Citizen Action Of New York ENDORSES Bernie Sanders For President

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First New York Statewide Organization to Back Sanders, Citing Historic Opportunity to Win Economic, Social and Racial Justice

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Citizen Action of New York on Monday endorsed U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders for President. Citizen Action of New York is a grassroots organization fighting for economic, social and environmental justice, and an end to electoral corruption. The group is the first statewide organization in New York to endorse the senator and represents some 30,000 members.

“We desperately need a president who will fight back against the schemes that CEOs and Wall Street bankers have used to destroy our economy and steal wealth from our communities, especially communities of color,” said Ivette Alfonso, President of Citizen Action of New York and a parent from Albany. “Everyone in New York and across America should have the opportunity to live a healthy and prosperous life. We’re proud to stand with Bernie Sanders for President because we know he understands that our communities are stronger when we care for our neighbors and work together.”

“Citizen Action of New York builds grassroots power by organizing communities to stand up for an America that works for all of us, not just the top 1 percent,” Sen. Sanders said. “I’m honored to receive their endorsement.”

Citizen Action of New York is a community-based grassroots organization with over 30,000 members and 7 chapters and affiliates across New York State. Each regional chapter and affiliate board held discussions about Citizen Action’s presidential endorsement and made recommendations to the organization’s state board, which voted overwhelmingly to endorse Bernie Sanders for president.
Citizen Action’s volunteer leadership cited Senator Sanders’ positions on the economy and Wall Street regulation, the environment and energy policy, racial and gender justice, and strengthening democracy by limiting the power of the financial elite as key factors in their decision to endorse.

Featuring members of Citizen Action’s board, the organization released a video to announce the reasons for its endorsement. The video can be found here: http://citizenactionny.org/bernie


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1. "Stand with Bernie!"

https://www.facebook.com/citizenactionny/videos/10154431146573508/

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2. 30,000 commited activists beats

1,000,000 who chant would not it be nice to have a woman president. Now we activists just need to get to work. Bernie is our best chance to help the people of our country.

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3. Yay, Bernie!

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4. This sounds like a great group.

So glad to know they're stepping up for Bernie. He has the BEST supporters.

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5. Agreed!

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6. Citizen Action of Wisconsin is a great group too

They have worked extremely hard on things like health care insurance and voter rights. The Wisconsin branch has not endorsed anyone for president yet.