As a resident of Prince George’s County, standing in solidarity with PG Change Makers, I have been moved by protest against police brutality across the nation and recently outraged by reports of racial bias in Prince George’s County Police Department that resulted in the resignation of our Police Chief. Based on the movement for Black lives, incremental reforms such as adding new training requirements and pieces of equipment have not made us any safer. I am calling for this workgroup to investigate and recommend transformative changes for and reductions to the Prince George’s County Police Department by addressing these local demands to policy changes. Demand#1 Use already existing resources from the PGPD operating budget to create an unarmed division of mental health providers, counselors and healthcare workers; in the Health Department, to respond to mental health calls and non violent calls for service: Programs such as the Oregon CAHOOTS program is a model for health care workers instead of armed government employees to respond to community needs for service. See Mother Jones article explaining the success of the CAHOOTS program https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/06/theres-already-an-alternative-to-calling-the-police/ See also npr interview on the CAHOOTS program https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/874339977/cahoots-how-social-workers-and-police-share-responsibilities-in-eugene-oregon Demand#2 Remove police officers from County Schools: A 2016 study demonstrated that schools with police officers had nearly five times the number of arrests for disorderly conduct as schools without police officers. See http://dignityinschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Resource_Guide-on-CNC-1.pd Demand#3 Institute transparent processes for hiring the chief of police, negotiating police contracts and appointments to the civilian review boards; with community input.https://smlr.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/ciwo_bcg-memo.pdf https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bargaining+for+the+common+good&&view=detail&mid=74BD63E775D215B9493F74BD63E775D215B9493F&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dbargaining%2Bfor%2Bthe%2Bcommon%2Bgood%26FORM%3DHDRSC4 https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bargaining+for+the+common+good&ru=%2fvideos%2fsearch%3fq%3dbargaining%2bfor%2bthe%2bcommon%2bgood%26FORM%3dHDRSC4&view=detail&mid=5089A04862DC086E01565089A04862DC086E0156&&FORM=VDRVSR Demand#4 Require All payments, judgments and fees against the police department comes from the Police Dept operating budget. https://www.aclu-md.org/en/cases/hnlea-v-prince-georges-county Demand#5 Eliminate the use of police in traffic and parking ticket enforcement & noise ordinances: In Germany, uniformed but unarmed city employees handle minor offenses such as parking ticket enforcement and noise ordinance complaints. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/world/europe/germany-police.ht Demand#6 Using the existing resources in the police department operating budget, mandate quarterly mental health assessments for all officers to be conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.michaelshouse.com/blog/trauma-therapy-for-police-officers/

The American people are tired of the terrible behavior of congress and other elected officials who continually betray them. This is a group of ideas in one measure that the people demand to be applied to Congress and all elected officials. This is a group of ideas in one measure that the people demand to be applied to Congress Title: Congressional Reform Act of 2013 1. Congress shall have No Tenure and No Pension other than Social Security the same as the people they work for. 2. Congressman/woman shall only be paid an hourly wage while in office and will receive no pay when they're out of office. There hourly rate will be determined by the voters at each presidential election cycle every four years. They will all receive the same hourly rate. They will be paid only for those hours that they are actually in the halls of congress working for the people. Any work outside of congress will be approved by the voters beforehand. No work, no pay, No deception. They will use a time clock just as most Americans do. If they cheat, it will be considered fraud to the American people and punishable as a criminal offense. 3. Congress (past, present & future) will only participates in Social Security and no other pension plan. They will be treated exactly like the American people they represent with no difference. The purpose is to promote fairness and equality for all. 4. All funds in the Federal retirement fund shall be moved to the Social Security system immediately. There will only be one retirement plan. The account will belong to the people. All future revenues shall be placed into the Social Security system, and Congress shall participate equally and justly with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose. 5. There shall be no cap on the FICA. All income gathering people, rich and common workers shell pay the same rate of FICA at all levels. The deductions will apply to all incomes not stop at a predetermined cap anymore. 6. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans can however this will not exempt them from paying FICA too. They must also contribute to Social Security system. This must apply to every person in America even undocumented aliens who are making an income in the US. 7. Congress shall be prohibited from giving themselves a pay increase. The people will do that in a vote. 8. Congress shall be prohibited from profiting or investing while they are in congress. This would create a conflict of interest making it an unfair advantage. 9. Congress and/or any elected official including the State Governors and/or the President of the US shall not sign any document or agreement subverting their oath and allegiance from the American people to any person elected or not elected. From this day forward, using the example of "Grover Norquist, a non elected person has taken over and controlling large portion of our Congress and other, elected officials"., Henceforth from this day on, any elected official who signs any agreement will be guilty of, and punishable for the criminal offense of Subversion and Treason of their office of the United States of America. 10. No elected official shall serve a term longer than 3 terms total or 10 years total, which ever comes first. Please sign this petition and pass it to everyone on your email list, facebook friends and all social media friends.

