Press

Small Business United leader and owner of Dada Bar, Emil Bovbjerg, argues for policy that builds and protects NYC’s vibrant local businesses in this City Limits op-ed.

Read this profile of childcare providers that features Gladys Jones, a Providers Organized for Power leader and founder and chief executive of Early Childhood Educators on the move.

teleSUR English covers the Mexico City festival and The Action Lab’s role in creating independent spaces for Indigenous artists, languages, and stories.

El Informador examines Indigenous-language rap through the Mexico City festival, including Ángeles Solís’s account of The Action Lab’s work supporting independent cultural platforms.

Agencia EFE’s video report follows Indigenous artists using rap to defend their languages and identities at the festival in Mexico City.

Aristegui Noticias covers the Indigenous Hip Hop Festival in Mexico City and quotes The Action Lab’s Ángeles Solís on building independent platforms for Indigenous languages and artists.

Street Art Avenue covers Dasic Fernández’s mural at CUFFH in Bushwick, crediting The Action Lab’s role in the project.

The City Reporter covers New York City’s plan to enroll 10,000 children from the child care voucher waitlist.

Ben Parisi, coordinator for Provider's Organized for Power, commented in this NYC press release, celebrating the city's step forward on childcare and urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to fully fund the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).

NY CaribNews reported on the free Prospect Park concert put on by BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! and The Action Lab and featuring performances from Common, Adi Oasis, and Ana Tijoux.

Data from Small Business United’s report, “Empty Storefronts, High Rent,” were featured in this article about NY voters swinging left due to a number of crises, including the decline of small businesses in our state.

BK Reader covers the August 28 concert presented by BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! and The Action Lab, featuring Common and special guests.

The Action Lab’s Director of Policy and Program, Irene Tung, spoke with Nation of Change about Amazon’s unfair and unlawful treatment of its delivery drivers.

The Action Lab’s Director of Strategic Campaign Initiatives, Ben Parisi, spoke with SSBCrack News about NYC’s step towards a more equitable childcare system.

Comments from The Action Lab’s Director of Strategic Campaign Initiatives, Ben Parisi, are featured in this article about the Mamdani administration’s announcement that it will make childcare completely free for families that rely on the Child Care Assistance Program.

The Mamdani administration announced that it will make childcare completely free for the around 22,000 low-income families that rely on the Child Care Assistance Program.

Whitney Hu, the Lead Organizer of The Action Lab’s Small Business United (SBU) coalition, joins BronxTalk for an interview on the epidemic of empty storefronts in NYC and what we can do about it.

The Gothamist’s Karen Yi reported that the Mamdani administration will offer $3 million in emergency grants to home-based childcare providers. This is an important step as The Action Lab’s Providers Organized for Power (POP) coalition fights to ensure that providers receive the compensation they need to live.

The Action Lab's Providers Organized for Power (POP) coalition discusses why expanding access to child care must go hand in hand with investing in the providers who care for the city's children and support working families.

The Action Lab’s Providers Organized for Power (POP) coalition is featured in Gothamist advocating for fair compensation for home-based child care providers as New York City moves toward universal child care.