June - 2020

WCP Story of the Week

NY Offers Assistance to States Experiencing COVID Spikes -- 5 Regions Entered Phase 4 of Reopening

Our strategy for reopening has been to reopen in phases—following the data and opening broader as it dictates. We also have a strategy of...

2020 Census Update: Counting Votes and Response Rates

(Publish 06.29.2020) From dawn to dusk to evening to night, regardless of lines and waiting times, determined voters cast their primary...

Attorney General James Helps Win Supreme Court Case Guaranteeing Women’s Access to Abortion Coverage

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today helped win a major victory at the U.S. Supreme Court that will protect the...

“Plan A: Don’t Go In a Crowd. Plan B: If You Do, Make Sure You Wear a Mask.”

“Look at the guidelines. The leaders, the governors, the mayors, the local leaders at the county level - look at the guidelines. Many of...

Andrea Harris and the Fight for Minority Business

Andrea Harris was not well-known, but she should have been. She was the co-founder of the North Carolina Institute of Minority Business...

Harris Statement on Vote Against Republicans’ Policing Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a lead co-sponsor of the Justice...

Past Due Time for American Healthcare System to Protect Black Americans

Today, Americans are facing unprecedented times. We are in the midst of a global pandemic, our country has fallen into an economic...

AG James Sued to Block Trump’s Unlawful Diversion of Funding to Pay for Border Wall

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth...