At a turning point for the country, we’re gathering around a Declaration of Interdependence that affirms our connections to each other and the future we’re building together. RSVP to join us April 16 to help imagine and shape what the next 250 years could be. bit.ly/NYNext250

Governor Hochul says our families are her fight, but nearly 20,000 kids statewide are stuck on waitlists while child care programs struggle to stay open + the workforce is paid poverty wages. The budget she signs must invest in the workforce + expand access by taxing the rich. bit.ly/ListenUpAlbany

More than half of all counties across New York State have stopped enrolling eligible families in the state’s child care assistance program (CCAP), leaving tens of thousands of families stuck on waitlists while the cost of care keeps rising. Read up: nysfocus.com/2026/03/31/c...

As Albany keeps negotiating our state budget past their deadline, let’s make sure our communities’ priorities are impossible for them to ignore! bit.ly/ListenUpAlbany

See @governor.ny.gov even billionaires like John Catsimatidis are on board with taxing the rich so child care is actually affordable and accessible to all. We see your budget extension today and hope that means you’re weaving some seriously progressive revenue measures into the final deal!

Billionaires are shaping the decisions impacting our lives and Governor Hochul keeps choosing their priorities over ours. Show up with us tomorrow, March 31, and make it impossible for her to ignore our calls to tax the rich and invest in our communities. actionnetwork.org/events/rally...

As our state budget is negotiated behind closed doors by a small group of leaders, a major decision about how New York City’s schools are governed has been folded into the equation, and is now being used as a bargaining chip. Send a letter to your legislators now! actionnetwork.org/letters/this...

Yesterday we showed up outside Speaker Heastie’s Bronx office calling him to invest in the child care workforce and to clear its waitlists in the final enacted budget. Tax the rich, not the poor — @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social

While tens of thousands of children sit on child care waitlists, NYS is still handing out critical revenue to the ultra-wealthy. We have the resources to @investinourny.bsky.social It’s just a matter of priorities, @governor.ny.gov @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @leaderasc.bsky.social

The school-to-prison pipeline starts with suspensions. Join us in Albany on May 11 to demand solutions, not suspensions. secure.everyaction.com/CVe4y1dcQUyn...

Call your councilmember TODAY and tell them to vote NO on Intros 1-B and 175-A. secure.ngpvan.com/YwaFsxHlnEef...

As censorship and repression are rising across the country, these bills would hand even more discretion to armed officers to decide who gets to gather and be heard. We must be clear that OUR POWER IS NOT THEIRS TO TAKE. secure.ngpvan.com/YwaFsxHlnEef...

This video breaks down how child care in NYS works, and why treating it as the public good that it is would change EVERYTHING. actionnetwork.org/letters/chil...

We’re not letting up as this final budget gets negotiated. The Assembly, unlike the Senate, left child care workers out of their one-house proposal, so we’re heading to the Bronx this Friday to make it clear that has to change in the final budget. Tax the rich and invest in the child care workforce.

Today we stood together outside the Governor’s NYC office calling for a final state budget that taxes the rich, not the poor, and invests in the child care workforce that holds our communities together. Keep the volume up! actionnetwork.org/letters/call...

See you shortly, @governor.ny.gov 👋🏾👋🏽

Join us and so many of our friends at the next No Kings rally to turn this moment into a nationwide call to TAX THE RICH, NOT THE POOR.

Join us this Friday in calling on Governor Hochul to tax the rich and fund the child care workforce. Time is running out! actionnetwork.org/events/fully...

Show our leaders what people across New York are calling for — no less than $500M in support of the child care workforce that makes the system possible ✊🏾 actionnetwork.org/letters/call...

ESCCC parent leader and steering committee member Mansie recently spoke with NPR about the struggle to access child care for her infant. We're not giving up until parents across the state can access the child care they need. www.npr.org/2026/03/10/n...

Marina’s dropping a quick update on where things stand in the state budget negotiations right now. Stay tuned for our side-by-side analysis in the coming days!

In honor of former Assemblymember Cathy Nolan’s passing

We’re in Albany today demanding taxes on the ultra wealthy and investment in the public goods New Yorkers need.

ESCCC campaign leaders @aqeny.bsky.social share the story of early childhood educator Sheila and the families she serves. New Yorkers deserve a child care system that works for all of us. youtu.be/jlYVxaX5z8Q

We were proud to stand with Invest in Our New York, PSC-CUNY, @aqeny.bsky.social, @jfrejnyc.bsky.social, @ourtimefornyc.bsky.social, @maketheroadny.bsky.social & @uawregion9a.bsky.social. This powerful movement demands the rich pay what they owe to fund our future. Will @governor.ny.gov listen? 🤔

“Taxing the ultra‑wealthy is the only way to keep the promise of universal child care and move toward the more equitable New York we say we want to be.” Listen to @zansari8.bsky.social @aqeny.bsky.social & Marina — they know what’s up 🙏🏻 www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/09/u...

