September 7, 2014
Defeated a Central Hudson Rate Hike
In June 2015, we defeated Central Hudson’s proposed 17% increase in the basic service charge, a regressive flat fee charged...
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September 7, 2016
Expanded Utility Assistance Funds by $69 Million
In June 2015, the New York Public Service Commission, the state’s utility regulator, created a proposal to modify low-income energy...
September 7, 2017
Reduced Central Hudson Shutoffs
In December 2015, we successfully petitioned the New York Public Service Commission, the state’s utility regulator, to conduct a public...
May 7, 2018
Reduced Central Hudson’s Flat Fee
Central Hudson proposed to increase the regressive flat fees that every customer pays each month. But as a result of negotiations,...
June 7, 2018
Won the Frederick Douglass Award
We accepted the Frederick Douglass award from the North Star Fund. Each year, the Frederick Douglass Award goes to two...
August 7, 2018
Won Municipal IDs in Newburgh
After months of organizing and advocacy, the City of Poughkeepsie Common Council unanimously passed a law to create a municipal...
September 1, 2018
Won Municipal IDs in Middletown
We won a second municipal ID program in Middletown, New York on November 5th. This was our very first municipal...
October 7, 2018
Registered 1,067 Voters in 3 months
In our first voter engagement campaign, Immigrants Vote!, we registered 1,067 voters in three months and made 25,000 Get Out...
November 7, 2018
Won Municipal IDs in Kingston
We also won the Kingston Municipal ID program in December. We originally started this campaign with our #FamiliesBelongTogether march of...
December 1, 2018
Won Municipal IDs in Beacon
We won a Beacon Municipal ID program in December — the fourth we’d won within six months! The City Council...
June 15, 2019
Won 5 Green Light resolutions
Within three months, we won FIVE resolutions in support of the Green Light legislation to create equal access to driver’s...
July 1, 2019
Won 2 resolutions for rent control
We won City Council resolutions from Beacon and Kingston to support Universal Rent Stabilization and Control. We’re helping build momentum...
July 2, 2019
Incredible Launch for Middletown Municipal IDs
Within 28 hours of launching the Middletown Municipal ID program, 1.36% of the population (385 people!) went to city hall...
July 15, 2019
Won 5 resolutions for ICE Out Of Courts
We’ve won five City Council resolutions in Beacon, Poughkeepsie, Middletown, Newburgh, and the Village of New Paltz in support of...
July 16, 2019
Won Municipal IDs in Newburgh
We won our FIFTH Municipal ID in less than one year! In early April, the Newburgh City Council unanimously voted...
September 7, 2019
Over 3,000 people got their municipal IDs
We mobilized thousands of people to get their Municipal IDs in Beacon, Kingston, Newburgh, and Poughkeepsie when their programs launched...
October 1, 2019
Won Driver’s Licenses For All
In June, we finally won historic statewide legislation which restored driver’s license access to 750,000 undocumented New Yorkers. This victory...
April 7, 2020
Protected the Right to Drive
Despite last year’s law restoring driver’s license access to everyone, only ONE DMV in Orange County was issuing licenses to...
August 12, 2020
Passed Protect Our Courts Act
We passed the Protect Our Courts Act in the New York State Legislature to prevent ICE arrests around our courthouses!...
November 7, 2020
Made 1.5 Million Calls & Texts for the 2020 Election
Over the 5 months leading up to the November 2020 Election, more than 600 people signed up to volunteer with...
May 7, 2021
Passed the HALT Act to Limit Solitary Confinement
We made sure our elected officials voted to pass the HALT Act to end the solitary confinement of vulnerable populations...
July 7, 2021
Won a $2.35B Pandemic Housing Relief Fund
We helped win a $2.35 billion pandemic housing relief fund as part of the NY State budget, for which undocumented...
September 7, 2021
Created a $2.1B Excluded Workers Fund
Alongside the Fund Excluded Workers Coalition, we helped win the Fund for Excluded Workers, which provides $2.1 billion to undocumented...
October 27, 2021
Defeated Danskammer Fracked Gas Plant
We defeated Danskammer’s proposal to expand their fracked gas power plant in Newburgh! Working closely with the Stop Danskammer Coalition,...
November 2, 2021
Elected 11 Champions to Local Office
We elected 11 champions for working families to local office in the 2021 general elections. We also won 7 out...
November 28, 2021
Passed Good Cause Eviction in Newburgh & Poughkeepsie
We passed Good Cause Eviction in Newburgh and Poughkeepsie within a month of each other! This law will...
January 25, 2022
Passed Good Cause Eviction in Kingston
We passed Good Cause Eviction in Kingston! This law will protect renters from unfair rent hikes, evictions, and landlord retaliation....
March 7, 2022
Passed Good Cause Eviction in Beacon
We passed Good Cause Eviction in Beacon! This law will protect renters from unfair rent hikes, evictions, and landlord retaliation....
July 7, 2022
How climate activist Sarahana Shrestha pulled off an election upset
Shrestha’s campaign was marked by an expansive ground game in which volunteers knocked on more than 32,000 doors in the...
July 13, 2022
Sarahana Shrestha Wins Democratic Primary
Sarahana’s win is a massive step forward towards building a New York for the many. She ran a grassroots campaign...
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For too long, greedy corporations, billionaires, and political elites have used their wealth and power to rig our country against us. We’re fighting to put power back in our hands.
