Childcare Advocacy Day 2025

January 28, 2025 | Albany, NY

Join the Empire State Campaign for Child Care at the New York State Capitol to show that New York's children, families, and the child care educators they rely on deserve to be a top priority in this year's state budget!

Transportation
‍There is street parking (limited, and by meter) available. Parking also is available, for a fee, under the Empire State Plaza, and in garages behind the Renaissance Hotel on Howard St and on Eagle St. If anyone is in need of transportation to or from The Capital, please respond back to me directly by email no later than end of day on Tuesday January 21 so I can plan accordingly.

Please enter from the State Street side, and once you have passed security, I will be there waiting in the vestibule just behind the security post.

Program Rundown
‍10:00 am: Meet inside State St. entrance
10:20 am: Head to The Well inside Legislative Office Building (LOB) for sign-in
11:00 am: First lobby visit with Assemblymember Phil Steck
11:45 am: Second lobby visit with TBD
12:15 pm: Lunch back at The Well
1:00 pm: Rally at The Well with community speakers, elected officials
2:00 pm: End of program

Registration

‍Lobby Training
‍We have 2 dates currently available for training on how to effectively lobby your elected officials. They are Wednesday January 22 at 6:00 pm and Monday January 27 at 6:00 pm. Email me directly to register if you are interested and let me know which date you can do. ehernandez@citizenactionny.org

Outreach
‍We will be coming together to phonebank in support of this event on Tuesday January 21 at 5:30 pm at the Albany Social Justice Center.
Register here: Dialing for Democracy Tuesday‍