The Mueller Report which was released in April of 2019 established that Trump Obstructed Justice on at least 10 occasions. Within one month of taking office, the Merrick Garland DOJ should have filed charges against Trump for Obstruction of Justice and arrested him for those offenses. Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell was Arrested & Convicted for the very same offense of Obstruction of Justice in 1977 and served 19 months in Prison. There's no excuse for Merrick Garland's DOJ failing to hold Trump accountable as well. Garland’s Justice Department failed to reverse one of the most egregious abuses of the William Barr DOJ ... the legal defense of Trump in the defamation suit filed by magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll. Also refusing to release the FULL unredacted Mueller Report to the public detailing Trump’s Obstruction of Justice is an outrage, because tax payers paid for it and has a right to see it. We're supposed to have a government which is "Of the people, for the people and by the people". White House ethics attorney Richard Painter and Claire Finkelstein, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania listed the following as potential crimes Trump committed; (1) Obstructing justice as identified in the Mueller investigation. (2) Bribing and/or extorting Ukraine with military aid to investigate his political opponent Joe Biden and conduct another investigation undermining the Mueller investigation. (3) Coercing cabinet members and other federal employees to engage in partisan political activity in violation of the criminal political coercion provisions of the Hatch Act. (4) Soliciting election fraud in a phone call to the Georgia Secretary of State in November 2020. (5) Criminal sedition in authorizing preparation of the unsigned draft Executive Order dated December 16, 2020 pursuant to which President Trump would have ordered the Secretary of Defense to seize voting machines in certain states to look for evidence of election fraud. (6) Inciting insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. These alleged politically-related crimes are over and above the financial crimes being investigated by the Manhattan DA, who has already indicted the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer. In addition to the above crimes, numerous sources recently revealed that Trump destroyed & removed top secret documents from the White House, violating the Presidential Records Act. Former Federal Prosecutor Glenn Kirschner stated that Failure to Prosecute could be a CRIME in itself... a violation of 18 U.S. Code § 3 "Accessory after the fact". "Whoever, knowing that an offense against the United States has been committed, receives, relieves, comforts or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial or punishment, is an accessory after the fact". Failing to Arrest and Prosecute Trump for his numerous crimes is giving him preferential treatment and proving there's Two (2) Justice Systems in the United States; one where the RICH and POWERFUL are above the law, and another for everyone else. The American people DEMANDS JUSTICE and ACCOUNTABILITY for Trump - NOW. Mr. Garland, do your job and Arrest / Prosecute Trump for his numerous crimes immediately or RESIGN.

