250+ on board our campaign for Congress-- need your help petitioning now!...

Hi all...

Are you a registered Democrat here in New York State?...

If you are, we need your help NOW-- to collect the minimum 946 petition signatures we need to make sure Team Tyner is on the ballot for the June 26th primary for the new 19th Congressional district!...(call us now at 845-444-0599-- we'll send you blank petitions and walk/drive lists of registered Dems in your area!)...

[we have to bring these up to NYS Board of Elections by Mon. Apr. 16th-- so send what you've collected to us well before then so we can put them all together, organized!]

For eight months now I've been campaigning heavily in Dutchess, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Delaware, and Otsego counties-- and since lines changed in Ulster, Sullivan, Schoharie, Montgomery counties-- new 19th Congressional district...

[note-- you don't necessarily have to live in the 19th c.d. to collect petition signatures from registered Dems in these ten counties listed above-- you just have to be a registered Dem in NYS yourself; download petition (must be on 8 1/2" x 14" paper) at this link-- http://www.joelforcongress.org/node/23 !]

[district maps: https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/pub/docs/cv/324457/1.11.cv.5632.6729180.2.pdf ;
demographics https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/pub/docs/cv/324457/1.11.cv.5632.6729180.3.pdf ;
former district lines-- http://www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd?state=NY ]

Aside from over 250 folks listed below (see/sign www.PetitionOnline.com/Joel), our campaign for Congress has been endorsed by Pete Seeger, Cornel West, Josh Fox, Medea Benjamin, Manna Jo Greene, Dutchess County Democratic Elections Commissioner Fran Knapp, Troy Area Labor Council President Mike Keenan, and PEF/DEC anti-fracking engineer Wayne Bayer!...

"I don't think he's [Julian Schreibman] going to emulate too closely the ideals of Maurice Hinchey." [!]

-- new Ulster County Dem Chair Frank Cardinale [at end of March Ulster County Democratic Convention(!)]

Fascinating.....so let me ask you this question about six key core progressive Democratic values:

Do you agree with Rep. Maurice Hinchey that we should save $400 billion a year by expanding Medicare to cover everyone (HVALF agrees), that we should bring back FDR's Glass-Steagall Act to break up the big banks, that our Constitution should be amended to make it clear corporations aren't people (re: Citizens United/SuperPACs), that NAFTA, CAFTA, and free trade agreements with Korea, Colombia, and Panama should never have been passed, that the Fair Elections Now Act should be passed to make real federal version of Maine/Connecticut-style Clean Money Clean Elections campaign finance reform, and that End Excessive Oil Speculation Now legislation should be passed?...

I do; in fact I've felt strongly about those 6 issues for a long time: that Maurice was 100% right on those...
[...long before I decided last summer to throw my hat in the ring to run against GOP Rep. Chris Gibson...]

Well-- if you agree with Maurice and I that Dem candidates for Congress shouldn't shy from those six...

Then at least re: Congressional primary: why not support the candidate keeping Maurice's legacy alive?

[also-- frankly-- Maurice has proven over and over again for decades that his populist, progressive approach to electoral politics is not simply a moral imperative-- but a proven winning message; the same thing I've proven here in Dutchess County-- winning five elections in a row now in my County Legislature seat (in district with GOP town supervisors long in Rhinebeck and Clinton here-- important; people are sick of same old, same old business as usual; want true POPULIST rep in Congress: fact!]

But it's not just those six issues -- if you're just as upset as I am that it's not just Republicans in Washington-- but also too many Democrats-- that don't seem to be really speaking up against the rush to war with Iran...aren't speaking up against fracking...aren't speaking up against Wall Street (to break up big banks, tax Wall Street speculation, and truly investigate those behind destruction of our economy), aren't speaking up against indefinite detention...aren't speaking up against bipartisan attack on Medicare/Medicaid, aren't speaking up for a truly sizable public works/infrastructure jobs program, aren't speaking up for Medicare for all, aren't speaking up to amend our Constitution to make it clear corporations aren't people, aren't speaking up Fair Elections Now legislation (federal version of Clean Money Clean Elections campaign finance reform), aren't speaking up for fair trade (to get us out of job-killing NAFTA/GATT/WTO), aren't speaking up for our troops to come home NOW from Afghanistan, aren't speaking out against tar sands pipeline, aren't speaking up for our Constitutional freedoms-- and aren't speaking up for Bradley Manning-- and aren't speaking up for voting integrity to reject computerized voting machines...(even Michael Moore reminded us all at Left Forum Sat. of this issue)...

[Maurice and Bernie Sanders are retiring, Wellstone has died, and Kucinich and Feingold lost (for now)]

There's something you can do about it all this folks-- let's work, KEEP Maurice's progressive legacy...

[unlike Schreibman, I am unafraid to stand up and protect the winning progressive legacy of Maurice!]

Pass it on...

Joel
845-444-0599/876-2488
joeltyner@earthlink.net
http://www.JoelforCongress.org

[send what $$$ you can-- to Joel for Congress, 324 Browns Pond Road, Staatsburg, NY 12580!]

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Join the 250+ below on board Team Tyner-- at www.PetitionOnline.com/Joel!...

Alice Wilbeck

Comments
Run, Joel, Run
Address; Zip Code
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Maribel Pregnall

Comments
We need you, a person of action! Go Joel!
Address; Zip Code
18 Mt. View, Poughkeepsie, 12603
Joel and Kate Kopp

Comments
You'd be great in Congress.
Address; Zip Code
12572
Robby Long

Comments
I will support your running...Go, Joel, Go!
Address; Zip Code
86 Montgomery, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Doris Soroko

Comments
Joel Tyner is a tireless worker for the community.
Address; Zip Code
Barrytown, 12507
D. Sommer

Comments
The Power is in You! Follow your dream. It is waiting.
Address; Zip Code
12540
Renee Snyder

Comments
Joel is the epitome of public service. His devotion is beyond compare.
Address; Zip Code
12580
Joan Grishman

Comments
We need your progressive voice in DC.
Address; Zip Code
Hyde Park, NY. 12538
linda Puiatti

Comments
Joel is hard working and I want him to go to congress!
Address; Zip Code
12531
Danny Shanahan

Comments
Hands down the best person for the job.
Address; Zip Code
19 Livingston Street, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Peter Conklin

Comments
Joel would be far better than Gilliband. Solaman. Sweeny, Gilliband. No difference We need a real progresive like Joel
Address; Zip Code
12538
Steve Greenfield

Comments
I have to have comments? That won't help...
Address; Zip Code
New Paltz, 12561
Joanne Gelb

Comments
Joel will get the right things done
Address; Zip Code
36 Mulberry St. Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Joanne Klein

Comments
Go for it!
Address; Zip Code
PO Box 246, Clinton Corners, NY 12514
Irma Brownfield

Comments
Joel is a tireless worker for progressive causes.
Address; Zip Code
12580
Randi Sackheim

Comments
Joel would be perfect!
Address; Zip Code
103 Deer Hill Road, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Douglas C. Smyth

Comments
Joel is a hard worker with his heart in the right place.
Address; Zip Code
44 Schultzville Rd., Staatsburg, NY 12580
Kate Watters

Comments
Do it!
Address; Zip Code
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Frances Sandiford

Comments
I would like to endorse Joel Tyner to be a candidate for the election in the 20th D.C.
Address; Zip Code
Rhinecliff, NY 12574
Margaret Hesher

Comments
Joel is an untiring worker for his constituency. He will be a real asset in Congress.
Address; Zip Code
12578
Melanie Whaley

Comments
good luck Joel
Address; Zip Code
12522
Janet M. Reagon

Comments
Joel has been an effective DC legislator. Let's send him to Congress!
Address; Zip Code
23 Benson Road, Wassaic, NY 12592
Tonia Shoumatoff

Comments
Joel is diligent and pro-active for green initiatives and environmental causes throughout our region. He is a responsive legislator and would be a terrific Congressman.
Address; Zip Code
12592
Susan Gregory

Comments
Thanks to Joel for stepping up!
Address; Zip Code
Amenia NY 12501
Margaret O. Kelland

Comments
Go for it, Joel! This is our best chance in 40 years for the changes we've been working and praying for.
Address; Zip Code
13 Susan Lane, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Debbie Downey

Comments
Go for it!
Address; Zip Code
288 Leedsville Rd
Wendy McCarthy

Comments
Good Luck!
Address; Zip Code
106 Davis Rd. Salt Point N.Y. 12578
Thomas Baldino

Comments
Joel Tyner is a hard worker on behalf of his constituents and the environment while coming up with ideas to cut costs.
Address; Zip Code
19 North St., Beacon, NY 12508
Jeff Romano

Comments
joel understands and has demonstrated what being a public servant is all about
Address; Zip Code
88 frost road, rhinebeck, new york
Michael Nickerson

Comments
Run Joel Run!
Address; Zip Code
PO Box 105, 16 Schatzell Ave, Rhinecliff NY 12574
Kathleen V. Augustine

Comments
Go Joel!
Address; Zip Code
104 Prospect Hill Ext. Pine Plains, New York 12567
Jane Curran

Comments
Yes, let's do it!
Address; Zip Code
5 Village Green, Apt.E, Rhinebeck NY 12572
Laurence deSegonzac Levin

Comments
I endorse Joel Tyner for congressman for NY State's 20th district
Address; Zip Code
189 Amenia Union Road, Amenia, N.Y. 12501
Amity Reed

Comments
great!
Address; Zip Code
Elizaville, NY 12523
Matthew Verrilli

Comments
Yes I concur... Joel would be a representative that would allow the people to be the prominent force in politics.
Address; Zip Code
176 River Rd. Rhinebeck NY 12572
Robert Capowski

Comments
Joel will make a great congressman!
Address; Zip Code
2 Willard Road, Red Hook
Joseph P. Calabro MD

Comments
go for it Joel
Address; Zip Code
12601
Christopher Ruhe

Comments
He has my 100\% support
Address; Zip Code
37 Dutchess Terrace, Beacon, NY 12508
Anne McGrath

Comments
Joel has shown incredible stamina in his pursuit of justice and is a trail blazer like no other.
Address; Zip Code
12572
Michael West

Comments
Joel's highly qualified
Address; Zip Code
595 Rte 308 Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Deborah West

Comments
we need a hard working progressive like Joel
Address; Zip Code
595 Rte 308 Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Thomas L. Holsapple

Comments
A good and caring man for the job.
Address; Zip Code
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
katherine menconeri

Comments
yes joel to congress
Address; Zip Code
12514
Glen Burger

Comments
Joel Tyner does his homework and supports policies that allow all citizens of this great nation to live peaceful productive lives.
Address; Zip Code
Creek Road, Staatsburg, NY 12580
Andrea Replansky

Comments
There is no one better to represent our district. Go Joel!
Address; Zip Code
12572
Fred Nagel

Comments
elect a fighter for the public good
Address; Zip Code
12572
James Rosasco

Comments
Joel is a proven, extemely hardworking public servant.
Address; Zip Code
12572
Dana Tompkins

Comments
Joel has been a Bull-Dog in the County Legislature and has been fighting for ordinary people for over 15 years. He is relentless in his pursuit for truth and justice. If you have been waiting for someone who will give you a seat at the table, then help me send Joel Tyner to Congress and give our new President another link in the chain for "Change" that we must all forge together.
Address; Zip Code
73 College Lane Millbrook, NY 12545
Patricia Sewald

Comments
Let's send Joel to Congress!
Address; Zip Code
22 Pond Drive East Rhinebeck, NY 12572


Marcus A. Mello

Comments
Joel Tyner would be a great addition to Congress
Address; Zip Code
62 Arnett St., Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Joanne Engle

