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		<title>Photo From Showdown in Ohio &#8211; Making Chase Pay Their Fair Share</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 02:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VOCAL-NY joined fellow affiliates from National People&#8217;s Action outside the Chase Bank shareholders meeting in Columbus, OH on May 16th for the Showdown in Ohio. We called on Chase Bank to end foreclosures and pay their fair share in taxes. Follow the link for photos taken by VOCAL-NY leaders Wanda Hernandez and Wayne Starks and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 12th: All Out For Historic Wall Street Rally!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 03:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hear it every day: There’s no more money. No money to provide housing or case management for people living with HIV/AIDS, keep food pantries and meals programs open, expand harm reduction programs, and create jobs for people who are coming home from prison or jail. There’s no money to pay for vital services or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Star Fund</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting VOCAL North Star Fund Blog &#124; Posted by Hugh Hogan &#124; May 5, 2011 Check out this event organized by VOCAL NY &#8211; Voices of Community Activists and Leaders- about the experiences of women battling HIV/AIDS in the face of draconian budget cuts by Governor Cuomo. As the flyer says, a lot of people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protest Urges Cuomo to Extend Millionaire&#8217;s Tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jefro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VOCAL-NY joined allies from around the state involved with the &#8220;New Deal for New York&#8221; coalition in urging Governor Cuomo to protect social services and invest in jobs by extending the millionaire&#8217;s tax during a protest outside his office on March 15th. We have been working to build support for fixing New York&#8217;s revenue crisis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VOCAL-NY on Prison Gerrymandering in Huffington Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Ramon Velasquez blogged about a lawsuit seeking to block implementation of the new law ending prison-based gerrymandering in New York. Ramon is a VOCAL-NY leader who has organized for inmate rights from inside and outside prison walls for the past three decades. He was profiled by the New York Daily News in 2010 for his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back Home from Capitol Camp-In Against the Cuomo&#8217;s Cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VOCAL-NY is back from the Capitol Camp-In on March 30th &#8211; 31st, which was led by hundreds of people living with HIV/AIDS, students, seniors, and other New Yorkers opposed to Governor Cuomo&#8217;s austerity budget.The Senate and Assembly approved a fiscal year 2012 budget in the middle of the night that will pay for billions in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steven Spinola &#8211; One Of Albany&#8217;s Worst Special Interests</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VOCAL-NY joined New York Communities for Change, Make the Road New York, Right to the City NYC, CAAV Chinatown Tenants Union and other allies on March 28th to attempt a people&#8217;s meeting with Steven Spinola, the head of the Real Estate Board of NY (REBNY) and Committee to Save New York (CSNY). Both REBNY and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People Power in Albany: Rally for NON-Millionaires this Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday night, Governor Cuomo announced a budget deal that would fund billions in tax cuts for millionaires by cutting healthcare, education, social services and anti-poverty programs. And it didn&#8217;t extend and strengthen rent laws that expire this summer. Governor Cuomo promised a &#8220;people&#8217;s budget,&#8221; but instead we got one that benefits the state&#8217;s biggest [...]]]></description>
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