Ethan Gormley
@egormley.bsky.social
Legislative Coordinator, Citizen Action of New York, based in upstate New York. Posts/opinions are my own.
Great coverage of @citizenactionny.org in Binghamton calling for the Responsible Data Center Development Act to protect our communities from the fronting the bill for Big Tech billionaires www.wicz.com/news/bingham...
Binghamton Residents Call for Stronger Data Center Protections
Southern Tier residents and advocacy groups are calling for stronger protections as more data centers are proposed across New York State.
wicz.com
Insane how overtly and shamelessly fascist MAGA electeds are when they have to face voters. Just another testament to why democracy and voter protection work is so needed before and after the election. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Blakeman sets stage for election denialism
The Republican gubernatorial said he would accept the outcome of the election only if it’s “fair” after saying Democrats would cheat.
cityandstateny.com
As we celebrate the 61st anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, we must also work to protect them. Recent Medicaid cuts put the health and financial security of families, seniors, and people with disabilities at risk. We should be strengthening these programs, not cutting them.
The best way to change politics is to build people power. Citizen Action is doing that work every day in communities across New York. Become a member and help grow the movement. citizenactionny.org/...
This morning we joined our partners to demand New York State push for solutions to federal healthcare cuts like the Invest in Our New York package. @citizenactionny.org @psc-cuny.org @nywfp.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social @doctorscouncilseiu.bsky.social
Just in this last week, two more people have been killed by ICE. More families devastated. More communities broken. This out of control isn't making us safer. It's inflicting unimaginable pain and terror. ICE needs to be abolished.
'Alarming and Frightening': ICE Officers Involved in Fatal Shooting in Maine
Federal immigration officers were involved in a shooting that left one person dead in Maine on Monday, less than a week after an ICE officer killed a man in Houston.
time.com
“In the crossroads of an affordability crisis and a climate crisis, Governor Hochul’s reckless pursuit of new nuclear risks raising utility bills for New Yorkers,” - @egormley.bsky.social, legislative coordinator for Citizen Action of New York.
Gas ban pause continues after court ruling
Environmental advocates are urging New York to implement its All-Electric Building Act.
politico.com
Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE
She believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.
syracuse.com
5 takeaways from 2026 primary election in Central NY: a call for affordability
5 takeaways from 2026 primary election in Central NY: a call for affordability
What we learned from Democratic primaries for city, county and state offices.
syracuse.com
We did it! Tonight’s wins belong to the organizers, volunteers, members, and neighbors who knocked on doors, made calls, and refused to accept that our politics must be dominated by wealthy donors and special interests.
🚨 Five alarm fire, New Yorkers! Trump’s EPA chief Lee Zeldin will announce in Binghamton ON MONDAY a push for a pipeline we killed long ago and for overturning our NYS fracking ban. EVERYONE SHOW UP and do the NY protest thing! Yes, I’ll be speaking. 🧵 www.facebook.com/events/19323...
In one of the richest states in one of the richest countries in the world, we force families to live in the dark because they're behind on payments as bills skyrocket and utilities rake in massive profit. This is a choice our government is making: ultra wealthy CEOs over working class NYers.
Syracuse.com@syracuse.com · 3mo agoNational Grid shutoffs surge across Upstate as reality of higher winter bills kicks in
A huge victory for any New Yorker who pays an electric bill, drinks water, or breathes air. Thank you to @amannakelles.bsky.social, @sengonzalezny.bsky.social, and Assm. Didi Barrett for your incredible leadership, and to all the advocates who fight every day to improve the lives of all New Yorkers.
The REST Act would give cities and towns the tools they need to keep rents affordable and stop families from being priced out of their communities. Legislators still have time to act, but they need to hear from us. Tell your legislators to pass the REST Act before they leave Albany: cit.ac/REST-Act
Makes sense. Let's continue to give tax breaks to incredibly energy intensive industry and the big tech oligarchs as their industry threatens to raise our utility bills www.syracuse.com/business/202...