Comments
Yes to grassroots democracy!Yes to Joel!
Address; Zip Code
411 Sepasco Center St.Rhinebeck NY12572
kathleen everett

Comments
best of luck, joel...
Address; Zip Code
61 chestnut street rhinebeck 12572
Andrea Novick

Comments
Joel is the hardest worker fighting for the causes we all care about and would represent our district for all the right reasons.
Address; Zip Code
349 Ackert Hook Road Rhinebeck NY 12572
Rosemary Lyons Chase

Comments
I support Joel Tyner for Congress
Address; Zip Code
12567
Mel Eiger

Comments
Will make an excellent representative
Address; Zip Code
242 Attlebury Hill Road, Stanfordville, NY 12581
M. Diana Fantini

Comments
Joel will bring change we need!
Address; Zip Code
12523
Marcia Frahman

Comments
Joel's voice is needed in Congress
Address; Zip Code
19 North St. Beacon NY 12508
cynthia martin

Comments
good luck, we need to keep this area in the democratic party.
Address; Zip Code
clermont, ny 12526
Maretta Callahan

Comments
Please choose Joel to replace Kirsten Gillibrand!
Address; Zip Code
17 Somers Drive Rhinbeck NY 12572
Joseph Cassarino

Comments
Absolutely send Joel to Congress!
Address; Zip Code
6569 Springbrook Ave. Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Doris L. Dingee

Comments
I support Joel Tyner for Congress
Address; Zip Code
32 Pells Rd Rhinebeck NY 12572-33404
Richard Gilbert

Comments
Joel in Congress? The implications for all of us are enormous.
Address; Zip Code
7 Buttonwood Lane, Rhinebeck, 12572
Kathleen Miles

Comments
Joel is the best to send to Congress
Address; Zip Code
12572
Jeanne Stark

Comments
na
Address; Zip Code
12572
Michael Kelly

Comments
Take government back.
Address; Zip Code
Wall St., 12401
Gail A. Burger

Comments
Joel is THE progressive activist in this neck of the woods. He is totally dedicated to this work which most of us just cannot do.
Address; Zip Code
40 S. Creek Rd., Staatsburg NY 12580
Linda A. Manny

Comments
none
Address; Zip Code
16 Pond Drive West, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Judi Gelardi

Comments
The best "hard worker"
Address; Zip Code
25 Rock City Rd., Milan 12571
Sonia Replansky

Comments
Send Joel to Congress
Address; Zip Code
112 Knollwood Road Rhinebeck NY, 12572
david miller

Comments
Mr. Tyner goes to Washington. Good movie title.
Address; Zip Code
93 east market street, Rhinebeck,12572
Shirley Burroughs

Comments
I support Tyner for Congress
Address; Zip Code
33 Starr Dr, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
John Fitzpatrick

Comments
Joel is a good match for our District and the House of Representatives.
Address; Zip Code
3 Village Green, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Doreen Tignanelli

Comments
Armed with the facts, Joel will work tirelessly to improve the lives of middle and low income people in the 20th district.
Address; Zip Code
29 Colburn Drive Poughkeepsie NY 12603
Margaret L. Crawford

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I know few polititians who so tirelessly standup for the issues he believes in even when the tide runs against him. He holds our interest and those of our children and the world above his own. I am sure he will carry this same determination and selfless quality to Washington if he were to replace Kirsten Gillibrand as our Congress person.
Address; Zip Code
37 Red Tail Rd. Rhinebeck, NY 12572

Jim Beretta

Comments
Joel puts community service first
Address; Zip Code
29 Colburn Drive Pok NY
alyssa kogon

Comments
As chair of the Town of Clinton Democrats, I firmly believe Joel Tyner is the best person for this job.
Address; Zip Code
7 Stonehouse Road Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Patricia Byron

Comments
I believe Joel will make a dynamic, compassionate Congressman.
Address; Zip Code
97 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Joe Seeman

Comments
I wish all candidates were this solidly progressive
Address; Zip Code
12020
Thomas Midgley

Comments
Tyner would serve admirably as a man of the people, not as a puppet of monied interests.
Address; Zip Code
12601
Ariella Jaffe

Comments
vote for joel!
Address; Zip Code
556 Rt 199 Red Hook NY 12571
Sharon Rushton

Comments
Joel will make a wonderful congressman. He knows what he is talking about on ANY issue he is requested to investigate or advocate for. THE REAL DEAL is JOEL!
Address; Zip Code
12 Oak St, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Edwin Pell

Comments
at last a democrat running for the democrat nomination
Address; Zip Code
Rhinebeck, New York, 12572
Roger D Russell

Comments
I support Joel Tyner
Address; Zip Code
13 Lango Rd, Amenia, NY 12501
Leland Lakritz

Comments
Your agenda is great. Power to the people!
Address; Zip Code
6 Tudor St, clifton Park, NY 12065
James Fulmer

Comments
I think Joel would work on implementing the legislation Obama needs in order to have an effective administration.
Address; Zip Code
104 Van Dam St Saratoga Springs NY 12866
creek iversen

Comments
No other local politician works harder in all the best directions for our county
Address; Zip Code
221 stonykill rd; wappingers falls, ny 12590
russ Austin

Comments
Joel has served us well in the county legislature and I think he would be an outstanding Congressman.
Address; Zip Code
12572
ilana nilsen

Comments
Joel bothers to find out what other communities are doing to improve our local world and will invariably do the same at higher levels. Transparent governemnt - that's Joel
Address; Zip Code
Verbank, 12585
Michael Cerrato

Comments
A good neighbor. Selfless in his pursuit.
Address; Zip Code
257 Browns Pond Road, Staatsburg, NY 12580
Roberta Schiff

Comments
Joel keeps us informed and moves us to act.
Address; Zip Code
12572
ward m.stanley

Comments
yes
Address; Zip Code
32 s. parsonage rhinebeck,ny 12572
Linda Stanley

Comments
I know that you can represent our whole district as well as you have our local district
Address; Zip Code
32 S. Parsonage St. Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Mark Dunlea

Comments
go green
Address; Zip Code
156 Big Toad Way, Poestenkill NY 12140
Anthony Henry Smith

Comments
It is without hesitation or reservation that I recommend your favorable consideration of Joel Tyner for any political office he chooses to seek. Tyner excels in all the skill sets necessary for a long and productive career in representative government, including skills applicable to the arts of memory, focus, communication, ethics, synthesis, and visionary leadership. His efforts to advance the quality of our political process as well as his efforts to improve the quality of our support for one another within all aspects of our commonweal are noteworthy and commendable. I am at your service should you require further information regarding this candidate: e-mail: ahsfolkapl@aol.com
Address; Zip Code
12601
Sheryl Griffith

Comments
Joel Tyner works constantly to inform the public and address our concerns - he's an experienced and effective legislator
Address; Zip Code
227 Linden Ave, Red Hook, NY 12571
virginia grab

Comments
I support Joel Tyner as a candidate for this office
Address; Zip Code
74 montgomery st, tivoli, ny 12583
Marilyn Unger

Comments
go Joel!
Address; Zip Code
245 Bog Hollow Rd., Wassaic, 12592
Kevin Rheden, Rhinebeck Village Trustee

Comments
With my full support and endorsement
Address; Zip Code
10 Gardern St. #3 Rhinebeck, N.Y. 12572


Miani Carnevale

Comments
Good timing
Address; Zip Code
556 Schultzville Road, Clinton Corners, NY 12514
Stephen Schultz

Comments
Joel Tyner is much better than Gillebrand ever was
Address; Zip Code
12580
Stuart K. Gilbert

Comments
I am in favor of your many efforts to save energy.
Address; Zip Code
37 North Loop, Rhinebeck N.Y, 12572
Conor Boylan

Comments
Good luck Joel!
Address; Zip Code
Seattle, 98116
Judy Malstrom

Comments
Joel is a fearless, hard-working public servant and more than deserves to be considered for a Congressional seat.
Address; Zip Code
324 Browns Pond Road Staatsburg, NY 12580
Patricia Carroll-Mathes

Comments
We need a progressive candidate and what better than a community organizer!
Address; Zip Code
66 South Street,Rhinebeck 12572
Gail Hermosilla

Comments
Joel Tyner is synonymous with integrity. I have watched him in action for many years (at least 15) and am thrilled at his well-earned success.
Address; Zip Code
43 Depot Hill Rd, Amenia, NY 12501
Dick Crenson

Comments
Joel Tyner is a super dedicated representative.
Address; Zip Code
26 Carter Rd. Pleasant Valley, NY 12569


Address; Zip Code
Rhinebeck
Patricia Zolnik

Comments
Joel will fight tirelessly for Main Street. Go Joel
Address; Zip Code
93 Deer Ridge Drive, Staatsburg, NY 12580
Valerie Carlisle

Comments
Joel Tyner is an excellent choice.
Address; Zip Code
83 Mountain Road, Pleasant Valley, NY 12560
Miranda Parry

Comments
Joel Tyner would represent the needs of the voters of this district!
Address; Zip Code
50 Oak Street, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Scott Patrick Humphrey

Comments
Joel is a tireless adovcate for working families and works constantly to keep people informed about the issues that matter most in their daily lives. Please support his campaign.
Address; Zip Code
12601
Eyad Alkurabi

Comments
Very good.
Address; Zip Code
748 Carlton Rd.
chris knoeppel

Comments
joel is a true fighter for the people...he knows the issues, and has surefire ways to solve the problems facing new yorkers. two thumbs way up for joel tyner!!
Address; Zip Code
63 broadway hopewell jct, n.y. 12533
Andrew Sheppard

Comments
Go Joel!
Address; Zip Code
22 kelly street Rhinecliff NY 12574
Richard R Carlson

Comments
Joel has the vision[a better world is possible] the passion, the drive to make positive change,where needed.
Address; Zip Code
3 Bowdoin Ln.
Alison Francis

Comments
We need someone in Congress who has the courage to speak up for the working class, who is currently getting bashed--someone who is willing to fight for a fair tax structure.
Address; Zip Code
115 Hunns Lake Rd. Bangall, NY 12506
Jessica Stapf

Comments
Good luck, Joel!
Address; Zip Code
149 County Route 7, Pine Plains, NY 12567
Johan Gilbert

Comments
We should all do more than just sign this petition to help Joel, one of the most committed, tireless, experienced public servants I've ever seen get elected to a position where he can do even more.
Address; Zip Code
PO Box 321 Tivoli, NY 12583
Doris Kelly

Comments
Dutchess County knows where your heart is. We need representatives who care about the people.
Address; Zip Code
7 Susan Court
Matt Rosenberg

Comments
Go Joel!
Address; Zip Code
12574
Toby Stover

Comments
I support Joel for Congress & applaud his courage & insight
Address; Zip Code
12440
Samantha Moriah Kent

Comments
Send Joel to Congress!!
Address; Zip Code
12188
joseph severance

Comments
best of luck
Address; Zip Code
58 john st rensselaer, ny 12144
Gerard Lyons

Comments
Vote for Joel he will make change
Address; Zip Code
12528
William A. Meier


Address; Zip Code
12037
Sharon McFarlane

Comments
yes!
Address; Zip Code
6 Newington Avenue, Gansevoort, NY 12831
Burr Hubbell

Comments
Run for real change, Joel.
Address; Zip Code
37 Gristmill Lane
karen rieser

Comments
please accept this petition
Address; Zip Code
322 union st, hudson 12534
Rosemarie D. Amendolia

Comments
I want Joel Tyner for 20th District Rep., not Gibson
Address; Zip Code
12822
Judith Shub

Comments
Nominating Joel Tyner
Address; Zip Code
12075
Steven L. Essig

Comments
good luck
Address; Zip Code
12047
Judith Tully

Comments
Joel, you're needed in Washington!
Address; Zip Code
12804
Linda Russell

