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Jon Stewart, Advocates to Address Students and Teachers of 9/11

Thousands Who Attended School, Taught, and Worked Below Canal Street After 9/11 at Risk of Aggressive Cancers and Respiratory Illnesses
Know Your Rights! If you were studying, working, or living below Canal Street in Manhattan on 9/11 or at any time during the eight months following, you may be eligible for free health care and compensation.
68 cancers and have been linked to the 9/11 toxins. If you have been diagnosed or become sick, we can help you register for the World Trade Center Health Program and apply to the Victim Compensation Fund.
To learn more, join us on Sept. 16 at a Free 9/11 Informational Seminar to learn about your rights. Comedian Jon Stewart, United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Lila Nordstrom of Studentsof911.org, John Feal of the FealGood Foundation, doctors from the World Trade Center Health Program, and 9/11 community advocate Michael Barasch will be there to answer your questions. It will take place in Theater I at Borough of Manhattan Community College on September 16 at 6:00 PM.
WHAT: Free 9/11 Informational Seminar on 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, World Trade Center Health Program, and resources for those who were in Lower Manhattan on or during the 8 months following 9/11.
WHEN: Monday, September 16, 2019, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
WHERE: Borough of Manhattan Community College, Theater I, 199 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007
RSVP: To reserve free tickets, call (212) 220-1460 or download free tickets at
http://tickets.tribecapac.org/FREE-911-informational-seminar

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Congratulations to Jumaane and his team! This was a tough decision for progressive voters with so many strong candidates running. DFNYC members were supporting different candidates. Jumaane Williams is a progressive and an activist and I believe he will speak for the ones who need him most.

Call your State Senator and demand they vote for The Bail Reform Act (A10137A) Today, per the article, 67% of people in NY jails are being held before they have even had trials, because they can't afford cash bail., The bail system allows persons with money to buy their freedom while keeping the poor and the indigent locked up. This bill eliminates cash bail for all non-violent felonies and all misdemeanors. This has passed the Assembly, and Cuomo would sign it, but it is held up in the Senate by the GOP. Call your Senator!

Why New York should eliminate cash bail for smaller crimes At the United States’ founding, we were told that all men are created equal, but chattel slavery thrived. During the Jim Crow era, Southern states separated people by race, treating African-Americans as second-class citizens.

Heads up! Our friends at Sane Energy Project are reminding people that the legislature is still in session, and important bills are up for a vote. Such as Assembly bill A10474, which would protect and keep the use of solar energy affordable in the state. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A10474&term=2017&Summary=Y&Text=Y

All hands on deck!

Don’t let VDER kill community solar in New York – CALL the State Assembly Energy Committee TODAY and tell them to support the VDER Moratorium bill A.10474

The current Value of Distributed Energy Resources (VDER) policy is stifling the growth of community solar and only benefiting big utilities. This bill would restore net metering, allowing for residents and business who can’t put solar on their roofs to benefit from renewable energy.

Call these Assembly Members TODAY:

William Barclay - 315-598-5185
Ken Blakenbush - 315-493-3909
Marco Crespo - 718-893-0202
Erik Dilan - 718-386-4576
Addie Jenne - 315-786-0284
Philip Palmesano - 607-776-9691
Christine Pellegrino - 516-541-4598
Aravella Simotas - 718-545-3889
Steve Stern - 631-271-8025
Latrice Walker - 718-342-1256
Monica Wallace - 716-686-0080

Half-price fare cards for low income residents. An idea whose time has come! Call the Mayor!

‘Fair Fares’ advocates launch drive to get funding for cheap MetroCards - NY Daily News Advocates for a “Fair Fares” discount MetroCard program are getting commuters to phone Mayor de Blasio to fund the proposal.

Our good friends at Drinking Liberally will be celebrating their 15th anniversary on June 7th at the DCTV Firehouse (87 Lafayette St., off of Canal) DFNYC has been allied with and co-sponsored many events with DL over the last decade and a half. Click below for details. Hold the date!

Drinking Liberally 15th Anniversary Celebration | Living Liberally Enjoy the company of fellow liberals, raise a glass our national network, and pitch in to the organization that is promoting democracy one pint at a time.

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Today's March for Our Lives. Watch this moving video. And support gun control legislation

'Six minutes and twenty seconds': Emma Gonzalez delivers speech at Washington march Marjory Stoneman Douglas senior and survivor of the Feb. 14 mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., delivered the final speech at Washington's March for Our Lives o...

Eric Schneiderman, New York's crusading Attorney General and one of our favorite elected officials.

A.G. Schneiderman Leads Coalition Of 23 AGs In Suit To Block Illegal Rollback Of Net Neutrality | New York State Attorney General News from Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 22, 2018 Attorney General’s Press Office / [email protected]:

On March 24th, the students of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL will be coming to D.C. to march on the Capitol and demand gun control legislation. It is being called "The March for Our Lives" Citizens everywhere should come and march *with* them! Enough students have died. We need to tell our legislators that either they pass meaningful gun control legislation now or we will vote them out in November. To sign up for this vital, important march click on the link below

March For Our Lives Led by youth. Built for change. Working to end gun violence.

A 19 year old can't buy a beer, or a handgun You have to be 21. But CAN legally buy an AR-15 Assault Rifle. The shooter in Florida bought his legally at the age of 18, even though he had been expelled from school for disciplinary reasons. There is no reason why it should be *easier* to buy more powerful, deadlier, weapon. The law needs to change!

Why It’s Legal for a Teen to Buy an Assault Rifle but Not a Handgun Outdated laws make AR-15’s more readily available than handguns for teens.

Great idea! Register to vote at Black Panther screenings!

Black voter registration effort launched at ‘Black Panther’ screenings An activist group has launched a voter registration effort aimed at black voters at screenings of “Black Panther” nationwide.