By releasing the full draft regulations for New York’s Cap and Invest program and beginning the process of implementation, the Governor and State Legislature can add $3-5 Billion to the State Budget in the face of Federal Cuts, lower costs for New Yorkers, and provide much needed funds to Rochester. Call on Hochul and the State to take action at this link!

New York For All and other bills will safeguard communities

Feb 12: Local Residents, Metro Justice and Unions Speak Out Against RG&E Shut off Crisis and Call Leaders to Act as Shut Offs Triple with Record Profits

BREAKING: RG&E Shut Offs Triple in 2024 to over 13,000; Profits Raise to $122 million

Los inmigrantes son nuestros vecinos:

¡No más deportaciones racistas!

Mientras que la administración racista de Trump envía a ICE a secuestrar a nuestros vecinos inmigrantes, y los líderes locales no hacen nada para detenerlo, la tarea de defender a los inmigrantes recae en la propia comunidad. To read in English, click here.

La administración Trump tardó solo unos días en iniciar arrestos y deportaciones masivas. Las redadas de ICE están destrozando familias en comunidades de clase trabajadora en todo el país. Por orden de un presidente nacionalista blanco cuya agenda es servir a los ricos.

Immigrants are our Neighbors:

No More Racist Deportations!

As the racist Trump administration sends ICE to abduct our immigrant neighbors, and local leaders do nothing to stop it, the job of defending immigrants falls to the community itself. Para leer en español, haga clic aquí.

It only took a few days for the Trump administration to start mass arrests & deportations. ICE raids are tearing families apart in working class communities all over the country. On the orders of a white nationalist President whose agenda is to serve the rich.

The nursing home industry hoped to block the important law (PHL 2828) through litigation. However, like the lawsuit to block the minimum staffing law, the state appellate court has just ruled against them. It is because of advocates including Elder Justice Committee of Metro Justice that these laws were enacted.   

In a win for Rochester’s public power movement, Rochester City Council voted Tuesday night to keep $500,000 in the City budget to lower energy bills for Rochester residents. The flexibility of the resolution allows these funds to be used for a city-led study on replacing RG&E with a public utility. Unlike last year’s resolution, this year’s resolution does not require Monroe County or New York State to lead the study in order for the City to release these funds. 

In a setback for Rochester’s public power movement, the Monroe County Legislature Tuesday rejected a proposed feasibility study to replace Rochester Gas & Electric with a public energy utility. Members of Metro Justice blasted the decision, but vowed to fight on.

Metro Justice and Labor Call on Adam Bello to Support Monroe Residents Over Business-Insider Lobby

Metro Justice and Rochester-area Labor leaders held a press conference Wednesday to announce the re-introduction of legislation for a public utility study in the Monroe County Legislature, and urged County Executive Adam Bello to support it. 

“The introduction of legislation is a critical victory for the effort to bring RG&E in Monroe County under public ownership, so that all county residents benefit from the savings, transparency, and community control that having a public utility entails,” said Mohini Sharma, Organizing Director for Metro Justice.