Comments
good luck
Address; Zip Code
55 Via Da Vinci, Clifton Park, NY 12065
Christopher Holcomb

Comments
I support this men over Chris Gibson, to run for congress.
Address; Zip Code
22 Sand Street, 12209
Darren Skotnes

Comments
With the debt crisis looming, we need to elect Joel to fix New York's economy.
Address; Zip Code
12054
Tamar Freund

Comments
the time has passed for "business as usual"
Address; Zip Code
12832
Tom Robinson

Comments
We the people of the 20th District deserve real representation. Send Joel to Congress!
Address; Zip Code
12831
Adam

Comments
Indeed
Address; Zip Code
78 North Lake Ave, Troy, NY, 12180
Tanya Domi

Comments
Send Joel to Congress
Address; Zip Code
10471
Chris DiFrancesco

Comments
Despite the volume and formatting of Joel's positions, he's usually right on all of them. I'd be honored to have him as my Congressman.
Address; Zip Code
2462 Salt POint Turnpike, Clinton Corners, NY 12514
Eric Somers

Comments
We need a progressive like Joel to represent us.
Address; Zip Code
160 Academy St. #5m 12601


Edward Kornbluh

Comments
Go Joel go! Boehner and Gibson are tied at the hip
Address; Zip Code
12156
Michelle Richardson

Comments
Tyner for 20 in '12!
Address; Zip Code
12174
Zachary Pappalau

Comments
this Petiton should be passed!!!
Address; Zip Code
41 southbury rd 12065
Rhonda Granger

Comments
Yes!!! someone who will represent the PEOPLE of the 20th CD and not a Faso puppet.!
Address; Zip Code
12173
Elfrieda labrie

Comments
20th back to dem.
Address; Zip Code
123 Schoolhouse Rd, Stuyvesant, NY 12183
gregory gallina

Comments
Joel has the energy and smarts to move our district into the future, Gibson has the Tea Party ideology to move us back to 1870.
Address; Zip Code
159 Beaver Road Red Hook, NY,12571
Pam Krimsky

Comments
Joel Tyner has integrity
Address; Zip Code
419 N Riverside Rd, Highland, NY, 12528
Gloria Wassell

Comments
Joel Tyner brings integrity and equality to everything he does. He works tirelessly and does extensive research to get the facts so that the public can make informed decisions about issues affecting their rights and their lives. He fights to pass legislation to protect people's rights and our environment. Joel educates the public by generously disseminating information about important issues and encouraging citizens to let their voice be heard. It's rare to find anyone with such dedication who gives selflessly to improve the livelihood and well-being of others. We need more people like Joel Tyner! Joel for Congress!!!
Address; Zip Code
12522
Josh

Comments
I support good Dems running for office and certainly to take back NY-20 from the GOP
Address; Zip Code
11215
Jack R. Lebowitz

Comments
Heard Joel speak yesterday in Saratoga Springs, he will make a great candidate and Representative
Address; Zip Code
Queensbury, NY 12804
Beth Rosenthal

Comments
you have my support
Address; Zip Code
13320
Jason Bates

Comments
I stand in agreement of this petition.
Address; Zip Code
209 Jay Street, Bsmt Apt, Albany, NY, 12210
jasmine shea

Comments
good luck
Address; Zip Code
45 parkwood drive 12205
Beth A. Taylor

Comments
moving to district soon. very interested in Joel's campaign
Address; Zip Code
12401
Annie Friedman

Comments
You definitely have my support
Address; Zip Code
12065
Larry Friedman

Comments
You are the perfect choice
Address; Zip Code
12065
Thomas Carpenter

Comments
We need new progressive representation. I've heard Joel doing interviews on the radio and he could be the guy!!
Address; Zip Code
116 Mt House Rd.,Palenville, NY 12463
Enid Futterman

Comments
Tyner is the real thing.
Address; Zip Code
12521
Andy Levitan

Comments
Joel would be a good representative
Address; Zip Code
3405 Chelsea Cove, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
Mark Markiewicz

Comments
We need more Progresives to take back this country and counter the tea party.
Address; Zip Code
62 Pine Ridge II, Clifton Park MY 12065
Tom Conroy

Comments
I support Joel fully
Address; Zip Code
53 Spring Street Beacon NY 12508
Gail DiBennardo

Comments
Joel would be an excellent person to represent me.
Address; Zip Code
83 Mountain Road, Pleasant Valley NY 12569
Anne Hemenway

Comments
Joel Tyner for US Congress !
Address; Zip Code
12572
Shaun Chesley

Comments
Joel for Congress
Address; Zip Code
12601
Martin Baumgold

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I will vote for Joel!
Address; Zip Code
205 Rt 16, Claverack, NY 12613
Andrew

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Aside from political affiliations Joel upholds simple principles of democracy through his actions. This is what we all know to be a positive characteristic of an individual hired by us to represent us. This is why I have signed this petition.
Address; Zip Code
12581
Bob Elmendorf

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I heard Joel speak in Albany. Joel has the personality, intelligence and the platform to win. He is what our district needs and they will come to realize it in the next few months. He is for all the right things that have been supported by moveon.org and that have to happen to take our country out of its moral and economic paralysis. Yes to tax the rich and the corporations, yes to preserving social net FDR established who was from our district! No to the wars. I support Joel 100\%.
Address; Zip Code
524 Shaker Museum Road, Malden Bridge, NY 12115
Leslie Gabriel

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Go Joel !!!
Address; Zip Code
15 Schutts Road, PO Box 220, Hillsdale, NY 12529
Jean Collins

Comments
The will of the people is very important and the people want Joel Tyner!
Address; Zip Code
12477
Stephen Callahan

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Joel has my vote for Congress !!!
Address; Zip Code
12571
sarah sweeny

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Thanks for your courage, Joel Tyner - We need real democracy in this country, & to stop the special interests from destroying it.
Address; Zip Code
12583
Susan Holland

Comments
Maurice Hinchey & Dennis Kucinich need some company - it's time to send Joel Tyner to Congress, people!
Address; Zip Code
243 Union Center Road, Ulster Park, NY 12487
Wayne E. Carey

Comments
I support Mr. Joel Tyner in his efforts to win election to congress
Address; Zip Code
1637 Blue Hill Rd. Germantown, NY. 12526
lucy swenson

Comments
we need people like Joel in Congress to put health before wealth
Address; Zip Code
12463
Delia Mellis

Comments
Go Joel!
Address; Zip Code
12574
Kathleen Bartholomay

Comments
Thank god someone is running against Gibson!
Address; Zip Code
5288 County Route 113 Greenwich NY 12834
Scott McDonald

Comments
We need representatives who truly represent the people's interests. Thats why we need to elect Joel.
Address; Zip Code
6453 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Karen Azer

Comments
We need to remove Chris Gibson!
Address; Zip Code
7 Mohawk Road, 12845
Larry Lampman

Comments
I strongly support this petition
Address; Zip Code
12503
Chris Merando

Comments
I strongly support Joel Tyner for Congress. He has always supported the people rather than special interests.
Address; Zip Code
64 S. Remsen Ave., Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
James Paul

Comments
He's the one we need
Address; Zip Code
12502
Larry Andreassen

Comments
You ARE a genius!
Address; Zip Code
56 yankee Folly Rd., New Paltz, N.Y. 12561
jeff region

Comments
H's the right man for the job!!
Address; Zip Code
12580
Marc Osterweil

Comments
Your candidacy would give us a real choice for a change.
Address; Zip Code
Margaretville, NY 12455
Jodiah Jacobs

Comments
I will do everything I can for Joel Tyner, he is our guy. He cares about the people, the working people.
Address; Zip Code
12571
Connie Coker, Rockland County Legislator

Comments
I don't live in the district but Joel Tyner would represent my values in Congress.
Address; Zip Code
87 Depot Pl., Nyack, NY 10960
Rachel Gorman

Comments
I support Joel Tyner!
Address; Zip Code
Box 1230, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Joe Laux

Comments
As the former State Vice Chair of the Liberal Party, and Board member of the Capital District Gay and Lesbian Community Council, I think having Joel as an alternative to the Republican corporate owned Congressperson from this district will give the voters a clear choice; 2 more years of corporate greed and a Congress that is responsive to the wealthiest 1% only, or a Member of Congress who puts people before profit, integrity before sellout, and tolerance before injustice. We NEED Joel tyner in Congress!
Address; Zip Code
2041 River Road, West Coxsackie, NY 12192
brandon Hakulin

Comments
I support your run for Congress.
Address; Zip Code
8 rolling brook court, clifton park, ny 12065

scott eckert

Comments
Go get 'em!
Address; Zip Code
68 Livingston St. Rhinebeck, Ny 12572
Rachel Collins Kelly

Comments
Joel Tyner for Congress!
Address; Zip Code
18 Beach Rd., Copake, NY 12516
Rebecca Crawford

Comments
<3 Supporting and Solidarity!!!
Address; Zip Code
1 LongMeadow Drive Mechanicville, N.Y. 12118
Ben Alden

Comments
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Address; Zip Code
12804
suzanne c curran

Comments
we need someone like joel he is honest and hard working and is a real person if you need help with your campain im still at 6 anderson school rd
Address; Zip Code
6 anderson school rd apt 105 staatsburg new york
Brian Reid

Comments
go Joel
Address; Zip Code
red hook, NY 12571
shirley ripullone

Comments
good luck
Address; Zip Code
07481
Elizabeth Novoa

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none
Address; Zip Code
12603
Linda P. Strangio

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I sign this Petiton in the belief you are a man of your word and that you have an outstanding history of dedicated work on the behalf of the people you represent. I wish you every success. However, in light of recent events, I no longer have faith in our current President. I would vote for Ralph Nader should he run again. He is a man of the people and for the people. He is a man I can have faith in. Buckle up American because we are in for a very bumpy ride! Peace
Address; Zip Code
5 Gage Avenue Glens Falls, NY 12801
Andrew Papula

Comments
We are the 99%
Address; Zip Code
1498 Rt. 55 Lagrangeville,NY 12540
Doug Sealy

Comments
We have got to get rid of Chris Gibson. He's just a tool of the right.
Address; Zip Code
409 Ridge Road Queensbury, NY 12804
Steve Wickham

Comments
My family lives in this district and they need a representative like Joel. Someone who will put the People first.
Address; Zip Code
233 Executive Dr Guilderland, NY 12084
Scott Redden

Comments
I support Joel in his bid against Gibson for congressional office.
Address; Zip Code
89 Columbia Street, Albany NY, 12210
Stephen Moss

Comments
Joel Tyner believes in Constitutional values, and votes accordingly. He is actively engaged with the community every single day, and listens and responds to virtually every persons comments or concerns.
Address; Zip Code
Maple St. Glens Falls, NY 12801
Ethan Watters

Comments
Best of luck Joel
Address; Zip Code
32507
Fred Nagel

Comments
Reform both parties. Occupy the corrupt political system.
Address; Zip Code
8 Clay Ct. Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Marcia Slatkin

Comments
Joel is tireless in his fight for justice in all areas: education, jail reform, recycling and environmental issues, income equity, jobs -- in every sphere, he take a progressive position and tries to rally the troops around it. His positive energy, despite often bleak news in the global / local political, economic and ecological spheres, is... inspiring.
Address; Zip Code
Box 484, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Raina Whan

Comments
send Joel!
Address; Zip Code
42 fox hollow, rhinebeck, ny 12572
Katelyn Lockhart

Comments
Anyone recommended by Dr. Cornell West has my support.
Address; Zip Code
403 Lindsay Rd, Clemson SC 29631
Kathy Manley

