Citizen Action of New York

08/21/2026

“Our endorsed candidates understand that New Yorkers deserve affordable healthcare, housing, childcare, and fully funded public services, and they’re prepared to organize alongside Citizen Action and our members to deliver on those priorities.”

08/19/2026

08/06/2026

It’s our government’s duty to make healthcare work better for all of us.

Add your name and send a letter to your Representative and Senators today. ⬇️

07/30/2026

Today, we joined community members, healthcare advocates, labor leaders, faith organizations, and elected officials in communities across the state for a coordinated day of action to celebrate the 61st anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, while condemning recent federal attacks on affordable healthcare.

“For over 60 years these programs have proven that public healthcare works,” said Ursula Rozum, Co-Director of Campaign Organizing at Citizen Action of New York. “Medicaid and Medicare save lives, strengthen our communities, and make care affordable for millions of people. Instead of dismantling them to fund tax breaks for billionaires and corporations, our leaders should be expanding what works and making quality, affordable healthcare a reality for everyone.”

07/30/2026

For 61 years, Medicaid and Medicare proven that government CAN use its power to make health care more affordable by negotiating prices and limiting prices.

Find your local Anniversary Day of Action at the link in bio.

07/29/2026

Happy (almost) 61st to Medicaid and Medicare!

The best birthday gift? Stop cutting them.

Find your Anniversary Celebration and Day of Action at the link in bio.

07/28/2026

Medicaid and Medicare turn 61.

For six decades, they’ve helped millions get care and used public power to keep prices lower.

Find your Anniversary Celebration and Day of Action at the link in bio.

07/07/2026

We know that programs like rent stabilization and housing assistance have kept hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers in their homes downstate. What works in New York City should be available to families in Rochester too.

The Monroe County Legislature has the authority to act. We need them to vote yes.

06/26/2026

The Trump administration and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin are pushing hard to revive the Constitution Pipeline—a 125-mile fracked gas project that New York already rejected. It’s the latest move in their broader assault on climate progress: gutting environmental protections, rolling back clean energy investments, and handing wins to fossil fuel corporations at every turn.

But we refuse to let closed-door deals, special corporate interests, and federal pressure undo the progress we have already made.