August 2024 Support the Child Care Zoning Amendment: Increased Early Education and Care Leads to Healthier Outcomes for Detroit’s Children Dear Detroit City Council: We strongly encourage you to join us, as residents of Detroit, in supporting the Zoning Amendment to reform existing regulations for licensed child care facilities in Detroit. Children deserve safe places to learn and grow while our families work, but there are more than 15,500 children aged 0-5 years old in Detroit with no child care options. Supporting the proposed zoning amendments from the Mayor’s Office of Early Learning will expand the child care supply in Detroit and increase access for our children and families.   High-quality child care is crucial to ensure healthy, thriving families, children, and communities: • Early childhood education sets kids up for successful futures with lasting academic benefits well beyond high school; • Child care enables parents to remain in the labor force, increasing household income, boosting economic productivity, and benefiting their community, while ensuring that infants and toddlers are in a safe and nurturing environment; and; • Availability of child care facilities and services helps communities grow by attracting new residents – especially young families – and businesses whose employees need child care options. Even though child care programs provide an incredible value to our community, they often have to navigate burdensome challenges to open as businesses. The proposed zoning ordinance would make changes to eliminate unnecessary administrative burdens and fees for home-based providers, align Detroit zoning regulations for child care to similar business entities, and facilitate greater community collaboration for child care options to expand in a given community. To address Detroit’s severe and unmet need for child care, the proposed zoning amendment includes the following reforms: • Aligns child care zoning permissions more closely with schools, religious institutions, recreation centers, and other neighborhood civic organizations, allowing for child care facilities in more residential- and recreational-zoned areas. • Allows more residents to establish home-based day cares in additional zoning districts. • Eliminates unnecessary land use public hearings and fees for higher-capacity home-based day cares in residential districts. Despite the City’s never denying this type of zoning appeal, child care providers must pay more than $1,000 for the hearing. • Prohibits home-based day cares in apartments and other multi-family dwellings. • Requires spacing between day cares to prevent their over-proliferation in any one location. • Requires notice be sent to neighbors of child care facilities, including contact information for state and local regulatory agencies. Municipalities across Michigan are recognizing the importance of providing nurturing and safe options for their youngest residents by leaning on similar changes to expand their supply of child care for families.  We strongly urge you to help the local economy, families, and children by voting in favor of the child care zoning changes.  Sincerely, Your Community Members

This Urgent Action must happen before this Legislative Session ends! Worse outages and price gouging are planned for this summer! URGENT! Petition must go viral because it is VITAL to ALL Texans. To Texas Legislators: Do not allow the energy suppliers of the Texas utility grid ERCOT to keep the over $55 billion  which they should not ever be allowed to charge Texans on the state utility grid ERCOT  in the first place.   That happened during the week of Winter Storm Uri of Feb 2021.  That was more than all of these Texas electric utilities were charged in total for all energy supplies for the past four years, according to former ECROT board member, Clifton Kanrei quoted in a report by Green Tech Media March 1 2021 " Texas Crisis Drives First Nonprofit Utility Bankruptcy, With More Fallout Expected" by Jeff St. John Texas Legislators must write the following into SB2142, pass it this session and the governor must APPROVE: SB 2142 Bill Title: Relating to correcting the prices of wholesale power and ancillary services sold in the ERCOT market during a certain period.https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02142I.htm https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02142I.htm 1. Reverse Completely for the entire week of the Winter Storm Uri Unjust Public Utility Commission  Emergency Energy Price Order 51617 https://www.puc.texas.gov/51617WinterERCOTOrder.pdfand nullify the unjust laws creating the emergency energy price cap of $9,000 per MWhr (the average price is $21 per MWhr) that are cited in the order. 2.  Texas Legislature must not transfer energy emergency price approval or reversal decisions to ERCOT for the future instead of by elected legislators; that language in SB 2142 must be removed.  3.  Add to SB 2142 language stating that TRE must be re-hired and mandate ERCOT following their recommendations and   using available funds and being connected to the national grids. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Reliability_Entity and https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Abbott-appointees-made-astonishing-cuts-to-15963686.php  4. Investigate and apply enforcement and fines for not honoring their Texas Oaths of Public Office  if the ERCOT board actually refused to bring online available energy supplies and thus falsely claimed how short they were before the PUC emergency price was orderedhttps://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2021/02/17/601587.htm Also  investigate ERCOT Directors actions of paying out the emergency charges to the energy suppliers prior to the end of this legislative session for legislature approval or reversal of the emergency energy order.  Also if any members of  ERCOT or the PUC  were and are acting as lobbyists for the energy supply investors as is evident in the phone call you can listen to online at: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/wall-street-profited-off-texas-blackouts/ 5. Immediately use available funds to adequately prepare and increase energy supply capacity of the Texas energy grid ERCOT using extreme weather ready green energy as much as possible and not using Nuclear energy because Texas is short on water needed for cooling to avoid meltdown.

