Online Toolkit: Stand up for kids today!

Hi Ashley,   Today — the day of the New York State budget deadline — we're marching alongside families and children to Governor Hochul's office in New York City to demand that she prioritize our kids over millionaires and billionaires in the state budget.    Governor Hochul is pushing to make cuts to public education and healthcare, all while protecting the interests of millionaires and corporations. Fortunately, the Senate and Assembly are pushing back, not only rejecting the Governor's cuts to schools, but by proposing a modest tax hike on the ultra wealthy and corporations that would generate revenue we can invest in our schools, housing, and families.   We need Senate and Assembly leadership, Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Carl Heastie, to hold the line, and fight for an enacted budget that raises revenue while rejecting Hochul's cuts to schools and investing in our child care workforce.   Support the children and families marching in New York City today by using the toolkit below to take action online. Action 1 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 ensure the final budget prioritizes New York's children and families now. SEND AN EMAIL NOW Action 2 Call the Senate Majority Leader & Speaker We are calling our State Leaders urging them to stand firm in their protection of school funding against the Governor's cuts AND 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 518-455-2585 Speaker Carl Heastie 518-455-3791 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 marching today to call 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 & healthcare 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

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