensure we keep up the pressure in the final stretch!

Zoom information will be emailed to registrants prior to the event.

Watch for tomorrow's email with our next way to take action. You can sign up for updates on the Week of Action here.