Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

June 11, 2021 at 6:00 PM

Early Voting Starts Tomorrow-- Vote for Maya Wiley

Early voting starts tomorrow! So much is at stake with this election. That’s why I’m thrilled to announce that last night our board voted to endorsed Maya Wiley for Mayor. Maya has spent her career standing up for our communities as a civil rights attorn Dear Friend, Early v…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

May 10, 2021 at 3:44 PM

Call Senator Schumer: Tell him you support the For The People Act

Today is a national day of action. And thousands of people from across New York are gearing up to call Sen. Schumer to ask him to make sure that the most important voting rights legislation of our time passes, and doesn’t get watered down. Friend, Today is a national day of a…

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  Jamie Tyberg · [email protected]

April 23, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Don't miss your chance to grab our limited edition "Life Everywhere" print!

Friend, For our community members and organizers, every day is Earth Day. Our member leaders, who have helped win fossil fuel divestment in both New York City and State as well as landmark legislation to cut pollution from the city's number one source, fight every day to mak…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

April 7, 2021 at 4:01 PM

WE DID IT!

Yesterday New York State passed a budget with a historic investment in our communities! And none of it would have been possible without the tireless work of our organizers, coalitions, allies in the legislature, and especially our members! Dear Friend, Yesterday New York State…

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  Ana Ramirez · [email protected]

March 23, 2021 at 5:45 PM

I am on a hunger strike

Friend, My name is Ana Ramirez and I have been on a hunger strike for the past eight days with the Coalition for Excluded Workers1. It’s very hard to go a whole week without food but as excluded workers we’ve had a lot of practice with hunger this past year. Before the pa…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

March 22, 2021 at 4:49 PM

NYCC Endorses Scott Stringer for Mayor

Corporate-backed candidates are consolidating the lead in the Mayor’s race. Scott has a proven progressive track record and bold plans for building more deeply affordable housing, ending the homelessness crisis,​ Friend, Last week we announced our endorsement of Scott Stringe…

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  Lucas Sanchez · [email protected]

March 15, 2021 at 5:45 PM

Did you receive your stimulus check?

Friend, COVID-19 has not impacted all communities evenly. Low income and working class communities of color have faced more medical discrimination, death, and economic hardship than anyone else. Undocumented people have been completely excluded from relief. The new stimulus…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

March 12, 2021 at 7:55 PM

A culture that supported harassment, cruelty, and deception

Yesterday, we marched on Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s office to demand he cancel rent and impeach Governor Cuomo. Since then, the State assembly authorized the Judicial Committee to begin an “impeachment investigation.” We need the assembly to begin an Friend, Yesterday, we…

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  Fani Luna · [email protected]

February 11, 2021 at 4:10 PM

Back Rent, No Stimulus, No Unemployment

I owe my landlord more than $15,000 that I will never be able to pay back. Unless Governor Cuomo cancels rent, my family will lose our home. Friend, I owe my landlord more than $15,000 that I will never be able to pay back. Unless Governor Cuomo cancels rent, my family will …

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  Jamie Tyberg · [email protected]

February 4, 2021 at 7:14 PM

Action Alert: Tell City Council we need a Public Bank!

Friend, Right now, billions of dollars in City money - our money - are on deposit with Wall Street banks. These are the same banks that have profited off the COVID-19 crisis and continue to harm our communities through persistent redlining and investments in destructive indus…

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  Cynthia Norris · [email protected]

January 16, 2021 at 4:18 PM

Protect Yourself from Eviction

If you take this simple step, you can not be evicted until 5/1/21. Dear Friend, In New York State, you cannot be evicted at least until May 1, 2021, if you have experienced financial hardship or face health risks because of COVID-19. To be protected from eviction, you must su…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

January 6, 2021 at 12:45 PM

Our COVID-19 Relief Fund

Dear Friend, Before the end of the year, we spent all of the money we raised for our relief fund in our final round of giving. Recognizing that the stimulus was nowhere enough to support a family, and that the pandemic is ongoing, we are opening up our fundraising again for th…

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  Jamie Tyberg · [email protected]

December 30, 2020 at 7:06 PM

Will you make it by New Year's Eve?