Comments
It would be great to have Joel representing the 20th!
Address; Zip Code
12052
christine ahearn

Comments
Send Joel to Congress
Address; Zip Code
1400 crescent rd apt 518 Clifton Park Ny 12065
Bill and Anne McCabe

Comments
Keep at it, Joel!
Address; Zip Code
81 Darren Rd., LaGrangeville, NY 12540
Megan J Hastie

Comments
Joel is that rare species of political animal---honest, conscientious, hard working, and not for sale to corporate interests. It will be a pleasure to vote for someone who will actually represent me rather than for the lessor of two unpalatable choices, for a change.
Address; Zip Code
96 Station Hill Rd Barrytown, NY 12507
Thomas L Wood

Comments
Yes we can take this seat back
Address; Zip Code
30 Rockrose Way Apt. 125 Malta,N,Y, 12020
James Gescheidle

Comments
Joel for Congress
Address; Zip Code
21 Hilltop Ln Highland NY 12528
Benjamin Giardullo

Comments
A serious, passionate, honest, and intelligent candidate. Elect Joel in 2012!
Address; Zip Code
12508
Dan Rice

Comments
comments
Address; Zip Code
dan rice 74 west notre dame st glens falls, ny 12801
Maya A

Comments
I've known Joel for almost a year now and he is a fighter for the people! He embodies the kind of representatives we need in Congress
Address; Zip Code
12603
dan gray

Comments
Let's beat the tea party
Address; Zip Code
10hollywood Dr burnt hills ny
Gayle Two Eagles

Comments
Sending Joel to Congress
Address; Zip Code
134 Hunter Street, Apt 2 Kingston, NY 12401
Joshua Horton

Comments
Send Joel Tyner to Congress. He won't be a contributor to the mess.
Address; Zip Code
25 Garden Street Hyde Park, NY 12538
Tama Sis Kaya Bell

Comments
Joel Tyner is practically the only politician left in this area that I feel I can trust. While no one is perfect, and the issues are deep, and there are so many and with such diverse problems, we will be hard pressed to find 'perfect' leadership, but I trust Joel Tyner and believe in much of what he is trying to do. I support him!!!
Address; Zip Code
Rev. Tama Sis Kaya Bell 3 Hook Rd Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Denise Chesna

Comments
We need a man like Joel Tyner in congress who will fight for people.
Address; Zip Code
4 w. mastic blvd, shirley, ny 11967
Bradley Russell

Comments
A strong advocate for good progressive policies.
Address; Zip Code
Albany, NY
Gary Moon

Comments
Joel Tyner would represent a larger proportion of our constituency. It is not necessary to dismiss the needs of the many to serve the needs f the few.
Address; Zip Code
7 Cedar Lane LAKE GEORGE NY 12845
Burr Hubbell

Comments
I've known of Joel and his great work in the Dutchess County legislature for years. Joel is the real deal. He's not just saying this stuff. He doesn't even just believe this stuff. Joel lives this stuff. He walks the walk. He's bright, intelligent, well-informed, a critical thinker keenly aware of his constituents (and in Joel's case that's always People, not Corps) needs and desires. We need people like Joel in office around the country, and there isn't a better office for Joel, than the U.S. Congress. Sign up, pitch in & help out.
Address; Zip Code
PO Box 71, Halcottsville, NY 12438
Melinda McKnight

Comments
Looking forward to electing a progressive, populist voice to fight the corporate cronies.
Address; Zip Code
60 Holland Drive West Hurley, NY 12491
Timothy Scott, Jr.

Comments
Joel has a great record of serving the people of Dutchess County. I know from this record that he is ready to serve the 20th Congressional District to the best of his ability. I look forward to voting for him.
Address; Zip Code
226 Malden Turnpike Saugerties, New York 12477
Trudy Quaif

Comments
If elected, Joel Tyner will represent the people.
Address; Zip Code
9 Westphal Drive, Delmar, NY 12054
Margaret Meehan

Comments
Hoping to get a Democrat back into the 20th... or whatever Congressional number our area ends up with after the redistricting is figured out...
Address; Zip Code
84 Bauer Junior Road Freehold, NY 12431
gerald berke

Comments
Strong support for a man who has strongly supported our community for years!
Address; Zip Code
26 maiden ln kingston, ny 12401
Heather Rolland

Comments
we need Joel!
Address; Zip Code
Olivebridge, NY 12461
Lynne Resch

Comments
We need more progressive representation for the people.
Address; Zip Code
PO Box 104 Bovina Center, NY 13740
Tyler Carelli

Comments
With Hinchey's retirement imminent NY needs people like you
Address; Zip Code
29 VandeBogart Road Woodstock NY 12498
grace van hulsteyn

Comments
Sounds good to me!
Address; Zip Code
364 New Turnpike Rd Cochecton, New York 12726
Tecia Poulas

Comments
There are many reasons I am signing this petition in support of Joel Tyner. One of the primary issues is his stance on fracking. As a citizen who cares about the planet that nourishes us I feel it is so important. And in my profession as a realtor I see how if the gas companies were allowed to take over any part of NY State it would be detrimental on some many reasons for all of us who call NY home.
Address; Zip Code
683 Hurley Ave Hurley, NY 12443
Gloria Waslyn

Comments
Joel has been elected and re-elected and has a demonstrated record of achievement and success in representing the people of our community. Send him to Congress. He has the experience, dedication, integrity and values to both share facts with transparency so we the public can express our voices and intent and he has the courage to speak truth to the power system that may be serving an agenda other than serving the people. He is more than a watchdog. He has tirelessly worked as an active participant on all the meaningful issues! VOTE TYNER!
Address; Zip Code
781 State Route 214 Chichester, NY 12416
Martin Michaels

Comments
Best of luck Joel! You are a true leader of the 99%
Address; Zip Code
P.O. Box 413 Shandaken, N.Y. 12480
Roseann Cane

Comments
Yes, let's send Joel to Congress! All the best to you, Joel.
Address; Zip Code
Philmont, NY 12565
holy nick

Comments
students for joel!
Address; Zip Code
lagrangeville, 12540

eileen treaxy

Comments
Like your ideas. Looking forward to meeting you on Saturday in Andes.
Address; Zip Code
225 White Road PO 1078 Margaretville, NY 12455
Cameron Williams

Comments
Joel is the best candidate!
Address; Zip Code
781 S.R. 214 Chichester, NY 12416-5108
Gloria Forouzan

Comments
I live in "Gasland", PA. Thank you Joel for running and thanks to all of the 'fracktivist friendly' candidates running across the Marcellus states. I urge everyone in your district to support you with their VOTES.
Address; Zip Code
15201
Barbara Sarah

Comments
Joel is the best progressive successor to Maurice Hinchey!
Address; Zip Code
12401
KAYA ISESAJAH

Comments
JOEL for Congress!!! We need REALNESS and TRUTH in our Government, and we trust Joel, that he can and will make changes NOW, that we need.
Address; Zip Code
Big Meadow Lane Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Joan Tubridy

Comments
Go green, renewable energy for health, jobs, and energy independence. Criminalize fracking.
Address; Zip Code
996 Monroe Road, Delhi, NY 13753
Barbara Kidney

Comments
Why is this field required? I'm simply trying to sign a petition to support Mr Tyner's bid to run as a congressional candidate.
Address; Zip Code
Town of Shawangunk 12566
Nathan Howard

Comments
Go Joel!
Address; Zip Code
703 Cooper Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Vivian Beatrice

Comments
thank you for stepping up to fill the big important shoes of Maurice Hinchey!!
Address; Zip Code
12477
Norman Rodriguez

Comments
Get Joels ass into congress!
Address; Zip Code
12540
Patrick McGrane

Comments
Joel should be a congress man. Straight up.
Address; Zip Code
27 James st, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12603
Estuardo

Comments
A true progressive
Address; Zip Code
12561
Ted Orr

Comments
go joel!
Address; Zip Code
Woodstock, NY 12498
Andrea Reynosa

Comments
Send Joel to Congress!
Address; Zip Code
1724 County Route 23 Narrowsburg, New York 12764

remember Trayvon Martin-- with Civilian Review Boards for Dutchess police/sheriff departments (think globally, act locally!)...

Hi all...

Email 25 of us at countylegislators@co.dutchess.ny.us-- four ways
here Dutchess could honor Trayvon Martin(!):

[scroll down for full text of new resolution I submitted early this
morning to our County Legislature's offices-- and put Mon. Apr. 16th
7 pm on your calendars-- come out to speak up that night at our County
Legislature's full board meeting-- on the sixth floor of our County
Office Building at 22 Market Street in Poughkeepsie; numbers count!]

1. Co-host a public forum with the Dutchess County Sheriff's office
and local law enforcement agencies on the issue of racial profiling
to allow members of local communities to freely and publicly
questions of the Dutchess County Sheriff's office and other local law
enforcement agencies.
[see: http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/projects/prison/po111500s2.shtml ]

2. Request that the Dutchess County Criminal Justice Council evaluate
the cost and feasibility of creating an independent civilian review
board with investigatory and subpoena power for complaints regarding
the Dutchess County Jail and Dutchess County Sheriff's Department.
[see: Police Assessment Resource Center-- http://www.PARC.info --
100+ civilian review boards in U.S.]

3. Requests that the Dutchess County Sheriff's Department be present
and on the agenda for the next Public Safety Committee meeting to
discuss issues recently raised about Tasers in the Poughkeepsie
Journal.
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20120325/OPINION01/303250062/Taser-use-must-regulated-reported

4. Call on Florida's 18th District State's Attorney to prosecute
George Zimmerman, and that Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee should be
removed from office, as called for by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People.
[see: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/03/22-3 ;
http://www.thenation.com/article/166887/justice-trayvon-martin ]

Long-time City of Poughkeepsie community activist Mae Parker-Harris and Dutchess County Legislator Joel Tyner (D-Clinton/Rhinebeck), cofounders of the Real Majority Project, have organized a Rally for Justice for Trayvon Martin today (Sat.) Mar. 31st at noon at Earline Patrice at Mansion Square Park in the City of Poughkeepsie (between Clinton and Hamilton streets on Mansion Street).

Kudos to Mae Parker-Harris, Rev. Tama Bell, and all who came out today to the inspirational first of a series of weekly Rallies for Justice for Trayvon Martin (every Saturday-- noon at Earline Patrice at Mansion Square Park in Poughkeepsie)-- speakers/attendees included Rev. Dr. H. Dwight Bolton (of Smith Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church), Rev. Walter LeFlore (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship), Rev. Blake Rider (Christ Episcopal Church), City of Poughkeepsie Council Chair Gwen Johnson, City of Poughkeepsie Fifth Ward Councilwoman Ann Perry, and long-time community activists Judy Green and Marta Knapp, Tron Melton, Margaret White, Blair Goodman (of Working Families Party and Occupy Poughkeepsie), Pat Lamanna, Barbara Lindsey, Fred and Alice Bunnell, Jeff Green, Spencer Resnick (of Vassar RebuildtheDream.com), and many others from Occupy Poughkeepsie-- Stephen Greiner, Pat Quinn, Kyle Van Steenburgh, Brady Massey, Russell Bimbo, Rebecca DeLaCruz of DCC Political Science Club, tons more!...

Fact: Even our county's own Human Rights Commission has received dozens of complaints about various police departments and our criminal justice system over the past few years alone (according to official county government records/documents from DCHRC).
[recall blog post from this past Oct. 11th on this; thx to Steve Meddaugh's efforts:
http://dutchessdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/10/rally-with-ann-perry-mae-parker-harris.html ]

Pass it on!...