A NY law from the dial-up era lets today’s AI data centers avoid millions in state and local taxes (Exclusive)
A little-known tax break could mean millions in government handouts to controversial AI data centers, syracuse.com learned
syracuse.com
New York lawmakers plan to approve one-year data center moratorium
New York lawmakers plan to approve one-year data center moratorium
Democratic lawmakers and environmental advocates have been pushing the temporary ban as they raise concerns about rising electricity costs.
dlvr.it
Indigenous nations do not consent to NY’s nuke ambitions (Guest Opinion by Abraham Francis & Ryan Madden)
Indigenous nations do not consent to NY’s nuke ambitions (Guest Opinion by Abraham Francis & Ryan Madden)
Decades of industrial poisoning at Massena — PCBs, fluoride, cyanide — left Superfund sites. Now developers want to build again, and Indigenous leaders say enough.
syracuse.com
"The message could not be clearer: in Hochul’s NY, big donors and corporate interests come first as the entire budget process reeks of pay-to-play politics." We're calling on the legislature to pass reforms that rein in executive overreach & ensure this kind of abuse of power never happens again.
Making solar accessible to more people is exactly what we need as utility bills soar and the climate crisis intensifies.
Climate Families NYC@climatefamsnyc.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe're thrilled that the Assembly passed the SUNNY Act today! Shout out to all our members, partners and the bill sponsors for this ☀️☀️☀️ win! We call on @governor.ny.gov to sign the #SUNNYAct immediately so families across NY can plug in, cut costs & cut pollution ☀️ ASAP!
“Clean energy actually is the cheapest form of energy around... and we the consumers should be benefiting from that.” In the final days of session, NY must pass the #SUNNYAct for plug-in solar! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Power to the people: how ‘balcony solar’ could help fight rising US utility costs
More Americans are using small solar panels in their back yards or balconies as a clean way to cut their electric bills
theguardian.com
New York's paid medical leave program is woefully outdated. "The result is a system that forces people into impossible choices and financial crises," write @inimai.bsky.social @abetterbalance.org and @garrar26.bsky.social @citizenactionny.org in a new op ed 👇
Commentary: Could you live on $170 a week? That's all paid medical leave offers.
New York’s paid medical leave program is stuck in 1989. Pass legislation to increase the benefit and help sick and injured workers avoid financial crises while they recover.
timesunion.com
We joined over 40 organizations to urge state lawmakers to pass ratepayer refund legislation forcing utilities to return excess earnings back to ratepayers. With so many families struggling to keep the lights on, New Yorkers deserve that money back in their pockets.
Ethan Gormley@egormley.bsky.social · 3mo agoBecause of a loophole, ultra-wealthy utilities in NY can earn more than they were regulated to earn, just to kick it back to shareholders and CEOs. As regular NYers struggle to keep up, we need to make utilities give that money back. drive.google.com/file/d/1IMXp...
Because of a loophole, ultra-wealthy utilities in NY can earn more than they were regulated to earn, just to kick it back to shareholders and CEOs. As regular NYers struggle to keep up, we need to make utilities give that money back. drive.google.com/file/d/1IMXp...
Group Memo in Support of ROE Bill S7693_A8150 FINAL.pdf
drive.google.com
In 2015, I was a young person looking at politics and wondering whether government could ever truly work for ordinary people. Bernie Sanders changed that for me. I’m honored to be a part of Senator Sanders’ slate and ready to continue fighting for Central New York.
Many, many activists coming together in Albany today to talk with their elected officials, urging them to put people over plastics by passing the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act
I love Mets bullpen games because I can distribute my frustration over so many pitchers
“This budget could have been a turning point. Instead, Gov. Hochul once again chose to maintain a status quo that is failing millions of everyday New Yorkers. It’s not too late for this budget to become one that serves our communities, instead of one that serves the Governor’s special interests."
"Delaying deployment through moratoriums means delaying those savings." Op-Ed: Battery storage is safe in New York www.nydailynews.com/2026/05/03/b...
Battery storage is safe in New York
I ran the FDNY for six years, and before that I spent 26 years in the firehouse. In that line of work, you learn to evaluate risk honestly. You look at the data, you talk to the people who handle the ...
nydailynews.com
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