Citizens to Converge on Albany for Reform NY Day 2007

Governor Spitzer Will Make Key Note Address-The Public is Welcome: Sign up Today

NEW YORK, NY (04/16/2007)(readMedia)-- Dozens of organizations from Buffalo to Long Island are organizing a statewide day of action in Albany entitled "Reform NY Day 2007." The event will take place on Monday, April 23, 2007 at the Hart Lounge in the Egg Theater in the Empire State Plaza in Albany, NY.

FREE buses will be leaving from Rochester, Syracuse, Westchester County and New York City to take participants to Albany. To get a spot on the bus, call 1-800-300-8707 or sign up online at www.commoncause.org/reformnyday

The event will begin at 11 a.m. with a rally on the west side of the State Capitol. At 11:45 a.m., activists will move to the Hart Lounge for refreshments and a welcome. At NOON, Governor Eliot Spitzer will give a keynote address with his plans for reforming New York.

The afternoon will consist of a luncheon wherein legislators are invited to come and meet their constituents and a "People's Hearing" on the issues of campaign finance reform, redistricting and legislative rules and government transparency where legislative leaders and policy makers have been invited to address the audience.

The event is free and open to the public and includes breakfast and lunch at the Hart Lounge in the Egg Theater at the Empire State Plaza in Albany.

The Reform New York Coalition includes the following groups:

Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Business and Professional Women of New York State, Citizen Action of New York, Citizens for Better Government in New York, Citizens Union, Common Cause/ NY, Coro New York Leadership Center, Democracy for the Hudson-Mohawk Region, Democracy Matters, Demos - A Network for Ideas and Action, Environmental Advocates of New York, Hunger Action Network of New York State, League of Women Voters of New York State, League of Women Voters of the City Of New York, League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, League of Women Voters of Westchester, New York Civic, New York Public Interest Research Group, People for the American Way, Plainville Farms, Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association, The Interfaith Alliance of Rochester, Voter Enfranchisement Project, Women's City Club of New York

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