ALIGN

Today, the Climate Works for All coalition released a letter to Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Julie Menin with 75+ climate, labor, environmental justice, and student groups representing more than two million New Yorkers calling for a $2.2 billion investment in green public schools in the FY27 Budget. 

In response to Mayor Mamdani’s FY2027 Preliminary Budget, ALIGN released the following statement:

ALIGN’s 2026 Cost-of-Living Action Plan Working class New Yorkers are being pushed out of the state, struggling through unrelenting cost-of-living, health, and climate crises.…

In response to new legislation introduced to increase New York City’s minimum wage, Theodore A. Moore, ALIGN Executive Director and leader of the Raise Up NY coalition issued the following statement

On Cyber Monday and as the holiday shopping season ramps up, Theodore A. Moore, ALIGN Executive Director and leader of the New Yorkers for a Fair Economy coalition released the following statement:

The Newsletter for the Movement for Economic, Climate, and Racial Justice The people have spoken: Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City.…

For Immediate Release: November 5, 2025 NYC Election Results are a Mandate for Green Schools, Universal Childcare, and a $30 Minimum Wage NEW YORK, NY – In response to the results of the 2025 NYC general election, Theodore A.…

NY Needs Massive Investment in Clean Energy Infrastructure

Today, ALIGN and the Climate Works for All coalition released a new report titled Green, Healthy Schools: How NYC Can Lead the Nation with Green Jobs, Quality Education, and Thriving Communities.

Since Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, one part of the electorate keeps coming up: the Black vote. Did Mamdani connect with Black voters, how did he win with a new coalition, can he deliver in November, and so on.  But as pundits talk in circles about our votes, rising costs push our friends and neighbors out of the city. According to the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, between 2010 and 2024, the population of Black New Yorkers decreased by 4% or nearly 100,000, while the total city population went up 5% or by 460,464. The main cause? Cost of living. Bread and butter policies like raising the minimum wage and universal child care would curb this exodus and bolster a healthy Black middle class in NYC. Our next mayor must invest in policies that help Black families thrive, so that the New Yorkers who’ve built this city for generations can stay here, too.