Restore Opportunity Now (RON) Campaign Updates

Restore Opportunity Now (RON) Campaign Updates  

As you may know, NYCON is supporting and participating in the Restore Opportunity Now campaign.  

Restore Opportunity Now is a statewide effort calling for crucial investments and systemic changes to strengthen New York's nonprofit human services sector. From streamlining and legitimizing state contracting so that it is in line with fair federal rules, to revisiting existing contracts amid state-wide wage increases, there are plenty of mutually beneficial ways the state can continue to help the nonprofit community positively impact quality of life for all New Yorkers.

The proposed  Executive Budget, while acknowledging the importance of human services, unfortunately provided little in the way of strengthening the organizations and the sector responsible for lifting families out of poverty. 

If you haven't already, we encourage those who support these goals to maximize our voices by joining the more than 340 organizations in the campaign. Click here. 

We also encourage you to inform your board about the Restore Opportunity Now Campaign and ask them to send their own letter to Governor Cuomo in support of the initiative (also send a copy to restoreopportunity@gmail.com for a bulk re-delivery to the Governor). Please see sample language here.

Questions about this campaign? Contact Peter McCarthy, Policy Associate at NYCON at 1 (800) 515-5012.

Help Restore Opportunity
NOW: TAKE ACTION

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Attend An Upcoming
Press Conference

Consider attending one of these press conferences calling on the Governor and the Legislature to take action!

Syracuse, 1/25 at 12PM 

Southwest Community Center
401 South Ave., Syracuse.
RSVP to Loretta Zolkowski at

lzolkowski@hslccny.org

Albany, 1/31 at 11AM
Capital Building (likely stairs outside Senate Chambers.) RSVP to Mallory Nugent at restoreopportunity@gmail.com

NYC, 2/1 at 1PM
Ivan Shapiro House at
459 West 46th Street.
Please RSVP to Nicole Bramstedt  at nbramstedt@urbanpathways.org.

Binghamton, 2/1 at 1PM 

Southern Tier Independence Center, 135 East Frederick St., Binghamton- RSVP to Maria Dibble at  mdibble@stic-cil.org