2026 Advocacy Alerts

• April 8, 2026: Advocacy Alert: Take Action on 3 Key State Budget Priorities
• March 10, 2026: Testify this March to Fund Dance & Dance Education in the City Budget

2025 Advocacy Alerts

• December 11, 2025: Tell Your Council Member NYC Needs Affordable Artist Housing
• November 13, 2025: Urge Govenor Hochul to Sign the RAISE Act for AI Protections
• October 16, 2025: Three ways to vote in the November 4 General Election
• September 11, 2025: Two Ways to Protect Nonprofit Dance Workers Now
• July 9, 2025: Act Now to Create Permanent Affordable Arts Space in Long Island City
• June 10, 2025: What’s Your Vote Plan? New York City’s Primary Election is June 24
• May 13, 2025: Rally + Testify at Upcoming City Budget Hearings to Expand Arts and Arts Education Funding
• May 6, 2025: NEA Grant Cancellations + Next Actions
• April 30, 2025: Two Ways to Support Arts Education for Every Student Now
• April 9, 2025: Act Now to Protect Our Museums, Libraries & Cultural Institutions
• March 20, 2025: Protect New York’s Arts Funding
• March 6, 2025: Testify on March 18 to Fund Arts & Culture in the City Budget
• February 19, 2025: Complete the FY25 CDF Impact Survey
• January 31, 2025: Responding to the Federal Funding Freeze

2024 Advocacy Alerts

• October 16, 2024: What You Need to Know for the November 5 General Election
• September 20, 2024: Protect Federal Funding for Arts and Culture
• August 22, 2024: Build Financial Resilience for Disabled Artists: Support the ASSET Act
• July 24, 2024: Shape Racial Equity in NYC Government: Submit Feedback on CORE’s Community Equity Priorities
• July 10, 2024: We did it! Thank your Council Member for $53M Restoration for Arts and Culture
• June 12, 2024: What’s Your Vote Plan? New York’s Primary Election is June 25
• June 6, 2024: Urge your City Council Member to Support Arts and Culture in the FY25 Budget
• May 14, 2024: Testify on May 21 at the NYC Council's Executive Budget Hearing with the Cultural Affairs Committee
• April 17, 2024: Thank Your City Council Reps for Supporting Arts & Culture Funding in the FY25 Budget
• April 4, 2024: Testify on April 8 to Support New Zoning Proposal to End NYC Dancing Ban
• March 25, 2024: Join the Call for Investment in the Arts in New York State 
• March 21, 2024: Contact Your Reps to Support the Creative Workforce Investment Act (CWIA)
• March 7, 2024: Support the Call for an Investment in the NYS Council on the Arts + Testify at the NYC Council Cultural Affairs Committee Budget Hearing
• February 28, 2024: Complete the FY24 CDF Impact Survey
• February 2, 2024: Submit Your Feedback on DCLA’s 5-Year Accessibility Plan
• January 18, 2024: Show Your Support to End Dancing Ban in NYC

• January 11, 2024: Join NY4CA’s 2024 Cultural Convening, January 24