NEW YORK — Last week, Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, outrageously claimed that American seniors who receive Social Security benefits would not complain if the Administration didn’t send out checks for a month. Those who made noise about missing benefits, the billionaire former Wall Street executive asserted, were ‘fraudsters’ abusing the system.

PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK — This past Saturday, in the absence of any in-person opportunities to communicate directly with Congressman Mike Lawler, some 500 frustrated New Yorkers gathered in New York’s 17th congressional district for an empty-chair town hall. Over 200 attendees, unable to get into the packed Peekskill venue, held a spontaneous rally on the sidewalk outside.

NEW YORK — President Trump has just signed an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take "all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education.” This comes after the Department of Education fired over 1,300 employees just last week.

HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK — Today, over 100 residents of New York’s 1st Congressional District gathered for a rally outside Congressman Nick LaLota’s district office in Hauppauge, NY, demanding that their representative finally hold an in-person town hall meeting and face the constituents he swore to represent.

TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK — Over the weekend, around 500 Tarrytown residents gathered for a rally in Patriot’s Park, speaking out against recent efforts by Congressional Republicans to potentially gut federal healthcare programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

NEW YORK — Yesterday, the Trump Administration sent out a “reduction in force” notice to members of the Department of Education, eliminating nearly half the department in a single swoop. This drastic action follows weeks of chaotic cuts to various government agencies and departments by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

NEW YORK — House Republicans just passed a continuing resolution to extend government funding through September 30th, the end of the current fiscal year. While Republicans have tried branding the bill as a ‘clean’ extension of existing funding levels, the resolution cuts $13 billion in funding for nondefense programs and services.

NEW YORK — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has released its report on the recently-passed Republican budget resolution, finding that the $1.5 trillion in cuts that the plan calls for are impossible to achieve without making cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

NEW YORK — Today, President Trump gave up on his purported ‘negotiations’ with Canada and Mexico, putting in place 25% tariffs on all imported goods entering the United States from our two largest trading partners.

NEW YORK — Last night, Representative Mike Lawler joined his Republican colleagues in voting for the House GOP budget plan.

NEW YORK — Yesterday, the Republican-led House Rules Committee voted to advance the GOP budget resolution, sending it to a vote on the House floor as early as tonight.

NEW YORK — This week, the newly created Department of Government Efficiency—which is not an official department—set about dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

NEW YORK — Today, President Trump signed an executive order putting in place a slew of tariffs on imported goods entering the United States from Canada, Mexico, and China—our three largest trading partners.

PEARL RIVER, NEW YORK — Today, Empire State Voices, Indivisible Westchester, and Healthcare Education Project held a rally outside Representative Mike Lawler’s office in Pearl River, demanding answers following his silence amidst the chaos and confusion of the past week.

HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK — Yesterday, Empire State Voices, Long Island Progressive Coalition, and The Corridor Counts held a community forum in the Kennedy Park Meeting Room in Hempstead to discuss the threat posed by President Trump’s economic agenda of sweeping tariffs and tax cuts for the wealthy.

NEW YORK — Yesterday, President Trump announced that he would be freezing all federal grants and loans beginning at 5 pm today, Tuesday, January 28th.

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK — This Saturday, as Syracuse fans arrived at the JMA Dome, they were greeted by a large mobile billboard from Empire State Voices, warning of the dangers of President Trump’s proposed tariffs.

NEW YORK — House Republicans have announced plans to tie disaster relief funds for the California wildfires to a reconciliation bill that will include the majority of President Trump’s second term agenda.

BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK — Yesterday, Empire State Voices and Citizen Action of New York held a community forum at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Binghamton to discuss the threat posed by President-elect Trump’s economic agenda of sweeping tariffs and tax cuts for the wealthy.

NEW YORK — Following demands by President-elect Donald Trump on his social media site, Truth Social, Republicans in the House of Representatives have scrapped their own bipartisan plan to fund the federal government through March of next year.