Our tax dollars should never be used to jail children or rip families apart. Congress must reject funding that expands family detention and move toward ending it altogether. #EndFamilyDetention #FamiliesBelongTogether Check out the instagram.com/fams2gether livestream at 4pm EST today.

Save the date! Join us April 1 for a town hall all about how we care for and nurture the next generation, because the way we raise and educate our young folks today shape the kind of communities we all get to live in. RSVP @ bit.ly/NYNext250

Push for Child Care Funding Before One-House Budgets Lock In! 📲 use our phone script to contact your elected representatives and urge them to invest in the child care workforce so programs can stay open and families can access reliable care

One-house budget proposals are dropping any day now, and the window to win the investments New Yorkers need is closing fast.

Imagine Bernie Sanders' 5% billionaire wealth tax passes. People like hedge funder Ken Griffin, who fueled the crusade to close 50 Chicago public schools, will be tightening their belts. So if you're looking for a gift to cheer him up, check out what the man defunding our schools already owns🧵

Since Mayor Mamdani was elected, Islamophobia has only gotten louder.

Families have been stretched past their limits by child care costs and instability that force impossible choices every single day. One house budgets come out in under two weeks — make sure your electeds hear about your priorities from you before then! actionnetwork.org/letters/befo...

Across New York, families and educators are navigating a climate of fear that is reshaping what daily life looks like for students. We see it in our communities, and we stand with those carrying that weight.

What does it take to win universal child care? Join us today for a national conversation that brings together organizers from across the country to connect our local and statewide fights, share hard-earned lessons, and situate our work in the broader political moment. act.seiu.org/a/what-it-ta...

Congratulations to Jasmine and Ana María on your new leadership roles. Strong leadership in powerful places is shaping our city and state for the better. We’re cheering you on!

Over one million New Yorkers voted for an affordability agenda — now Albany needs to deliver. Join us on February 25 to demand they tax the rich and invest in what we need. ourtime.nyc/albany

This week NYC testified at City Council hearings calling for an end to mayoral control + for a democratic school governance system that shares power with communities. Join us + Laila in pushing forward so decisions about our schools are not made quietly through the state budget behind closed doors.

Looking back at photos from last week, we are still feeling the energy of advocates who showed up loud, hopeful, and united for fully and equitably funded public schools and truly universal child care at AQE Advocacy Day. We could not be more grateful for each and every one of you.

Universal child care depends on a workforce that shows up every day. Passing this legislation is a choice to fund care by valuing the people who provide it and the families who depend on it. Thanks to the many legislators championing these bills this session. www.investinourny.org/2026agenda

Parents, educators, community! Check out this new toolkit from PACES (Parents for AI Caution in Educational Spaces) – it offers some thoughtful, well-researched resources for anyone concerned about the impact of AI in classrooms. parentsforaicaution.com/human-center...

Governor Hochul’s executive budget address today set the stage for state budget negotiations. Upcoming one-house budgets from the State Legislature must go further to address the affordability crisis, fix structural inequities in school funding, + deliver on the promise of truly universal child care

America’s ongoing struggles around public education show how deeply learning shapes whose lives are protected and whose voices are heard. On Dr. King’s birthday, we honor what he understood education to do, cultivate critical awareness and our capacity to act and create together 🤎

Child care educators, this space is for you. Join us on Sunday, Feb 1 for a conversation exclusively for child care educators. We want to about what it means for you to do this work right now and what is making it harder for you and your peers to stay in the field. Register: bit.ly/1feb2026

@speakermenin.bsky.social where others have been silent + unwilling to listen, Chair Rita Joseph of @council.nyc.gov has time and again made space to listen to those most impacted by school policing, calling for more support staff instead of more $$$ for school cops to criminalize our kids!

In response to Governor Hochul’s State of the State – where public schools received little attention beyond some investment in math – we’re naming what it will actually take to achieve true universal child care in New York.

The child care and pre-K investments in #NYSOTS are welcome and meaningful, but universal child care won’t work without the workforce behind it. If the Governor and our state legislature is serious, we must #TaxTheRich and fund providers and educators for the long term.

Governor Hochul has acknowledged the need for childcare reform, but it MUST be universal. That means protecting and caring for every child, family, and community, while paying providers a fair wage.

We love seeing education framed as a lifelong pursuit in her #NYSOTS, including free community college for essential careers. On K-12, and the learning that comes before it, we’re still waiting to hear the Governor’s plans to strengthen equity and opportunity for students across ALL zip codes

The opening phone joke foreshadowed this #NYSOTS moment. The Governor lifts up early impacts of the bell-to-bell phone ban, but we're still out here waiting to hear what this year’s state budget will deliver for our public schools