No one has been able to explain why young men and women serve in the U.S. Military for 20 years, risking their lives protecting freedom, and only get 50% of their pay. At the same time, politicians hold their political positions in the safe confines of the capital, protected by these same men and women, and receive full pay retirement after serving one term. It just does not make any sense. Recently, it was learned that the staffers of Congress family members are exempt from having to pay back student loans. Governors of 35 states have filed suit against the Federal Government for imposing unlawful burdens upon them. It only takes 38 (of the 50) States to convene a Constitutional Convention. For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform ... in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn't seem logical. We do not have an elite that is above the law. The self-serving must stop. Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ." The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure. Proposed Congressional Reform Act of 2011 1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when out of office. 2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose. 3. Congressmen can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do. 4. Congress will no longer vote itself a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. 5. Congress loses its current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people. 6. Congress must equally abide by all laws it imposes on the American people. 7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

Part A: Please help me by signing my petition To: Elected Officials in the State of Ohio. We, the citizens of Ohio, are opposed to the outrageous and unjust traffic fines imposed as "civil remedial fees" in the Village of Brice, Ohio for the following reasons: 1. The fines inflict a punishment on drivers that is disproportionate to the degree of the offense they committed. 2. The fines are mandatory, and judges are given no discretion in sentencing. 3. The language of the Clerk of Courts states that the 25 MPH speed limit is for safety, but in reality, can be seen that it is only for the purposes of "generate revenue" and hence the fines have nothing to do with traffic safety. 4. The Police Chief, Delano Bauchmoyer and Mayor holds Mayors court every Tuesday’s at late hours that are unreasonable, forcing people who get tickets to pay the fee instead of being able to challenge the ticket in normal business hours. 5. The speed limit is 25 MPH throughout the entire village. They say its for the Public safety but the streets coming into town are anywhere from 35 MPH from the Westside of the village to 50 MPH coming from the Southside of the village. There are no sidewalks to make you think people would walk down the street. 6. In order to generate additional revenue, The village keeps the speed limit low which can be unreasonable, because the speed limits on the outside of the village are considesability higher. This will unnecessarily increase the offender's insurance rates for a time frame that is incongruent with the degree of the offense. 7. Village of Brice is a well know speed trap list on many websites as suggested on websites and Channel 4 WCMH news in Columbus, Ohio. We, the undersigned, demand the immediate closure of the village of Brice like the village of New Rome into the local township of Truro. We will not vote for any state Delegate or State Senator who voted against closing down the speed trap in the Village of Brice, or for any Delegate or Senator who does not take action to repeal the sections of the Village of Brice that inflict these exorbitant and unjust penalties. Part B: Ohio: Speed Trap Village Runs Illegal Court Brice, Ohio has canceled court hearings over concern the speed trap village violated the law. The mayor of Brice, Ohio has canceled mayor's court hearings until further notice after lawmakers insisted that the village was in violation of a 2003 statute designed to prevent speed traps. In Ohio, 333 towns use mayor's courts to process traffic tickets and minor infractions with the mayor able both to decide guilt or innocence in individual cases and to decide how to spend the fine money that is collected. Ohio's top ten most successful mayors together brought in $2.3 million for their budget in 2004 with this system. Louisiana is the only other state to use mayor's courts. Brice raised 40 percent of the village budget by issuing tickets at a rate of 7.6 citations per resident. Ohio law says that no village of less than 100 residents, as defined by U.S. census figures, may operate a mayor's court. Brice has 70 residents. Lawmakers are now considering raising the minimum figure. Lets bring this to an peaceful end like we did the Village of New Rome, Ohio.