Hi Friend, Time is running out to close our $40,000 gap in membership dues as a result of so many losing their jobs and having to fight evictions this year. We are almost half way to our goal, but we still need your help! Can you donate to help us reach $20,000 by the end of …

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  Lucas Sanchez · [email protected]

December 24, 2020 at 5:30 PM

The holiday gift everyone needs

Support our organizing to cancel rent & mortgages! Friend, Having a place one can call home, where one can feel safe and comfortable is the gift that everyone needs this holiday. This year, due to the pandemic and the lack of protections in place, millions of households a…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

December 22, 2020 at 5:31 PM

Can you help us get to $20,000 by Christmas?

Friend, As you know, due to the pandemic this year, over 90% of our members lost their jobs and have been fighting their landlords and evictions. Ms. Phipps for example is a homeowner, a childcare provider, and a small business owner. This year has been one of the toughest s…

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  Gina DeJesus · [email protected]

December 11, 2020 at 1:30 PM

No one should owe $10,000 in rent during a pandemic.

Support our neighborhood organizing to cancel rent! Friend, Fani has been a member of our East Harlem chapter since 2018. She was working as a babysitter while her husband delivered for a restaurant, supporting their three children. But in March, they both contracted the virus…

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  Rachel Rivera · [email protected]

December 9, 2020 at 2:30 PM

VICTORY: New York State Divestment from Fossil Fuels

Dear Friend, NYS Comptroller DiNapoli, who controls the massive $226 billion New York State pension fund, just announced the NYS fund will divest from the fossil fuel industry and decarbonize its entire portfolio of investments. This is a massive victory for activism in the f…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

December 6, 2020 at 10:00 PM

Can you give $2 today towards neighborhood organizing?

Friend, Earlier this year, Al Jazeera spotlighted our Flatbush chapter leader Dawn. She was laid off at the beginning of the pandemic, and she hasn’t been able to pay rent ever since. On top of that, she wasn’t able to receive the state’s unemployment insurance money to do her…

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  Lucas Sanchez · [email protected]

December 1, 2020 at 5:59 PM

Giving Tuesday Spotlight: Our Community Food Garden on Hempstead

Friend, In the heart of Hempstead, New York, one of the lowest income communities on Long Island, we manage a 2,400 square foot community food garden that provides fresh produce for 200 food insecure families each year, while teaching K-12 youth how to sustain themselves on th…

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  Patrick Houston · [email protected]

November 25, 2020 at 5:26 PM

Feeding the people this Thanksgiving

Can you contribute $1 today to our neighborhood chapters? Friend, The pandemic hit our members hard, and many have been fighting evictions and struggling to find safe, stable work. So, knowing firsthand how hard this Thanksgiving would be for so many families, member leaders o…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

November 21, 2020 at 1:30 PM

33 New Billionaires in the U.S.

Friend, Just this week we helped release a report finding that the combined wealth of U.S. billionaires increased by almost a trillion dollars since the pandemic began. And since March, there are 33 new billionaires in the U.S. Can you give $10 towards our fight to tax bil…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

November 14, 2020 at 1:00 PM

Can you give $1 today?

Friend, As you know, we win our campaigns by building with our members in their powerfully organized communities. And we rely on individual donations from these communities in which we organize to allow ourselves the freedom to carry out our grassroots work. But this year due…

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  Zack Lerner · [email protected]

November 5, 2020 at 8:47 PM

Protect the Results

Donald Trump continues to attempt to undermine democracy. While it appears that Joe Biden will win the election, throughout the campaign, Trump has tried to invalidate mail-in voting, and refuse to leave office if he loses the election. Friend, On Saturday November 7th at 12:…

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  Jonathan Westin, NYCC · [email protected]

November 2, 2020 at 8:27 PM

Election Day is here. Vote WFP!

Election Day is here! We can vote to defeat Trump and build our progressive movement this election by voting on the Working Families Party ballot line for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Friend, Election Day is here! Haven’t voted yet? The last day to vote is on Election Day, …

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  Climate & Inequality Team at NYCC · [email protected]

October 30, 2020 at 7:40 PM

Just in! An NYCC win for the Green New Deal

Dear Friend, The NYC Council just passed Intro 1947, which requires thousands of large, polluting buildings to slash their climate and air pollution. The bill will create thousands of jobs. It’s a big, NYC-level win for a Green New Deal! Digital lists that we are able to e…

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  Lucas Sanchez · [email protected]