Joel
845-444-0599/876-2488
joeltyner@earthlink.net
http://www.JoelforCongress.org
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Joel (238 on board!)

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[again-- re: new resolution below from yours truly; email
countylegislators@co.dutchess.ny.us now!]

WHEREAS, on February 26th this year 17-year-old Trayvon Martin walked to a convenience store in Sanford, Florida; on his way home, with his
Skittles and iced tea, the African-American teenager was shot and
killed; the gunman, George Zimmerman, didn't run, claiming he killed
the young man in self-defense; the Sanford Police agreed, let him go;
witnesses have spoken up, 911 calls released, outrage gone global, and

WHEREAS, there are over 100 counties/cities in U.S. with civilian
review boards for jails or sheriff/police departments, including New
York City, St. Paul, Seattle, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San
Francisco, and

WHEREAS, the Poughkeepsie Journal has reported that in Dutchess
County, though African Americans constitute just 10% of the
population, 52% of all those sentenced in Dutchess County are African
American, and another 11% are other minorities; just 37% are white,
even though whites make up 80% of the county population; 67% of all
felony drug arrests have been of blacks, though African Americans
were only 10% of the general population; moreover, blacks are 85% of
all people serving prison sentences for drug crimes from Dutchess
(highest in NY); Dutchess ranked eighth statewide in the combined
percentage of blacks and Hispanics incarcerated for drug crimes, with
92 percent of drug sentences being served by minorities, and

WHEREAS, the Poughkeepsie Journal reported this year that Taser use
has more than tripled from 2006 to 2010 at police agencies in the
mid-Hudson region and that "the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office has
50 Tasers, and almost every patrol officer carries one; yet a single
deputy accounted for a quarter of the department's stun-gun uses
since 2005"; as the Poughkeepsie Journal editorialized March 24th,
"police agencies aren't required to report stun-gun use or related
deaths to state overseers; they should be," and

WHEREAS, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal, "Tasers have been
used when people merely fail to follow orders, such as a woman
stunned twice after she 'folded her arms and refused to be cuffed';
this situation likely could have been handled with a lesser degree of
force; in at least three dozen cases, people were stunned when
running away (and sometimes walking) from minor crimes or for
refusing to follow orders"; as the Poughkeepsie Journal reported in
February, "among Taser cases of City of Poughkeepsie police, blacks
comprised 61 percent of stun-gun subjects, and a 2011 study by the
NYCLU also found disproportionate use of stun guns on minorities, the
phenomenon 'echoes consistent and disturbing practices of
over-policing in communities of color,' the study said," and

RESOLVED, that the Dutchess County Legislature do these four things
to restore true criminal justice:

1. Co-host a public forum with the Dutchess County Sheriff's office
and local law enforcement agencies on the issue of racial profiling
to allow members of local communities to freely and publicly
questions of the Dutchess County Sheriff's office and other local law
enforcement agencies;

2. Requests that the Dutchess County Criminal Justice Council
evaluate the cost and feasibility of creating an independent civilian
review board with investigatory and subpoena power for complaints
regarding the Dutchess County Jail and Dutchess County Sheriff's
Department;

3. Requests that the Dutchess County Sheriff's Department be present
and on the agenda for the next Public Safety Committee meeting to
discuss issues recently raised about Tasers in the Poughkeepsie
Journal; and

4. Calls on Florida's 18th District State's Attorney to prosecute
George Zimmerman, and that Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee should be
removed from office, as called for by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People; and be it further

RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be sent to all of the
appropriate entities mentioned here above.

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More supporting documentation:

"The New Jim Crow: Lecture Series and Community Read on Issues of
Race and Imprisonment in the United States" (Occupy Poughkeepsie post
3/07/2012 re: programs at Family Partnership Center)
http://occupypoughkeepsie.org/articles/new-jim-crow-lecture-series-and-community-read-issues-race-and-imprisonment-united-states

"Blacks Hit with Tasers Far More Than Whites" [Poughkeepsie Journal]
http://bikersofamerica.blogspot.com/2012/02/poughkeepsie-ny-blacks-hit-with-tasers.html

"Stun-Gun Use Per Officer Can Vary Widely" [Poughkeepsie Journal]
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20120212/NEWS01/302120078/Stun-gun-use-per-officer-can-vary-widely

"Shocked Over and Over: Taser Uses, Policies Skirt Guidelines"
[Poughkeepsie Journal]
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20120220/WATCHDOG/302200015/Shocked-over-over-Taser-uses-policies-skirt-guidelines

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From http://www.thenation.com/article/166887/justice-trayvon-martin ...

Published on Monday, March 19, 2012 by The Nation
Justice for Trayvon Martin
by Mychal Denzel Smith

. Here's what we know: Trayvon Martin is dead.
On February 26, during halftime of the NBA All-Star game, the 17-year-old high school junior went to a nearby store in the Orlando suburb where he was visiting his father and stepmother in order to buy some candy for his younger brother. He returned to his family a six-foot, three-inch, 140-pound corpse.

We know who killed him.

George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old college student who had appointed himself captain of the neighborhood watch for the Retreat at Twin Lakes gated community, admits to shooting Martin with a 9mm handgun. Zimmerman spotted Martin and followed him in his car before placing a 911 call to report a "suspicious person in the area."

"This guy looks like he's up to no good, or he's on drugs or something," Zimmerman told the 911 operator. "He's just staring, looking at all the houses." What happened in the approximately twenty minutes between the time this call took place and when Zimmerman fired the shot that killed Martin is disputed-although recordings of the 911 call provide chilling hints-but what we do know is that Zimmerman claims he shot the young man in self-defense. This was enough for the police to let him go. Zimmerman was not and has, as of this writing, yet to be arrested.

We also know that Trayvon was black.

There are some who would argue that race is not a factor here. We've heard that Zimmerman is Latino-but this is not a defense. Neither is the statement released by Zimmerman's father, which employs the "he has black friends" claim. Mentoring two black children and word from black neighbors that they would entrust Zimmerman with their lives doesn't preclude him from holding racist views of black men. If it did, how then does he explain what made Martin a suspicious enough figure that it warranted Zimmerman leaving his vehicle and getting into an altercation with the young man?

What was the threat? We know that the only items retrieved from Martin's person were a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea, so unless Zimmerman felt he was in danger of contracting a deadly form of diabetes or a lethal cavity, he has more explaining to do. But whether the item is as innocuous as a bag of candy-or, in Amadou Diallo's case, a wallet-the assumption is that the natural state of black men is armed and dangerous.

If Martin was so threatening, why didn't Zimmerman wait for the police to arrive, particularly after being told not to follow the suspect? ("We don't need you to do that," the dispatcher told him.) Why have three witnesses come forward to say that in the moments before the shooting they heard crying that stopped as soon as the bullet fired? Was Martin crying in anger? And what if he was? Would he not have a right to be angry that a man was stalking him for no reason? And if Martin was the aggressor, how did he manage to get a man nearly a hundred pounds heavier than himself to the ground? What injuries did Zimmerman sustain that would lead us to believe there was a struggle that left him in the grip of a life-and-death situation? And now that the 911 tapes have been released, how do you justify the two shots that were fired, one from a distance, the other the fatal one from close range? Does self-defense require a warning shot?

That these questions are likely to go unanswered in court of law is thanks to Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, which places the threshold for self-defense so low that you need little more than your word to show that your life was in danger. Zimmerman's description of events was enough for the police, who evidently feel they know all that they need to know to determine that Zimmerman should be free to walk the streets while Martin's family mourns. The crime of killing a black person still is not greater than the crime of being black. And, as one of the family's attorneys asked, "Do we really believe that if Trayvon Martin had pulled the trigger, he would not have been arrested?"

We know that being a black man in America is a life-threatening occupation, whether you're a 22-year-old in Oakland or a 13-year-old in Chicago or a 17 year-old in Orlando. The characters change, but the script remains the same. When everyone has had their say, another young black man has been killed for doing nothing more than being a young black man.

What we don't yet know is what it will take to get justice for Trayvon.

A good place to start would be signing the Change.org petition started by his parents calling on Florida's 18th District State's Attorney to prosecute Zimmerman. Trayvon is dead, and black men everywhere live in constant fear they could be the next Trayvon. The very least we can do is put his killer in handcuffs.

© 2012 The Nation
Mychal Denzel Smith is a freelance writer and social commentator. His work on race, politics, social justice, pop culture, hip hop, mental health, feminism and black male identity has appeared in various publications, including The Guardian, Ebony, theGrio, the Root, Huffington Post and GOOD.

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From http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/03/22-3 ...

Published on Thursday, March 22, 2012 by TruthDig.com
Walking While Black: The Killing of Trayvon Martin

by Amy Goodma

On the rainy night of Sunday, Feb. 26, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin walked to a convenience store in Sanford, Fla. On his way home, with his Skittles and iced tea, the African-American teenager was shot and killed. The gunman, George Zimmerman, didn't run. He claimed that he killed the young man in self-defense. The Sanford Police agreed and let him go. Since then, witnesses have come forward, 911 emergency calls have been released, and outrage over the killing has gone global.

Trayvon Martin

Trayvon Martin lived in Miami. He was visiting his father in Sanford, near Orlando, staying in the gated community known as The Retreat at Twin Lakes, where Zimmerman volunteered with the Neighborhood Watch program. The Miami Herald reported that Zimmerman was a "habitual caller" to the police, making 46 calls since January 2011. He was out on his rounds as a self-appointed watchman, packing his concealed 9 mm pistol, when he called 911: "We've had some break-ins in my neighborhood, and there's a real suspicious guy ... this guy looks like he's up to no good, or he's on drugs or something."

Later in the call, Zimmerman exclaims, "OK. These a-holes always get away. ... [Expletive], he's running."

Sounds of Zimmerman moving follow, along with a controversial utterance from Zimmerman, under his breath, considered by many to be "[Expletive] coons." The sound of his running prompted the 911 operator to ask, "Are you following him?" Zimmerman replied, "Yeah," to which the dispatcher said, "OK, we don't need you to do that."

One of the attorneys representing the Martin family, Jasmine Rand, told me: "The term 'coon' on the audiotape ... is a very obvious racial slur against African-Americans. We also heard the neighbors come forward and say, 'Yeah, in this particular neighborhood, we look for young black males to be committing criminal activity.' And that's exactly what George Zimmerman did that night. He found a young black male that he did not recognize, assumed that he did not belong there, and he targeted him."
Another 911 call that has been released is from a woman who hears someone crying for help, then a gunshot.

Eyewitnesses Mary Cutcher and Selma Mora Lamilla both heard the cries, which police say could have been from Zimmerman, thus supporting his claim, even though he had a gun and outweighed Trayvon Martin by 80 pounds.

Cutcher said at a press conference: "I feel it was not self-defense, because I heard the crying. And if it was Zimmerman that was crying, Zimmerman would have continued crying after the shot went off. The only thing I saw that night-I heard the crying. We were in the kitchen. I heard the crying. It was a little boy. As soon as the gun went off, the crying stopped. Therefore, it tells me it was not Zimmerman crying."

Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee has defended his department's decision not to arrest Zimmerman. They bagged Martin's body and took it away, labeling him a "John Doe," even though they had his cellphone, which anyone, let alone law enforcement with a shooting victim, could have used to easily identify a person. They tested Martin's corpse for drugs and alcohol. Zimmerman was not tested. Neighbors say that Zimmerman loaded things into a U-Haul truck and left the area.

So, while the police and State Attorney Norm Wolfinger have defended their inaction, a democratic demand for justice has ricocheted around the country, prompting a U.S. Justice Department investigation and leading Wolfinger to promise to convene a grand jury. The Rev. Glenn Dames, pastor of St. James AME Church in nearby Titusville, has called Martin's death "a modern-day lynching." His demand for the immediate arrest of Zimmerman was echoed by the organizers of the "Million Hoodie March" in New York City, named after the often racially stereotyped sweatshirt Martin was wearing in the rain when he was shot.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has called for the removal of Sanford Police Chief Lee. NAACP President Ben Jealous, recounting a mass meeting in a Sanford-area church Tuesday night, quoted a local resident who stood up and said, "'If you kill a dog in this town, you'd be in jail the next day.' Trayvon Martin was killed four weeks ago, and his killer is still walking the streets."
With his gun.

Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column.
© 2012 Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman is the host of "Democracy Now!," a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on 900 stations in North America. She was awarded the 2008 Right Livelihood Award, dubbed the "Alternative Nobel" prize, and received the award in the Swedish Parliament in December.

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From https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/03/26-4 ...

Published on Monday, March 26, 2012 by Common Dreams
Sanford Police Department: 10 k Could Attend Trayvon Martin Rally in Florida
Anger grows across nation on the one-month anniversary of the shooting

- Common Dreams staff

Police expect as many as 10,000 people to attend a rally in Sanford, Florida today, on the one-month anniversary of the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The national anger over the shooting of Martin, who was shot and killed while walking home from a store where he purchased candy and tea, continues to escalate. Activists are attempting to pressure law enforcement authorities to arrest and prosecute George Zimmerman, who admits to shooting Martin but claims it was in self-defense. To date, no arrests have been made in relation to the fatal shooting.

The incident has brought national attention to Florida's Stand Your Ground law, which critics say enables violent criminals to get away with murder. The shooting has also brought increased attention to the role race plays in violent crime.

Other events are expected to take place across the country.

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Trayvon Martin: parents and protesters to attend rally in Florida as anger grows (The UK Guardian):
Thousands of protesters are expected to join the parents of Trayvon Martin at a rally in Florida amid growing anger and increasing pressure on authorities to arrest the black teenager's killer.
Police in Sanford said that up to 10,000 people could take part in the demonstration, which comes exactly a month after the 17-year-old was shot dead by self-appointed neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman.

The rally is one of a series of events taking place across the US on Monday to protest against the handling of the case and the perceived failure to hold the 28-year-old to account over Martin's death.
Over the weekend, vigils were held in churches across America in memory of Martin, who was killed as he walked back to the home of his father's girlfriend after a trip to nearby convenience store.
A number of preachers wore hooded tops in a sign of solidarity with the dead teenager's supporters. Martin was wearing a hoodie at the time of the killing.

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Trayvon Martin: 1 month later, calls for justice grow (Bay News 9)
Two events planned Monday in the ongoing call for justice in the case of Trayvon Martin's death are expected to be especially somber, as it has now been one month since the 17-year-old was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer.

Thousands are expected to gather once again for a pair of rallies planned in Sanford, which organizers hope will be similar to last week's rally that brought an estimated 10,000 people to Fort Mellon Park.
Monday's first rally is expected to begin at 4 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, including a protest march from Centennial Park to the Sanford Civic Center.

The march will also include a protest outside Sanford City Hall.

Then, at 5 p.m., protesters plan to rally at a special town hall meeting at the Civic Center.

City leaders said the doors at the Civic Center open at 4 p.m., but since the city is expecting so many people, officials said they are setting up a jumbo-sized TV screen at Fort Mellon Park to accommodate everyone who shows up for the event.

The Rev. Al Sharpton is expected to return to Florida for the rally, along with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and members of Trayvon Martin's family.

Rallies are being held and scheduled across the country, including in Tampa

rally Weds.-- divest Dutchess from BofA, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo!...

Hi all...

Please let us know as soon as possible if you might be able to come out to join us this Weds. (Apr. 4th) at 4:30 pm for our Rally to Divest Dutchess County from Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo-- in front of our County Office Building at 22 Market Street in Poughkeepsie!...

Scroll down just a bit to see resolution from yours truly on this-- co-sponsored by Conservative Co. Leg. Jim Doxsey-- it'll actually be on the Co. Leg. Committee Day agenda this coming Thurs.-- April 5th(!)...

As always, your letters to all 25 of us in the Co. Leg. matter; email countylegislators@co.dutchess.ny.us!

Thanks again much to OccupyPoughkeepsie.org for inspiration to us to go forward on this; many times last fall Occupy Poughkeepsie rallies and marches stopped in front of JPMorgan Chase on Main Street in Poughkeepsie; many from Occupy Poughkeepsie also joined me for rallies I organized last year in front of Bank of America on Market St./Poughkeepsie-- now is our chance to change policy!...(update-- a number of Occupy Poughkeepsie folks at today's Justice for Trayvon rally told me they'd try to come out for Weds. rally-- so join us Weds. if you can)!...

Kudos to Harold Miller of New York Communities for Change for his success across NYS in getting municipalities to divest from irresponsible financial institutions like Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, etc. (back in January I introduced Harold to key Occupy Poughkeepsie members; soon afterwards he came down to speak at O-Pok. workshop)...

[H. Miller and New York Communities for Change have already been effective in getting the town of Ithaca and villages of Hempstead and Freeport to divest from irresponsible banking institutions like Bank of America (in those three cases, it was JP Morgan Chase)-- see much more on this here-- http://www.nycommunities.org/taxonomy/term/2 ;
http://www.alternet.org/economy/150387/2_3rds_of_us_corporations_pay_zero_federal_taxes%3A_us_uncut_movement_builds_to_make_them_pay_up/ ; http://www.USUncut.org.]

Recall this as well...

"Members of the Albany County Legislature are calling for the county to pull its money from Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase. The 25 legislators signed a proclamation urging John McPhillips, commissioner of management and budget, to close the county's $90 million account from Bank of America and to discontinue procurement cards with JPMorgan Chase. The legislators are concerned about the number of foreclosures in the county, and noted that both banks have a significant number of area homes on the delinquency list. The proclamation states that Bank of America has 465 delinquencies in the region and JP Morgan has 316 area homes in danger of foreclosure. The proclamation also says the banks have "demonstrated a lack of willingness to engage in good-faith efforts" to modify loans and help people keep their homes. The effort, headed by county legislators Norma Chapman, Doug Bullock and Timothy Nichols, is part of a statewide campaign by NY Communities for Change."
[from "Albany County Legislators Want to Close Bank of America, JPMorgan Accounts" June 10th
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/print-edition/2011/06/10/albany-county-legislators-want-to.html ]

[Feb. must-read on all this-- "Watch Us Move Our Millions" by Rebecca Leisher (in Yes! magazine):
http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/9-strategies-to-end-corporate-rule/watch-us-move-our-millions ]

Pass it on!...

Joel
845-444-0599/876-2488
joeltyner@earthlink.net
http://www.JoelforCongress.org
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Joel (238 there!)

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[text here of Tyner/Doxsey resolution; more co-sponsors needed; scroll down below for documentation!]

WHEREAS, Dutchess County now has $50 million accounts each with Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo- banks widely reported as responsible for mortgage fraud and our economic collapse, and

WHEREAS, former Dutchess County Executive William Steinhaus sent our County Legislature a letter December 15th stating that, "Foreclosure rates in Dutchess County are at record numbers; there are a total of over 4,000 foreclosures in Dutchess over just the last three-year period," and currently in Dutchess County there are 414 home bankruptcy listings, 98 short sales, 61 foreclosures, 43 preforeclosures, and 11 sheriff sales at Foreclosures.com, and

WHEREAS, last June 25 members of the Albany County Legislature signed a proclamation calling for the county to pull its $90 million account from Bank of America and to discontinue procurement cards with JPMorgan Chase because at that time Bank of America had 465 delinquencies in the region and JP Morgan had 316 area homes in danger of foreclosure, and those banks had "demonstrated a lack of willingness to engage in good-faith efforts" to modify loans and help people keep their homes, as here in Dutchess County; several months later Albany County's $90 million account with Bank of America was closed, and

WHEREAS, the municipal boards of Hempstead, Freeport, and Ithaca have all voted for the same reason over the last year to divest from irresponsible financial institutions such as Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo; even the Northern Dutchess Alliance's "Blueprint for Economic Development" strongly recommended holding local financial institutions more publicly accountable for their commitment/investment (or lack thereof) in our local communities, and

WHEREAS, last year the City of San Jose moved nearly $1 billion from Bank of America because of the bank's high record of home foreclosures; City Council members linked foreclosures to lost tax revenues and cuts to jobs and services, and urged other U.S. cities to follow San Jose's example, and last November the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution to review its banking and investment practices "to ensure that public funds are invested in responsible financial institutions that support our community," and

WHEREAS, officials in Portland, Oregon, Los Angeles, and New York City are looking to follow as well, and congregations in the California interfaith coalition LA Voice vowed to divest $2 million from Wells Fargo and Bank of America, ending a 200-year relationship with the big banks; the Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East San Jose, Calif., pulled $3 million out of Bank of America and reinvested the funds into Micro Branch, a division of Self-Help Federal Credit Union designed to assist underserved communities, and therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the Dutchess County Legislature requests that the Dutchess County Commissioner of Finance divest Dutchess County funds from Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and Wells Fargo, thereby ending the current $150,000,000 worth of county funds kept in those financial institutions, and find more responsible banks to deposit those monies, and be it further
RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Dutchess County Executive and the Dutchess County Commissioner of Finance.

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Supporting documentation:

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Executive Order No. 2, 2011

Dated: October 17, 2011

[signed by Dutchess County Executive William Steinhaus]

Pursuant to Section 3.02 (g) of the Dutchess County Charter, I hereby designate the following banks and trust companies for the deposit of moneys received by the Commissioner of Finance at the maximum amount set forth after the name of each bank or trust company:

HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Poughkeepsie, NY................$50,000,000

JP Morgan Chase Poughkeepsie, NY........................$50,000,000

Bank of America, Poughkeepsie, NY..........................$50,000,000

Wells Fargo (formerly Wachovia Bank, N.A.)
Poughkeepsie, NY.........................................................$50,000,000

Key Bank of New York, N.A., Poughkeepsie, NY.....$20,000,000

Bank of Millbrook, Millbrook, NY...................................$5,000,000
(merged with Stissing National Bank)

Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co. (M & T)..........$20,000,000
Poughkeepsie, NY

Orange County Trust Company, Fishkill, NY.............$5,000,000

Citizens Bank, Albany, NY..........................................$20,000,000

TD Bank, Poughkeepsie, NY.....................................$50,000,000

Citibank NA, Harrison, NY.........................................$50,000,000

Pursuant to Section 11 of the General Municipal Law, the Dutchess County Commissioner of Finance is authorized to invest in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit or repurchase agreements of the above designated depositories or repurchase agreements of the Merrill Lynch Flexicash Program.

Pursuant to Section 212 of the County Law, the interest received on moneys deposited in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, or repurchase agreements of the above designated depositories shall be the prevailing rate paid by such designated depository, payable on such dates as agreed upon between the depository and the Dutchess County Commissioner of Finance.

This Executive Order No. 2 of 2011 supersedes Executive Order No. 1 of 2011 issued January 2, 2011.