To Gwinnett County Sheriff Keybo Taylor: We, the undersigned, join to demand Sheriff Keybo Taylor and the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) to cease cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), except where absolutely and clearly required by existing law. The fear and heartbreak in our communities caused by such practices cannot be ignored, and are manifested, among many places, in the severe drop in enrollment in Gwinnett County Public Schools. The brutality of ICE in Minneapolis, most tragically manifested in the killings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, has only further exacerbated these fears – as well as highlighted the life-and-death need for change. Thus, we demand that you: • refrain from signing, any 287(g) agreement and refuse to enter into any similar agreement – none of which is required by state law; • refuse to respond to requests by ICE for assistance for any operation – which are not required by law – including refusing to assist with any ICE administrative/non-judicial warrants or subpoenas; • refuse to request assistance from ICE and/or “deputize” them to act under cover of state law; • comply with mandatory requirements of O.C.G.A. § 17-5-100, regarding investigation of immigration status during any criminal investigation, without contacting ICE or DHS, detaining a person suspected of unlawful status, or transporting such a suspected person to a federal or state detention facility – none of which our state law requires; • comply with only the minimum requirements of O.C.G.A. § 42-4-14, regarding verification of lawful admission of persons confined in a jail facility, by: • contacting the Law Enforcement Support Center only if required (and, in any given such case, is once and only once: if a person “fails to produce a document required by this subsection, or verification of the authenticity of any such document is necessary”); • limiting HB 1105-required ICE detainer requests to 48 hours upon receipt of such a request; and • refusing to detain, arrest, or transport a jailed person to a detention facility, despite verification that any such person is does not have lawful status – none of which, again, is actually required by state law; • remove face coverings when conducting any mandated immigration actions; • avoid conducting any immigration-related enforcement actions at or near “sensitive spaces,” including, but not limited to schools, school bus stops, healthcare facilities, places of worship, or public gatherings; • commit to upholding the First, Second and Fourth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution if engaging in mandatory cooperation with ICE during targeted enforcement; and • be accountable to the community sworn to protect by reporting transparently the facts after immigration enforcement actions via public statement, announcement and/or press conference with interpreters in Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, and other languages as appropriate. ----- To the Gwinnett County Commissioners: We demand that you scrutinize the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office to ensure that Gwinnett County government does not provide county funding for GCSO, unless and until it takes each of the above-mentioned actions. ----- To the Gwinnett County Board of Education: We demand that you refrain from cooperation with, or providing any information to the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office, except that which is required by law, unless and until it takes the above-mentioned actions. Respectfully, Prepared by Marvin Lim

Dear Col. Hitchens:  We, the undersigned, join to demand the Georgia Department of Public Safety cease cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The fear and heartbreak in our communities caused by such practices cannot be ignored, and are manifested, among many places, in the severe drop in enrollment in many of our schools. The brutality of ICE in Minneapolis, most tragically manifested in the killings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, has only further exacerbated these fears – as well as highlighted the life-and-death need for change. Thus, we demand that you: • withdraw from any 287(g) agreement and refuse to enter into any such or similar agreement in the future, including ceasing to exercise any power or authority contained in its current agreement, such as (but not limited to) the following: • to interrogate any alien or person believed to be an alien as to his right to be or remain in the United States; • to arrest without a warrant any alien perceived to be entering or attempting to unlawfully enter the United States in the officer’s presence or view; • to serve and execute warrants of arrest for immigration violations under the Immigration and Naturalization Act; • to use immigration detainers;  • to take and maintain custody of aliens arrested by ICE, or another State or local law enforcement agency on behalf of ICE;  • to take and maintain custody of aliens arrested pursuant to the immigration laws and transport (8 C.F.R. § 287.5(c)(6)) such aliens to