{"id":111466,"date":"2020-03-09T09:31:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T13:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=111466"},"modified":"2020-03-09T09:31:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T13:31:36","slug":"may-to-host-state-budget-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=111466","title":{"rendered":"May to host state budget forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>Senator Rachel May<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Rachel May\n(D-53) will be the featured speaker at a budget forum&nbsp;planned for 7 to\n8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Sponsored by coalition of grassroots political\ngroups, will be held at Hamilton Central School in the large group instruction room,\n47 W. Kendrick St., Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNew York has the greatest wealth inequality of any state in\nthe nation, yet our smaller cities, towns and rural communities often do not\nget the attention they deserve,\u201d May said. \u201cA budget is a moral document that\nshould reflect the values and priorities of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe list of priorities people have sought in Albany in the\npast year includes fighting poverty and reducing inequality, strengthening our\ndemocracy, fighting the climate crisis, supporting agriculture, and funding\nschools, health care and bottom-up economic development. How can we get the\nthings our upstate communities need?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May will address the budget process that is playing out this\nmonth in Albany and how constituents in her district can make a difference in\nthe outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is free and open to the public.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Host groups from the 53rd District include Cazenovia Call to\nAction, Indivisible Mohawk Valley andn Madison-Chenango Call to Action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Rachel May (D-53) will be the featured speaker at a budget forum&nbsp;planned for 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Sponsored by coalition of grassroots political groups, will be held at Hamilton Central School in the large group instruction room, 47 W. Kendrick St., Hamilton. \u201cNew York has the greatest wealth inequality of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23814,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}