Carroll Gardens Association: No Sleep Until Citizenship!

Press release from Carroll Gardens Association:

Oct 8

This week has already been full of action as we are in a critical moment fighting for citizenship for immigrants and expanding funding for excluded workers. On Tuesday we joined a rally calling on Governor Hochul to put more money into the Excluded Worker's Fund and today joined partners to kick off a week of action (including a four day sleep out!) demanding that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer keep his promises of including a pathway to citizenship in the budget reconciliation process. Check out some of the media coverage below.

Immigrants begin ‘#NoSleepTilCitizenship’ at Schumer’s home

Protestors Sleep Outside of Schumer’s Home Demanding Pathway to Citizenship

Since opening in August, more than 335,000 people have applied for the Excluded Workers Fund, and thousands more apply each day. Our organizing team sees firsthand the demand continue each day as we support domestic workers, delivery drivers, and construction workers apply. With the funds almost exhausted we call on Governor Hochul to sustain the fund to ensure that every excluded worker receives support.

This press release was produced by Carroll Gardens Association. The views expressed here are the author’s own.