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Two Reasons Why Dutchess County Should Divest from Bank of America:

"Bank Excuses on Foreclosure Growing Stale" by Michael Powell (Nov. 14th)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/nyregion/patience-grows-thin-for-banks-foreclosure-excuses.html

"Eric Schneiderman Is A Big Thorn In Bank of America's Side" [Forbes Aug. 16th]
http://www.forbes.com/sites/halahtouryalai/2011/08/16/eric-schneiderman-is-a-big-thorn-in-bank-of-americas-side/

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Two Reasons Why Dutchess County Should Divest from JP Morgan Chase:

"Allegations of Fraud Continue to Surround JP Morgan Chase's Foreclosure Processes" Dec. 5th
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/12/prweb9016844.htm

"Her Bank Got Enough Help When It Was in Trouble. She Didn't." by Michael Powell Sept. 12th
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/nyregion/jpmorgan-chase-got-us-help-but-mortgage-holders-did-not.html

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Two Reasons Why Dutchess County Should Divest from Wells Fargo:

"DoJ Civil Rights Division Investigating Wells Fargo for Mortgage Fraud" by David Dayen July 27, 2011
http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/07/27/doj-civil-rights-division-investigating-wells-fargo-for-mortgage-fraud/

"Wells Fargo Settles Mortgage Abuse Lawsuit For $85 Million" by Chris Rugaber/Derek Kravitz July 20
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/20/wells-fargo-settlement-mortgage-abuse_n_905054.html

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http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/9-strategies-to-end-corporate-rule/watch-us-move-our-millions

Watch Us Move Our Millions
Cities, churches, and colleges take steps to move their money home.

by Rebecca Leisher
posted Feb 01, 2012

Since the big corporate banks crashed the economy in 2008, they've been rewarded with bailouts, tax breaks, and bonuses, while American workers lose jobs and homes. Little wonder that many Americans-and now, institutions and local governments-have been closing their accounts at big corporate banks and transferring their money to community banks and credit unions. The idea is to send a strong message about responsibility to government and Wall Street, while supporting institutions that genuinely stimulate local economies.

Bank Transfer Day was publicized over five weeks, largely through social networks. In that period, credit unions received an estimated $4.5 billion in new deposits transferred from banks, according to the Credit Union National Association.
Encouraged by the popularity of the "Move Your Money" campaign, citizens are calling for institutions to be accountable and "Move Our Money." A number of schools, churches, and local governments across the country are transferring large sums, or at least considering it, in what looks like the beginning of a broad movement to invest in local economies instead of Wall Street.

Last year the city of San Jose moved nearly $1 billion from Bank of America because of the bank's high record of home foreclosures. City Council members linked foreclosures to lost tax revenues and cuts to jobs and services, and urged other U.S. cities to follow San Jose's example. More recently, in November 2011, the Seattle City Council responded to the Occupy movement by unanimously passing a resolution to review its banking and investment practices "to ensure that public funds are invested in responsible financial institutions that support our community." Officials in Portland, Ore., Los Angeles, and New York City are discussing proposals that address how and where city funds are invested.
Massachusetts launched the Small Business Banking Partnership initiative last year to leverage small business loans and has already deposited $106 million in state reserve funds into community banks.

Student activists and the Responsible Endowments Coalition are urging colleges and universities-some of which have assets comparable to those of a town or city-to move at least a portion of their endowments from Wall Street. The Peralta Community Colleges District in California, with an annual budget of $140 million, has done just that. The district's board of trustees voted unanimously in November to move its assets into community banks and credit unions.

A Separation of Church and Bank

Video: After Bank of America foreclosed on thousands of homes
in their San Jose parish, the members of this Catholic
church bid it goodbye-
and took $3 million with them.

Churches and faith organizations are moving their money too. Congregations in the California interfaith coalition LA Voice vowed to divest $2 million from Wells Fargo and Bank of America, ending a 200-year relationship with the big banks. The Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East San Jose, Calif., pulled $3 million out of Bank of America and reinvested the funds into Micro Branch, a division of Self-Help Federal Credit Union designed to assist underserved communities.

Moving money is most effective where banking practices and investments are transparent. Oregon Banks Local represents small business, family farms, and community banks. It offers a website tool that ranks local banks and credit unions on criteria like headquarters location, jobs created, and extent of local investment to show which financial institutions truly serve local communities.

"People from all walks of life are angry at the banks," says Ilana Berger, co-director of The New Bottom Line, a national campaign that promotes moving money from Wall Street. But the broad appeal of this grassroots movement toward financial reform is based on more than anger or strategy. "It's a way to move our money to follow our values," says Berger. "It's an opportunity to really protest against the banks, but also a way to show what we want them to be."

Rebecca Leisher wrote this article for 9 Strategies to End Corporate Rule, the Spring 2012 issue of YES! Magazine. Rebecca is a freelance writer and former YES! intern.

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http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/a-separation-of-church-and-bank

Big News on Bank Transfers
The Occupy effect? In the last 3 months, Americans switched banks at three times the normal rate.
by Brooke Jarvis
posted Feb 03, 2012

Two summers ago, at the U.S. Social Forum, I attended a panel discussion about ways to expand the use of credit unions as alternatives to the "too big to fail" banks whose risky investments had helped tank the economy. Each of the speakers-people involved in credit union leadership or advocacy-expressed confusion and frustration that they hadn't already seen a post-crisis shift away from corporate banks and toward credit unions (which have the advantages of being not-for-profit, owned and governed by their depositors, far more likely than big banks to lend to small businesses, and not responsible for any global economic meltdowns).

It seemed that even as Americans were angry with Big Finance, they didn't make the connection to their personal accounts.

In the last 90 days, Americans changed banking providers at three times the normal rate, with 5.6 million people moving their money to a different bank.

Fast forward to last fall-when Occupy Wall Street was in full swing and activists were mobilizing around Bank Transfer Day, an effort to get customers to leave their Wall Street banks-and it seemed everybody was making the connection. Suddenly I was overhearing conversations on the ferry, on the bus, on the soccer field. People kept saying, "I really should have done this a long time ago, but I'm switching from Bank of America [or Chase, or Wells Fargo]. What bank do you use?" Local credit unions and community banks started staying open for extra hours to accommodate the rush of new customers. One morning in November, at my own credit union, I overheard a man explaining to the teller that he was considering becoming a member-but first he wanted to know if his money would be invested in mortgage-backed securities or credit default swaps.

This change, it turns out, was much more than anecdotal. A new analysis from the firm Javelin Strategy and Research found that, in the last 90 days, Americans changed banking providers at three times the normal rate, with 5.6 million people moving their money to a different bank.

Bank Transfer Day wasn't the first major effort to get people to ditch Wall Street banks, but it was the first to have this level of impact. Arianna Huffington spearheaded a 2010 mobilization, the Move Your Money Project, to move customers to community banks ("Our money has been used to make the system worse-what if we used it to make the system better?" she wrote). While the project gained a fair amount of interest, Javelin reports that the actual bank defections it prompted failed to register on its surveys.

So why was 2011's exodus so much bigger? Eleven percent of those who moved their money-some 610,000 people-reported that they did so directly because of Occupy Wall Street and Bank Transfer Day. The Occupy movement helped bring corporate power to the forefront of national discourse; Bank Transfer Day offered a clear, practical way for people to send a message-a chance to turn the mundane question of bank choice into a stance about their personal economic values.

Move Your Money and Save

Big banks don't just undermine local economies-they're bad for your wallet, too.

Then, just as the Occupy movement-and the media scrutiny it prompted-got more Americans thinking critically about the role of big banks in their lives, Bank of America announced a new monthly fee on debit card use. BofA became an instant poster child for out-of-control corporate greed, with hundreds of thousands of people signing petitions against the fee or pledging to close their accounts. President Obama condemned it; a Fox Business anchor cut up her card on the air. Eventually, Bank of America pulled the idea, but not before helping to confirm, for millions of Americans, the Occupy movement's charges that Wall Street banks operate by putting profits before public good-as they did with the practices that caused the financial crisis.

"It's just a $5 fee, but it really is symbolic of so much more," Norma Garcia, of the advocacy group Consumers Union, told the Washington Post. In the end, it helped launch Bank Transfer Day to new heights: 26 percent of those who changed banks cited excessive fees at their current institution.

They were surprised they hadn't already seen a post-crisis shift away from corporate banks and toward credit unions (which have the advantages of being not-for-profit, owned and governed by their depositors, far more likely than big banks to lend to small businesses, and not responsible for any global economic meltdowns).

Fees, of course, are just one of many reasons to switch to a credit union (though there's an interesting history-very much related to the deeper problems of corporate banks-that explains why credit unions and community banks tend to have lower fees). Still, the Bank of America backlash was a significant reminder, to the finance industry as well as to consumers, that giant banks aren't the only option-and that there are a variety of advantages to being mindful about what we support with our investments.

Indeed, the bank transfer push doesn't seem to be losing momentum, as large institutional accounts-including cities, universities, and churches-continue to join the bandwagon. San Jose, Calif. moved $1 billion from Bank of America; just this week, Berkeley announced a desire to move its reserves from Wells Fargo to local credit unions; and proposals are under consideration in Portland, Los Angeles, and New York City.

stand with CWA and IBEW and the 99% against Verizon/corporate greed!...

[CWA's John O'Malley asked me over the weekend to come out to and/or speak at this today; I'm going!...(I walked for four days off and on last fall during CWA walk from Albany to NYC)...Joel (444-0599)]

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From http://cwa1120.org/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=238522 ...


Rally Against Corporate Greed

Updated On: Mar 09, 2012 (13:08:00)

What: Rally for good jobs in our communities and taking a stand against corporate greed

When: Thursday, March 22 - 4-7PM


Where: RT9 & Merritt BLVD, Fishkill NY. In front of Verizon Wireless, across the street from Wal-Mart


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[here below-- letter I sent to my 24 colleagues in our County Legislature earlier today; follow up, folks!]


From: Joel Tyner


To: countylegislators@co.dutchess.ny.us


Subject: Colleagues-- let's stand in solidarity today with our CWA and IBEW brothers and sisters...


Hi all...


Today is a national day of action for Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers-- standing up to Verizon's untenable greed and cruelty to workers.


Verizon has made tens of billions in profits and its top executives walked away with $283 million in the last four years. But when it comes to the 45,000 workers who made Verizon's success possible, suddenly the company cries broke. Verizon has sent thousands of American jobs overseas and wants to outsource even more jobs, gut pensions, charge current and retired employees thousands of dollars more for health benefits, and cut disability benefits for workers injured during their jobs.


Fact: The number of call-center employees in the U.S. dropped from 5.2 million in 2006 to 4.7 million in 2010. Many of those half-million jobs no doubt went to India and the Philippines, the two countries with the largest call-center industries.


Introduced just before the New Year by Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) and Rep. Dave McKinley (R-WV), the bipartisan U.S. Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act, supported by many Republicans (Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R, PA-8], Rep. Michael Grimm [R, NY-13], Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2], Rep. Patrick Meehan [R, PA-7], Rep. Joseph Pitts [R, PA-16]) and over 80 Democrats, would ensure that U.S. consumers are told the location of the call center to which they are speaking and would provide the consumer the right to transfer their call to a U.S. customer service agent, if preferred.


Additionally, this legislation would create a 'bad actors' list of U.S companies that make a practice of sending U.S. jobs overseas. In the past Sen. Chuck Schumer has proposed an excise tax on companies that outsource their call-center jobs. State level bills containing similar provisions have been introduced in legislatures in Florida, Arizona and Maryland respectively, Collins said, and lawmakers in more states are considering the same at this time.


Please let me know as soon as possible if you'd like to co-sponsor a resolution or letter on this, k?


Joel
444-0599


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From http://www.StopVerizonGreed.com ...(see http://www.UnityatVerizon.com )...


VERIZON DAY OF ACTION: MARCH 22

Verizon has made tens of billions in profits and its top executives walked away with $283 million in the last four years. But when it comes to the 45,000 workers who made Verizon's success possible, suddenly the company cries broke.

Verizon has sent thousands of American jobs overseas and wants to outsource even more jobs, gut pensions, charge current and retired employees thousands of dollars more for health benefits, and cut disability benefits for workers injured during their jobs.