October 24, 2020 at 3:32 PM

Ana vs. the Town of Islip

For decades the Town of Islip deprived the Latinx community of the opportunity to participate in the political process. But all that ended last week when college student Ana Flores took them to court and won! Friend, Last week, NYCC members Ana Flores and her father Rene, …

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

October 17, 2020 at 12:15 PM

Let's Cancel Wall Street

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our lives and made us more vulnerable than ever. Our Black, Latinx, and Indigenous neighbors and community members in particular have borne the brunt of casualties from COVID-19 and past austerity policies. Shredding an a Friend, Our communit…

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  Jonathan Westin, NYCC · [email protected]

October 14, 2020 at 5:13 PM

Vote for the many

We know that we need to beat Trump -- and New York also needs so much more than that. The decisions our leaders make in this moment will be remembered by future generations. And the actions we all take -- to hold those leaders accountable, to care for ou Friend, With competing…

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  Marie Pierre, NYCC · [email protected]

September 30, 2020 at 1:57 PM

Tell Senator Schumer to do his job.

Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell are rushing to fill the Supreme Court vacancy before Election Day. We can stop this shameful and hypocritical power grab, but we need Senator Schumer to do his job now and bring this process to a halt. Dear Friend, Donald Trump and Mitch McCon…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

August 27, 2020 at 1:01 PM

Huge Thank You!

Thank you to all who joined us at our very first virtual gala with special honorees Varshini Prakash, Sochie Nnaemeka, and Bianca Cunningham, as well as our member honorees Sonia Medrano and Winsome Pendergrass. If you missed it, watch the video we created for our member honor…

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  Jamie Tyberg · [email protected]

August 24, 2020 at 11:01 AM

You're Invited to Our 11th Annual (Virtual!) Gala! 8/26

Dear Friend, This Wednesday evening, we will be celebrating our 11th annual gala—virtually—and you are invited! Click here to RSVP! Because all of us couldn't get together in person, some of our allies were kind enough to send us congratulatory videos. Check out incoming S…

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  Jamie Tyberg · [email protected]

August 19, 2020 at 4:42 PM

You're Invited! 8/26: Roundtable with Sunrise Movement, NYC-DSA & NY-WFP

Friend, I wanted to make sure you saw our Executive Director's message from the weekend about the impact of our work during the pandemic. Rent will be due again soon as millions are without work, and schools will be re-opening while facing huge budget cuts. We have a long way…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

August 15, 2020 at 4:18 PM

COVID-19’s Impact on Our Neighborhoods & Our Response So Far

Friend, When we launched our relief fund in April, nearly all who requested support from our relief fund had been laid off, with 86% ineligible for unemployment, 69% with children to provide for, and 11% with a family member who was hospitalized or died from the virus. Our c…

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  Jamie Tyberg · [email protected]

August 8, 2020 at 1:01 PM

Save your seat today! Roundtable Discussion with Sunrise Movement, NY WFP & NYC DSA

Join us at 6:30PM on Wednesday, August 26th... for an intimate roundtable discussion with Bianca Cunningham of NYC-DSA, Sochie Nnaemeka of NY Working Families Party, & Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement RSVP Here! We've heard from them about the latest climate policy…

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  Alicé Nascimento · [email protected]

August 6, 2020 at 7:01 PM

New York's billionaires gained $77 billion during the pandemic

Friend, Working class New Yorkers are facing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. But our state’s 119 Billionaires have gained $77 Billion DURING the COVID-19 crisis. Last December, we launched our campaign to #MakeBillionairesPay at one of Governor Cuom…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

July 29, 2020 at 11:06 PM

[Save the Date] Organizers' Roundtable with Our Special Honorees! 8/26

Save the Date! Wednesday, August 26th | 6:30-8PM We didn't want the pandemic to stop us from celebrating our 11th year of organizing victories as well as the brilliance of our honorees, so please join us for our virtual gala! With our special honorees Sochie Nnaemeka of New Y…

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  Jonathan Westin, NYCC · [email protected]

July 23, 2020 at 4:27 PM

We won big!

