New Yorkers in every city council district use our city’s vital public resources, from libraries to parks to schools to arts programs to elder care and workforce development. But these resources are under attack from a mayor determined to cut corners and slash essential services. We have a different vision: one where every part of our city, every district, and every block, is a nurturing, stable home for all of its residents. Join us in fighting for a People’s Budget that prioritizes #CareNotCuts!
The People’s Budget is a coalition working towards a collective vision for a City that provides dignity, care, and justice for all New Yorkers, and fighting against the Mayor’s austerity agenda and for a budget that provides #CareNotCuts for the working class and people of color.
FY24 People’s Budget Core Demands
- No cuts to school budgets. Restore funding and staff lost due to Mayor Adams’ prior budget cuts. Invest in student mental health, community schools, and restorative justice programs.
- No cuts to CUNY. Restore funding, faculty, and staff lost due to Mayor Adams’ prior budget cuts. Increase funding for advisors, ASAP, and MetroCard access for student support and retention.
- No cuts to libraries. Restore funding cut by Mayor Adams’ prior budget cuts.
- No cuts to adult literacy programs. Restore and baseline funding to keep programs whole and invest in greater resources, services, and supports for adult literacy students.
- No cuts to 3K. Recommit to universal 3K. Fulfill salary parity for the early childhood workforce.
- No cuts to the provision of social services, such as housing services and health or mental health services. Invest in social safety net and housing solutions for low-income New Yorkers.
- Reduce the NYPD’s bloated budget. Cut vacant school police positions. Remove police from mental health, drug use, and homelessness response. Invest in community safety solutions.
- Reduce DOC’s bloated budget. Invest in supportive housing and alternatives to incarceration.
Here’s how you can support a #PeoplesBudget:
Everyone
- Email the Mayor and your City Council Member to demand #CareNotCuts at a minimum for this fiscal year 2024 budget! (Note: we need hundreds, no, THOUSANDS of these emails going to the council over the next few months!)
- Join in on upcoming events to testify at hearings, do outreach to fellow New Yorkers, birddog Mayor Adams, and outreach to Council Members
Elected Officials
- We need your support! Express your support for #CareNotCuts and #PeoplesBudget by putting out a statement, a tweet, or a post.
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) to have organizers from the People’s Budget campaign come talk to your constituents to get more information on the city budget and how to get involved.
Organizations
- Get involved in our campaign and become a member organization of our coalition! Join here.
- Send out our email tool to your membership to encourage members to take action and email their elected officials!
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) to host events or actions with us.
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) to have organizers from the People’s Budget campaign come talk to your group to get more information on the city budget and how to get involved.
Parents
- Talk to other parents, parent groups, and people who are part of your school communities and encourage them to take action and email their elected officials!
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) if you can organize more parents to do outreach during school drop-off or pick up or otherwise.
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) if you are willing to talk to reporters about how cuts or lack of resources are impacting your school.
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) to have organizers from the People’s Budget campaign come talk to your parent group to get more information on the city budget and how to get involved.
Students
- Talk to other students, student groups, and people in your school communities to encourage them take action and email their elected officials!
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) if you can organize more students to take action (e.g. go to rallies, organize school walk outs, or talk to reporters about how cuts or lack of resources are impacting your school).
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) to have organizers from the People’s Budget campaign come talk to your student group to get more information on the city budget and how to get involved.
Educators
- Talk to other educators, educator groups, and people in your school communities to encourage them take action and email their elected officials!
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) if you can organize more educators to take action (e.g. go to rallies, organize actions, or talk to reporters about how cuts or lack of resources are impacting your school).
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) to have organizers from the People’s Budget campaign come talk to your educator group to get more information on the city budget and how to get involved.
Faith-based leaders
- Talk to other faith leaders, faith-based groups, and people in your faith communities to encourage them to take action and email their elected officials!
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) if you can organize more faith leaders to take action (e.g. go to rallies, organize actions, or talk to reporters about how cuts or lack of resources are impacting your community).
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) to have organizers from the People’s Budget campaign come talk to your faith group to get more information on the city budget and how to get involved.
Librarians
- Talk to other librarians, library advocacy groups, and people in your library communities to encourage them to take action and email their elected officials!
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) if you can organize more librarians or library communities to take action (e.g. go to rallies, organize actions, or talk to reporters about how cuts or lack of resources are impacting your community).
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) to have organizers from the People’s Budget campaign come talk to your library advocacy group to get more information on the city budget and how to get involved.
Artists
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) if you can help with signs and visuals for the campaign: public education, art for rallies and actions, art-centered resistance and actions
- Contact us (info@peoplesplan.nyc) to have organizers from the People’s Budget campaign come talk to your art & advocacy group to get more information on the city budget and how to get involved.