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NYC Borough Rallies

4/10/2019

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Now that the State budget has been finalized, we’re once again gearing up to fight the City’s proposed $12 million cut to DYCD-funded adult literacy programs. Similar to last year, we’re holding rallies in each borough for a month to show that #LiteracyLiftsNYC!
 
Borough Rally Schedule
  • Queens - Wednesday, April 10, 10:30
    Queens Borough Hall: 120-55 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, NY 11424
  • Bronx - Wednesday, April 17, 10:30
    Bronx Borough Hall: 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451
  • Staten Island - Wednesday, May 1, 10:30
    Staten Island Borough Hall: 10 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10301
  • Brooklyn - Monday, May 13, 10:30
    Brooklyn Borough Hall: 209 Joralemon St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
  • Manhattan – Wednesday, May 29, 10:30 City Hall, Broadway side
Contact Ariel Savransky or Lena Cohen if you plan to bring groups of people from your program.
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$12 Million in NYC Budget for FY2019!

6/22/2018

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On June 14, the City Council voted to adopt the City’s FY2019 budget, which includes $12m for adult literacy. $8 million will be on the administration’s side, and $4 million will come from the Council.  The City Council has actually already made its decisions on the $4m (see document pages 13-14). 

It is our understanding that the Administration’s portion is not baselined, but will be targeted to DYCD literacy programs. Note there is no written confirmation of this, and so we will be in touch with DYCD & the Mayor’s Office to encourage the full amount of resources be devoted to that purpose. 

Thank you for all your hard work and thank you to all the City Council Members who showed us so much support: 
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NYCCAL Executive Budget Testimony May 24, 2018

5/24/2018

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Action Alert: Rally at City Hall Park June 6th, 2018

5/23/2018

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Join us  Wednesday, June 6th at 10:00 am (updated 6/5/18) on the Broadway side of City Hall Park for our last big push to get $12 million restored for Adult Education in the New York City Budget.  

Politico has revealed that because the City Council Speaker is prioritizing the fair fares campaign, a lot of pressure is being put on all other Council priorities and initiatives. It is important that we are loudly and visibly calling for adult literacy funding to be renewed in the final budget deal. 

We will need speakers, quotes, volunteers, outreach to City Council Members, press engagement, etc. — essentially everything we did for the borough rallies but on a larger scale. 

Send questions to Kevin Douglas

Remember to use our hashtag #LiteracyLiftsNYC
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Queens #LiteracyLiftsNYC Rally April 10, 2018

4/10/2018

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Nice work NYCCAL! Today we had a successful kick off to our adult literacy tour of the boroughs. Participating in this morning’s rally in Queens were: Chinese American Planning Council, La Guardia CIET, Queens Community House, Make the Road New York, Sunnyside Community Services, the YMCA, and Jacob Riis Neighborhood Settlement. With well over 100 students and supporters in attendance, and five media outlets on hand, including NY1, this was a strong start to our efforts to raise the profile of the issue for the Mayor and City Council.
 
In fact, just this afternoon the City Council released their response to the Mayor’s Preliminary Budget, and in it they called for the Mayor to baseline his portion ($6m) of the $12m investment from FY2018. You can view their full response here.  As an FYI, the Council also called for a new $3m citywide citizenship fund to be administered by MOIA. The funding would be used to support citizenship application fees for  households with limited incomes, as well as provide financial literacy classes.

A roundup of some of the press we received for our rally in Queens this week: Queens Chronicle, NTD TV, China Press, Times Ledger, & World Journal.
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Action Alert: 3/26/18 Press Conference at NY City Hall

3/21/2018

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NYCCAL will be holding a press conference on Monday, March 26th at 9:30am, directly before heading in to City Hall to testify at the NYC Council’s budget hearing on immigration. If we make enough noise, and the $12 million we're fighting for again gets into the Mayor's Executive budget, it would mean it could be 'baselined'. Baselining funding will mean we won't have to ask for it every year but instead we will see it get woven into RFPs, more stable agency budget lines, etc. over time. 

Please sign up here http://bit.ly/pressconf31618 if YOU and/or YOUR STUDENTS can join the rally and also id YOU and/or YOUR STUDENTS can testify at the hearing.

Ira Yankwitt will be delivering NYCCAL’s official testimony but we need others to echo the importance of adult literacy education! 

You can find NYCCAL’s FY2019 priorities here http://bit.ly/2HSGC2i
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