NYCC stood with movement candidates that the political insiders thought were long shots. These brave candidates ran against a flood of corporate money, running to cancel rent, make billionaires pay, fund excluded workers, defund the police, and pass a Gre Friend, NYCC stood w…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

June 15, 2020 at 2:26 PM

Help Fund the Movement for Black Lives

This Friday is Juneteenth. The celebration of 155 years since the emancipation of the last enslaved Black Americans in the confederacy. It will also mark one week since police in Atlanta killed Rayshard Brooks. Friend, The Movement for Black Lives needs you now. Click here to…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

June 9, 2020 at 1:49 PM

Cuomo and de Blasio have failed us

Cuomo and de Blasio have failed us. While millions marched to hold police accountable, they turned a blind eye to police abuses against protesters. Watch our new ad and sign our petition to demand they Defund the NYPD:​ Friend, Cuomo and de Blasio have failed us. While millio…

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  Leroy Johnson, NYCC · [email protected]

June 1, 2020 at 10:22 PM

Defund the NYPD, Cancel Rent

On Saturday I marched for justice for George Floyd. Today I march to cancel rent. These struggles are not separate, our movements are connected. Friend, Today is June 1st. The third time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York that renters have had to choose between rent …

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

May 22, 2020 at 6:14 PM

A Bill That's Overdue

June 1st is 10 days away. 1 in 4 people didn’t pay their rent in May and all indications show that June will be worse. Two months later, Governor Cuomo still hasn’t provided adequate protections for tenants. Friend, June 1st is 10 days away. 1 in 4 New Yorkers didn’t pay the…

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  Dorisela Hernandez, NYCC · [email protected]

May 21, 2020 at 11:41 AM

Cuomo's Cruelty

Yesterday NYCC members came together for a day of mourning and action. In 8 locations across NYC and Long Island we held vigils in memory of those we lost to COVID 19. And we raised our voices to fight for those of us who will die if we continue to be lef Friend, Yesterday NYC…

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  Patrick and Pete · [email protected]

May 4, 2020 at 12:45 PM

Victory over the Darth Vader of Climate Change!

Hi Friend, Lee Raymond is like the Darth Vader of climate change, so we are proud to let you know that we helped pressure JP Morgan Chase into dropping him as the lead independent director position on the bank’s board of directors! Lee Raymond was the CEO of Exxon, where he …

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

May 1, 2020 at 6:58 PM

May Day Solidarity

​Families are choosing between paying rent and putting food on the table. For undocumented immigrants, excluded from all government relief, the situation is especially dire. That's why today, we joined a 40+ car caravan to demand Governor Cuomo ensure a r Friend-- Families ar…

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  Jertrudis​ Herrera, NYCC · [email protected]

April 30, 2020 at 6:14 PM

No Unemployment, No Stimulus

Because I’m undocumented my family can’t access Unemployment nor receive stimulus checks. I don’t know how we can survive, how we will eat, or pay our rent. Dear Friend, Because I’m undocumented my family can’t access Unemployment Benefits nor receive a stimulus check. I don’…

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  Dawn Miller, NYCC · [email protected]

April 28, 2020 at 6:58 PM

Three months behind

On Friday I will be two months behind on my rent. At the end of this crisis, I might be homeless. If you can’t pay your rent on May 1st, or are in solidarity with tenants who can’t, click here and sign our pledge.​ Friend, On Friday I will be two months behind on my rent. At …

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  Marisol Rivera · [email protected]

April 22, 2020 at 11:00 PM

$268 billion in 4 years

Hi Friend, Fifty years ago today, 20 million people all across America flooded the streets. Why? They were fighting back against widespread toxic dumping into our water and rampant pollution of our air. Today marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Tomorrow, April 23rd, w…

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  Marisol Rivera · [email protected]

April 17, 2020 at 10:06 PM

No kid should experience the climate chaos I survived

Hi Friend, I was just 6 years old when Hurricane Sandy destroyed my home and sent me and my mom onto New York City streets late at night to seek safe shelter. I fight for climate justice because no kid should experience the climate chaos I survived. Wednesday, April 22n…

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  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]

April 15, 2020 at 6:16 PM

The statistics are heartbreaking

New Yorkers make up 33% of COVID-19 cases and 44% of COVID-19 deaths in the United States. More than 800,000 New Yorkers have filed for unemployment. Hundreds of thousands of undocumented workers have lost their jobs and are ineligible for any relief. Friend, New Yorkers make…

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  Myriam Hernandez, NYCC · [email protected]

April 6, 2020 at 4:26 PM

Struggling

Alone in the hospital in the middle of a pandemic, the last thing Amado Ángel needed to worry about was whether his family would have enough to eat Friend, Alone in the hospital in the middle of a pandemic, the last thing Amado Ángel needed to worry about was whether his fami…

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