In February, a crowd of more than 500 people, including Rep. Paul Tonko (D-Amsterdam) and representatives of local labor unions, gathered for at the New York State Capitol for one of 50 nationwide rallies held in support of Wisconsin’s state-worker unions
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In October, UAlbany students and educators participated in the statewide SUNY Walkout/Teach-In to protest tuition hikes and program cuts
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Anti-hydrofracking activists rallied in Binghamton in the run up to Department of Environmental Conservation hearings
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In October, local activists rallied to save Albany’s SNUG anti-gun program



