Budget Deadline Today: Use Our Online Toolkit + Have Your Say!

Hi Ashley,   As we approach the final hours before the extended budget deadline, the urgency behind our collective actions is becoming increasingly critical. Governor Hochul's budget proposal fell far short of meeting our essential needs, particularly concerning issues of school funding and child care investment.   Join us in urging the Governor, along with Senate and Assembly leaders, to prioritize these critical areas and enact fair taxation to support New York's working families in the year ahead.   Our children need fully funded schools and families deserve affordable, high-quality child care. Investing in the child care workforce ensures a sustainable future for all New Yorkers.    Use the toolkit below to take action online and advocate for equitable education and child care systems. Let's make our voices count for a better tomorrow. Action 1 Call the Senate Majority Leader & Speaker Join us in calling our State Leaders to support a permanent investment of at least $500 million in the child care workforce. Scroll down to view sample call scripts (you can click and hold the images or right click here to save them to your device). Then dial the numbers below to call  Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, then Speaker Carl Heastie. Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins Speaker Carl Heastie   (518) 455-2585 (518) 455-3791 Action 2 Email State Leaders Click below to send an email to the main budget negotiators — Governor Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Speaker Carl Heastie — urging them to reject Governor Hochul's cuts and invest in our schools. SEND AN EMAIL NOW Action 3 Amplify on social media Call out Governor Hochul publicly on social media, and thank the Senate and Assembly for supporting New York's children and families. You can find sample Tweets and posts, as well as graphics and videos, at the toolkit linked below. And remember to follow AQE and the hashtag to see what's happening in real time. To use the toolkit below: all you have to do is copy/paste to your account. Or if you have X (Twitter), it's even easier: just tap or click where it says "click to post". Click to post: We're calling for a budget that prioritizes NY's children & families. @NYSenateDems & @NYSA_Majority prioritized working-class NYers in their budget proposals, but @GovKathyHochul keeps protecting the millionaires. We need to #TaxTheRich so we can #InvestInOurNY!   Click to post: @GovKathyHochul wants to cut public education while protecting millionaires & corporations, but @NYSenateDems & @NYSA_Majority are fighting to help NY's children thrive. We need to put families & kids over millionaires and billionaires #TaxTheRich #InvestInOurNY   Click to post: Thank you, Leader @AndreaSCousins & Speaker @CarlHeastie, for fighting to raise billions in new public dollars for our children, families and communities! Keep fighting to #TaxTheRich –– we're with you!   Click to post: @NYSenateDems want to #TaxTheRich @NYSA_Majority want to #TaxTheRich @POTUS wants to #TaxTheRich  Why doesn't @GovKathyHochul?  We need to tax the rich so we can #InvestInOurNY! #InvestInOurNY DOWNLOAD GRAPHICS AQENY.org | Facebook | Instagram | X DONATE

Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Alliance for Quality Education, please click here.