ICE-approved detention facilities. • cease and further limit cooperation with ICE, by: • refusing to respond to requests by ICE for assistance for any operation, including refusing to assist with any ICE administrative (non-judicial) warrants or subpoenas and refusing to cooperate in the execution of any CE detainer request – none of which is required by state law; • refusing to request from ICE and/or “deputizing” them to act under cover of state law; • complying with mandatory requirements of O.C.G.A. § 17-5-100, regarding investigation of immigration status during any criminal investigation, without contacting ICE or DHS, detaining a person suspected of unlawful status, or transporting such a suspected person to a federal or state detention facility – none of which our state law requires; • ceasing to contact ICE’s Law Enforcement Support Center for any reason, which state law enforcement are not required to do; • refusing to detain, arrest, or transport any jailed person to a detention facility, despite verification that any such person is does not have lawful status – none of which, again, is actually required by state law. • remove face coverings when conducting any immigration actions; • avoid conducting any immigration-related enforcement actions at or near “sensitive spaces,” including, but not limited to schools, school bus stops, healthcare facilities, places of worship, or public gatherings; • commit to upholding the First, Second and Fourth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution if engaging in mandatory cooperation with ICE during targeted enforcement; and • be accountable to the community sworn to protect by reporting transparently the facts after immigration enforcement actions via public statement, announcement and/or press conference with interpreters in Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, and other languages as appropriate. Respectfully, [Prepared by Marvin Lim]

We are writing as concerned shareholders of a Mitchell-Lama cooperative at Rochdale Village in Jamaica, Queens to urge you to take immediate action to prevent an unfair financial burden from being placed on Rochdale's residents due to a proposed Carrying charge increase. The lowest increase being 22.3% starting as soon as April 2025, and then another 4.5% in 2026. The highest increase is 34.7% starting April 2025, and then another 5% in 2026.  Shareholders are now being forced to shoulder a debt caused by the mismanagement of funds by Summit Management Company, and this increase is not only unjust but also unsustainable for many of us. As you are aware, Mitchell-Lama housing was established to provide affordable housing to working-class New Yorkers, but the ongoing mismanagement and financial instability threaten that very mission. The responsibility for resolving these financial missteps should not fall on the residents, many of whom are already struggling due to the economic impacts of COVID-19. Shareholders who fell behind on their carrying charges due to the pandemic should not be penalized further by rent hikes that they simply cannot afford. We urge you to intervene and work toward a solution that does not place the financial burden on the shareholders. NYC officials must take responsibility and provide relief for those in arrears due to COVID-19 while holding accountable those responsible for financial mismanagement. Additionally, increased oversight of management companies handling Rochdale Village is necessary to prevent future financial mismanagement. We are asking for your leadership in ensuring that Rochdale Village remains an affordable housing option for those who need it most. We know that as the highest elected public officials in NY State that you have used your power to pass legislation to provide $80 million in NY State funding to Mitchell-Lama housing cooperatives in their time of need, in New York's 2024-25 Fiscal Year Budget. (https://nyassembly.gov/Press/?sec=story&story=110102) But we also know that since this funding was passed as part of the New York State budget on April 20, 2024, to our knowledge, not one dollar of aid has been provided to any of NY's Mitchell-Lama Cooperatives that this funding was intended to help. Even Coop City which was publicly promised $51 million in direct state aid has not yet received this aid (https://assembly.state.ny.us/Press/?sec=story&story=110377). We are appealing to you as N.Y. State leaders to take whatever actions are necessary to make sure that these taxpayer funds actually get provided to your largest Mitchell-Lama cooperatives to prevent them from solving their financial burdens on the backs of the very working class New Yorkers that built and supported these communities over many decades. These funds are URGENTLY NEEDED and we are the very people this program was created to help in the first place. Please keep your promises to fight for truly affordable housing in NYC and throughout our great state. Below you will find an explanation of what we know about the financial crisis that our Cooperative is currently facing, which will further explain the need for urgent action by NY State: