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Data from Small Business United’s report, “Empty Storefronts, High Rent,” were featured in this article about NY voters swinging left due to a number of crises, including the decline of small businesses in our state.

The Action Lab’s Director of Policy and Program, Irene Tung, spoke with Nation of Change about Amazon’s unfair and unlawful treatment of its delivery drivers.

The Action Lab’s Director of Strategic Campaign Initiatives, Ben Parisi, spoke with SSBCrack News about NYC’s step towards a more equitable childcare system.

Comments from The Action Lab’s Director of Strategic Campaign Initiatives, Ben Parisi, are featured in this article about the Mamdani administration’s announcement that it will make childcare completely free for families that rely on the Child Care Assistance Program.

The Mamdani administration announced that it will make childcare completely free for the around 22,000 low-income families that rely on the Child Care Assistance Program.

Whitney Hu, the Lead Organizer of The Action Lab’s Small Business United (SBU) coalition, joins BronxTalk for an interview on the epidemic of empty storefronts in NYC and what we can do about it.

The Gothamist’s Karen Yi reported that the Mamdani administration will offer $3 million in emergency grants to home-based childcare providers. This is an important step as The Action Lab’s Providers Organized for Power (POP) coalition fights to ensure that providers receive the compensation they need to live.

The Action Lab's Providers Organized for Power (POP) coalition discusses why expanding access to child care must go hand in hand with investing in the providers who care for the city's children and support working families.

The Action Lab’s Providers Organized for Power (POP) coalition is featured in Gothamist advocating for fair compensation for home-based child care providers as New York City moves toward universal child care.

The Action Lab’s Director of Policy and Program, Irene Tung, spoke with City Limits about New York City’s commercial rent crisis and the case for Small Business Rent Stabilization.

Amalia Olivia Rojas writes about Palantir’s role in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and surveillance infrastructure—and why immigrant communities are demanding that members of Congress reject Palantir-linked campaign contributions.

This episode is brought to you by The Evergreen Initiative at The Action Lab NY, whom recently appointed Rachel La Loca as an Artist In Action Fellow! Our guest is Luis Ortiz, who has been giving filmmakers a conduit for their stories for decades.

Years ago, New York City took its first steps toward expanding public child care with the creation of Pre-K and 3-K. Those investments changed lives. But as the city expanded access, too many family child care providers — the home-based educators who have long anchored their communities — were left behind.

Tom Morello of Rage Against Machine stood alongside immigrant advocates outside 26 Federal Plaza on Tuesday afternoon and sang in protest of ICE in the Big Apple.

Patch reports on the Tenant Power Act, proposed New York legislation aimed at expanding tenant organizing power, collective bargaining, and landlord transparency.

BrooklynVegan highlights Tom Morello’s appearance at a New York City anti-ICE mobilization where artists and organizers gathered to protest immigration enforcement and state violence.

Rolling Stone covers Tom Morello’s appearance at a New York City protest event condemning ICE abuses, authoritarian violence, and attacks on immigrant communities.

A newly introduced Tenant Power Act in New York would expand tenant union rights, require landlords to negotiate in good faith, and establish statewide funding for tenant organizing.

Workers, artists, and labor organizers staged the “Ball Without Billionaires” in New York, transforming the language of fashion into a public statement against billionaire power and labor exploitation.

Workers, artists, and labor organizers gathered in New York for the “Ball Without Billionaires,” a protest fashion action challenging billionaire power and centering workers as the foundation of culture.