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QUICK CORNER
AT A GLANCE:
- Show Me the Money,
- Free Meals,
- 7 Ways to Act Up Now,
- Letter to the Mayor: More Space for Humans,
- You Count,
- NY Presidential Primary Updates,
- 5/7 Virtual Club Membership Meeting
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SHOW ME THE MONEY!
STIMULUS PAYMENT
The federal government recently began distributing stimulus funds. Visit the secure IRS website where you can share your personal information and receive an update on the status of your stimulus check. https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
The New York State Department of Labor has begun new procedures to speed up the applications for unemployment insurance. If your application has still not been processed, please contact the office of NYS Senator Brad Hoylman for assistance: (212) 633-8052 or Hoylman@NYSenate.gov
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FREE MEALS
During the COVID-19 crisis, NYC is taking steps to ensure all of us have the food we need. The GetFoodNYC Initiative connects New Yorkers with multiple ways to get food—through food pantries, soup kitchens, and Department of Education grab-and-go locations. Learn more by visiting www.NYC.gov/GetFood
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ACT UP!
Want to feel like you are part of a community of activists during hibernation mode?
Below are some actions you can take from your home. Sierra Club and Swing Left offer virtual trainings, events, and parties!
VOTER TURNOUT
1) CALL with Sierra Club
Over the next month, Sierra Club needs help in reaching out to those who have signed up to volunteer for their voter contact program.
www.sc.org/callteamshifts
2) LETTER WRITING with Sierra Club
The goal is to send one million letters to critical voters in battleground states before November 3rd.
www.sc.org/gotv
3) TEXTING with Sierra Club
Help them text 7.5 million voters by joining their text team.
http://sc.org/textteam
4) TEXTING with the DNC
Text voters in swing states! Win the White House! Take back the Senate! Keep the House!
https://events.democrats.org
5) LETTER WRITING with Swing Left
They host letter-writing parties four times a week over Zoom. Just sign up for a vote forward account and you can print voter letters from home. If you’re looking for a way to make a big impact with other people on key elections, or just something different to do for an hour or two, RSVP for a virtual letter-writing party. Click HERE!
CENSUS: MAKING NY COUNT
1) TEXTING with the Census
Click HERE to join the citywide "Text Out The Count" campaign and encourage your fellow New Yorkers to fill out the census. Shifts are offered daily. Using the peer-to-peer texting tool, Hustle, you will be able to reach hundreds of New Yorkers within minutes with a text encouraging them to fill out the census and providing the link to the Census Bureau’s self-response website.
2) SUPPORTING your Neighborhood Organizing Census Committee
Canvass, phonebank, and text with your community to ensure that everyone is counted. Click HERE!
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LETTER TO THE MAYOR: MORE SPACE FOR HUMANS
The Executive Committee of Hell's Kitchen Democrats joined many other transit experts, activists, residential and community groups this week calling for Mayor de Blasio to close neighborhood streets to traffic, giving more space for cyclists and pedestrians.
Speaker Corey Johnson introduced a bill on April 22 to close 75 miles of asphalt within the City. Many other cities including Boston, Minneapolis, and Oakland have introduced similar plans. Creating this space will relieve pressure on crowded parks and sidewalks, and allow people to get exercise while maintaining social distancing.
Read our letter HERE.
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YOU COUNT!
Complete your census online right now by clicking HERE! This U.S. Census website includes:
- The online questionnaire
- Language support
- Census ID info
- FAQs
- And more!
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Tuesday, April 28th was supposed to be our NYS Presidential Primary–our opportunity to cast a vote for a Democrat for President. It would’ve felt good to do that in these days when the orange menace is proving time and time again he’s not fit to be leader of this country.
But Covid-19 is keeping us indoors, and the April 28th primary has been postponed.
Not to worry!
We will have opportunities to vote soon. We’re working to find ways to make it easier. There will be a roll-out of the Governor’s efforts to expand easier access to ballots. There are plans being finalized to make sure we offer early voting, and still figuring out how to allow voters to vote in-person on June 23rd.
Vote from home if you can.
There will be some announcements in the coming weeks to implement plans for voting by mail. As those details get worked out, keep your eyes open for announcements from us!
Your voice will still matter whenever we get the chance to cast our votes!
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VIRTUAL CLUB MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Topics will include:
- The latest info on absentee and postal voting in New York State
- Unemployment and local business information
- The 2020 Census
- And more!
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