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LPNY State Download ❄ | Progressive Governance Academy in MA, update on new voting machines & more! | December 2023
This edition of the Local Progress New York newsletter covers our end-of-session legislative push and budget roundup!
- Economic Justice
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Gig Worker Protections Find Testing Ground in NYC, Seattle
Delivery drivers and others in the app economy made major labor strides in 2023. LP's LiJia Gong explains why continued local efforts to protect gig workers are so critical.
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Our 2023 Year in Review
What we do at the local level matters – now more than ever. That’s why Local Progress & the Local Progress Impact Lab are proud to share the impact of our work from this past year in this Year in Review.
- Economic Justice, Home Rule
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Newly Proposed Federal Rule Change Would Enable Local Governments to Further Invest in Good Jobs for their Communities
This week, nearly 40 local elected officials across the country showed their support for the newly proposed federal rule change in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget.
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📬 The Network Download: Centering Black workers, eliminating parking minimums, new resources & more! | November 2023
Check out what the LP network has been up to this month!
- Abortion & Reproductive Rights
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Dozens of Local Electeds in Texas Sign Amicus Brief in Support of Reproductive Rights
LPTX members are speaking out in support of patients and physicians in Texas to demand clarity around the state's "medical emergency" exception to the abortion ban.
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Federal Advocacy Roundup | November 2023
Welcome back to the November edition of the Federal Advocacy Round Up, where every few weeks we distill what’s happening at the federal level, how it’ll impact localities, and what you can do to influence change.
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Local Progress joins 100 tenants in DC at Homes Guarantee’s Tenant Takeover
Local Progress joined over 100 tenants at Homes Guarantee's Tenant Takeover to urge the federal government for vital tenant protections.
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GET EXCITED! LP’s 2024 National Convening in Oakland, CA on July 25-27!
That’s right – #LP2024 is happening!
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Ady Barkan Turned Dying Into an Act of Love
Former Executive Director of Local Progress Sarah Johnson and NYC Comptroller and LPNY Member Brad Lander reflect on the heartbreaking loss of Ady Barkan and his inspiring fight to make this world a better place.
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Remembering Ady Barkan
Today, we are celebrating the incredible life and mourning the heartbreaking loss of our friend and leader, Ady Barkan.
- Home Rule
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Spotlight On: Communities Rising Up Against Corporate-Driven State Bans
Check out this spotlight by our partners PowerSwitch Action on how communities and local leaders are exposing the corporations interfering in our freedom to care for one another.
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In The News
At Local Progress, we seek to make the aspirational pragmatic by showing how government can be a tool to create just and equitable outcomes and reshaping peoples’ understanding of governing from an institution to a collective responsibility. Here are some highlights of our media coverage:
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Cities lead bans on algorithmic rent hikes as states lag behind
Minneapolis on Thursday has become the fourth U.S. city to ban algorithmic rental price-fixing software, joining San Francisco, Philadelphia and Berkeley, California, in a growing wave of legislation aimed to protect renters from rental price-gouging.
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Portland City Council weighs ban on using algorithms to set rents
Portland, Oregon could soon be the next city to ban rental price fixing!
- Immigrant Justice
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Hundreds of State Officials Oppose Anti-Sanctuary City Act
Nearly 400 state and local electeds nationwide sent a letter to Congress today urging them to vote NO on HR 32 – a dangerous bill that would strip our communities of essential funding simply for undertaking reasonable policies that make all of us safer.
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Social Housing Emerging in Cities Needs Local Govt Support
Local Progress founding board chair Nick Licata makes the case for local governments to support social housing.
press Releases
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