For Immediate Release: November 21, 2022
Contact: Mike Sandmel, New Economy Project, mike@neweconomynyc.org
NEW YORK, NY – Today the NYS Community Equity Agenda, a coalition of nearly 50 community, labor, and civil rights groups, cooperative organizations, and community development financial institutions from across New York, released its policy priorities for 2023.
The coalition is pressing for bold concrete actions that New York policymakers can and must take this year to lay critical groundwork for a just recovery and economy rooted in racial and social justice, workers’ rights, cooperation, and ecological sustainability. Key priorities in the platform include:
Details of the platform and a full list of coalition members can be viewed at EquityAgendaNY.org
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“The Equity Agenda’s 2023 platform has the force of groups working in communities across the state,” said Sarah Ludwig, founder and co-director of New Economy Project, which coordinates the coalition. “We look forward to working with coalition members to win the policies set forth in the platform, as we fight for racial, economic, and climate justice.”
“The Equity Agenda’s 2023 policy priorities address the big problems facing New York communities in bold ways,” said Rebecca Garrard, Legislative Director for Citizen Action of New York. “By embracing strategies like public banking, worker cooperatives, and community land trusts, New York can chart a new vision of economic development that gets at the root causes of rampant inequality, of our housing crisis, and of our climate crisis.”
“As an organization committed to removing systemic barriers to economic equity, WEDI is truly proud to stand behind the five bold proposals for the 2023 Equity Agenda platform,” said Carolynn Welch, Executive Director of the Westminster Economic Development Initiative in Buffalo.