On March 22, CWA and IBEW workers and thousands of others will be rallying around the country to support good jobs and the U.S. Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act.


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http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/number_of_co-sponsors_on_us_call_center_worker_and_consumer_protection_act_


NUMBER OF CO-SPONSORS ON "US CALL CENTER WORKER AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT" GROWS TO 69

Mar 1, 2012
Momentum Continues To Grow Behind Legislation That Protects American Consumers & Strengthens American Jobs - State Legislatures Now Jumping On Board

WASHINGTON, DC - Bi-partisan support on Capitol Hill for legislation that bans federal grants or guaranteed loans to American companies that move call center jobs from the U.S. overseas grew to over five dozen members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced today.

Over 40 members of both parties signed on to the bill in the last four weeks alone, and more are expected when Congress reconvenes.


"Republicans and Democrats alike understand this bill is a dose of bi-partisan common sense at a time when such measures are in short supply in Washington," said CWA Chief of Staff Ron Collins, who began his career in a Maryland-based Verizon call center.


Introduced just before the New Year by Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) and Rep. Dave McKinley (R-WV), the bill would also ensure that U.S. consumers are told the location of the call center to which they are speaking and would provide the consumer the right to transfer their call to a U.S. customer service agent, if preferred. Additionally, the legislation would create a 'bad actors' list of U.S companies that make a practice of sending U.S. jobs overseas.

State level bills containing similar provisions have been introduced in legislatures in Florida, Arizona and Maryland respectively, Collins said, and lawmakers in more states are considering the same at this time.


"Lawmakers of all stripes from around the country agree that there should be consequences for shipping good American jobs overseas while so many here at home are looking for work," Collins said. "They get the idea that only companies that create American jobs should get American taxpayer dollars."

CWA represents 700,000 workers nationally, including more than 150,000 customer service professionals.

For Immediate Release: March 1, 2012
Contact: Chuck Porcari or Liz Schilling at 202-434-1168
or cporcari@cwa-union.org or eschilling@cwa-union.org


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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/21/anti-outsourcing-offshore-call-center-jobs_n_1371162.html

Dave Jamieson
dave.jamieson@huffingtonpost.com

Anti-Outsourcing Bills Would Punish Companies That Send Jobs Overseas

Posted: 03/21/2012 6:25 pm Updated: 03/21/2012 6:34 pm

WASHINGTON -- Following the lead of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, several states have proposed legislation that would punish American companies that relocate their customer call centers overseas by making the companies ineligible for government loans or contracts.


The state measures appear to be modeled on a federal bill introduced in the House of Representatives late last year that Democrats argue could slow the number of call-center jobs that have been heading to India and the Philippines for the past decade. Lawmakers in Arizona, Florida and New Jersey have all subsequently proposed similar bills.

Under the federal legislation, American companies that offshore their call-center jobs would lose their federal loan eligibility for a period of five years. The customer service representatives working in those company's foreign call centers would also have to disclose their locations to callers and offer to transfer the callers to U.S.-based representatives. If the law passes, the Department of Labor would maintain a public list of companies that plan to outsource those jobs overseas.

The Communications Workers of America, a union that represents 150,000 call-center workers and has been aggressively pushing the bills, says that the number of call-center employees in the U.S. dropped from 5.2 million in 2006 to 4.7 million in 2010.

Many of those half-million jobs no doubt went to India and the Philippines, the two countries with the largest call-center industries. The federal proposal has caught the attention of those governments, with both Indian and Filipino officials suggesting they would dispatch lobbying teams to Washington.


Although lobbying reports on the bill are not available yet, Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that the Filipino and Indian governments had undertaken an "extraordinary lobbying effort" on it. "What it says to me, if U.S. call center jobs going offshore is that big a component of the Filipino or Indian economy, then we're losing a ton of jobs over there. If it's important to their economy then it's important to ours."


The federal proposal has strong support on the left, with 83 Democratic co-sponsors, compared with six Republicans in the GOP-controlled House. Many lawmakers on the right would no doubt dislike the bill's protectionist measures, as would the business community at large. Similar bills have failed in the past, including a 2010 one put forth by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) that would have put an excise tax on companies that outsource their call-center jobs.

The CWA claims that in addition to discouraging outsourcing, the bill would protect American consumers. The union recently produced a report that argues that foreign call centers are more prone to security breaches with customers' personal information than their American counterparts.


A bill that recently passed the Florida state senate would require that companies with state contracts have their call centers in the U.S., but the measure was held up in the state House of Representatives. A similar bill in New Jersey would bar companies from state tax breaks and subsidies if they send their call center jobs overseas. The state Assembly passed that bill last week, though the state Senate hasn't taken it up yet.


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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/07/overseas-call-centers-outsourcing-bill_n_1135147.html

Dave Jamieson
dave.jamieson@huffingtonpost.com

Overseas Call Centers Target Of Anti-Outsourcing Bill
First Posted: 12/07/11 06:04 PM ET Updated: 12/08/11 08:13 AM ET

WASHINGTON -- Saying they hope to stem the tide of jobs heading overseas, legislators introduced a bipartisan bill Wednesday in the House that would punish American corporations for offshoring their telephone call centers, making such companies ineligible for grants or guaranteed loans from the federal government.

Introduced by Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) and Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.), the protectionist legislation would also put some aggressive mandates on call-center operations. Not only would customer service representatives working overseas for U.S. corporations have to disclose their locations upon request, they would also have to offer callers the option of being transferred to call centers back in America.

"Outsourcing is one of the scourges of our economy and one of the reasons we are struggling to knock down the unemployment rate and reduce the number of Americans who are out of work," Bishop said in a conference call with reporters. "We can't prohibit it, but we can certainly discourage it."

Although some call-center jobs have trickled back into the U.S. in recent years, the long-term trend has shown thousands of American-based customer service positions being outsourced to India and the Philippines, where workers come considerably cheaper. The Philippines' call-center industry recently surpassed India's as the largest in the world, according to a report in USA Today.

The call-center bill has strong backing from the Communications Workers of America, a union representing 700,000 workers, more than 150,000 of whom are customer service reps. Ron Collins, CWA's chief of staff, said that Americans have been losing decent-paying call-center jobs so that large corporations can save on labor costs. He praised AT&T for its decision to bring 5,000 customer service jobs back to the U.S. as part of its merger with T-Mobile.

"When I talk about this, I talk about it from experience," said Collins, a former Verizon call-center worker. "This bill is a very important step forward -- for jobs, for workers and for customers."

In addition to scuttling any grants or guaranteed loans for a period of five years, the U.S. Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act would require that companies that are about to offshore call-center jobs notify the Labor Department 120 days before they do so. The companies would then be put on a public list. Bishop said the law would apply to businesses in all industries.

Such a bill is unlikely to garner strong support from anti-protectionist, free-trade GOP members of Congress, but the inclusion of the call-center rules adds an interesting wrinkle. Given the widespread frustration of customers who end up on long calls with agents overseas, plenty of constituents, Republican and Democrat alike, would probably appreciate the option of dealing more regularly with customer service reps based in America.

"With Rep. McKinley as my primary Republican co-sponsor, I'm very hopeful he can bring a good number of his colleagues to the table," Bishop said. "It's hard to defend the practice. It's hard to say we would rather employ someone in the Philippines than in the U.S."


To bolster their case, the CWA said it plans to release a report next week that shows that consumer fraud and identity theft is higher at call centers abroad than in the U.S.


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http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_study_exposes_overseas_call_center_risks_to_personal_information


CWA STUDY EXPOSES OVERSEAS CALL CENTER RISKS TO PERSONAL INFORMATION

Dec 15, 2011
Contact: Candice Johnson cjohnson@cwa-union.org or Chuck Porcari cporcari@cwa-union.org at 202-434-1368
CWA Study Exposes Overseas Call Center Issues That Threaten American Consumers' Personal Information

Washington, D.C. - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - The Communications Workers of America today released a sobering report detailing the linkage between the off-shoring of call center jobs and a range of serious negative effects on U.S. consumers and job seekers, including placing consumers' personal information at risk.

The report details specific instances of fraud directly related to employees at overseas call centers, the lack of national legal safeguards to protect personal information in these locations, the loss of Constitutional protection for consumers' personal data once it leaves U.S. shores and the recent trend of "sub-outsourcing" former Indian-based call center work to even cheaper foreign labor markets.
The report further underscores the importance of the bi-partisan legislation introduced in Congress last week that would ban taxpayer dollars in the form of federal grants or guaranteed loans to American companies that move call center jobs overseas.

"If American companies insist on taking American jobs overseas, American taxpayers should not be subsidizing corporate greed," said CWA Chief of Staff Ron Collins. "This report spotlights not only the risks of a consumer's personal information floating around foreign call centers, but the fact that a U.S. citizen's constitutional rights preventing the illegal search and seizure of his or her data evaporate once it leaves the country."

Collins noted that though India passed new data privacy laws this year, the Indian government specifically exempted outsourcing companies from having to comply.

"Even worse, in the Philippines, where a significant amount of Indian work has been sub-outsourced, there are virtually no data protection laws, including data breach notification laws," Collins said.
Key findings of the report include:

- When a U.S. customer's financial information is sent overseas, it loses the protections of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. As long as an individual's data is not specifically "targeted," the data can be collected and analyzed by U.S. federal agencies without a warrant.

- The documented security hazards are in addition to the damage caused to individuals and communities in the United States by the movement of local call center jobs overseas, off-shoring that often comes after taxpayer-funded dollars and other incentives are heaped upon the corporation.

- As of this year, the Philippines surpassed India as the top destination for U.S. companies off-shoring call center jobs. American companies also have opened call centers in countries including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, China and Mexico.

- Americans' personal data also is at risk in foreign call centers in the relative difficulty in providing background checks on employees. Many foreign nations do not maintain central criminal databases and do not have standard identifiers such as the U.S. Social Security number. As a result, proper background checks are expensive, with one estimate putting the cost at up to $1,000 per employee.

The "U.S. Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act," co-sponsored by Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) and Rep. Dave McKinley (R-WV) and introduced December 8, would also require call center employees to disclose their location to U.S. consumers and transfer that call to a U.S.-based center if requested by the consumer, as well as require that a list of companies that off-shore their call center work be made available to the public.

"Huge corporations are pocketing U.S. taxpayer dollars, then taking call center jobs overseas, leaving it up to foreign laws and governments to police and catch criminals who want to steal from American consumers," Collins said. "All the while, people may not even know their personal data is entrusted to someone on the other side of the ocean."

Link to full report:
http://files.cwa-union.org/national/News/Misc/20111215-offshore-callcenter.pdf


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From http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3596/show ...


H.R.3596 - United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act
To require a publicly available a list of all employers that relocate a call center overseas and to make such companies ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans and to require disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in customer service communications.


* Short: United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act as introduced.


* Official: To require a publicly available a list of all employers that relocate a call center overseas and to make such companies ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans and to require disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in customer service communications. as introduced.


Sponsor

Representative
Timothy Bishop
D-NY


Co-Sponsors


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From: Ron Deutsch


Subject: Fwd: Stand with Verizon Workers - Today!
Date: Mar 22, 2012

Sent from my iPhone

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From: "Labor-Religion Coalition of NYS"
Date: March 22, 2012 8:18:09 AM EDT
To: mkd67@aol.com
Subject: Stand with Verizon Workers - Today!
Reply-To: "Labor-Religion Coalition of NYS"


Stand with Verizon Workers for Today's National Day of Action!

Verizon has made tens of billions in profits and its top executives walked

away with $283 million in the last four years. But when it comes to the 45,000 workers who made Verizon's success possible, the company cries broke. Join the Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State and faith, labor and community allies to call for a fair contract today.
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