#JustPay means #JustPay for ALL human services workers.
Despite this, several programs are left out of receiving critical State funding.
@governor.ny.gov you can cut the red tape preventing thousands from receiving inflation investments — act now!
nysfocus.com/2026/03/25/h...
Human services workers like @univsettlement.bsky.social’s Zereita Bleary are the backbone of NY’s safety net — & the least they deserve are wages that keep up with inflation.
@governor.ny.gov, your budget proposal won’t cut it. We need a 4% investment in human services: nysfocus.com/2026/03/25/h...
Human services workers like @univsettlement.bsky.social’s Zereita Bleary are the backbone of NY’s safety net — and the least they deserve are wages that keep up with inflation.
@govkathyhochul your budget proposal won’t cut it. We need a 4% investment in human services: nysfocus.com/2026/03/25/h...
“She’s calling this her affordability budget and she’s not even paying her own bills.” 🤨
There’s no safety net without human services nonprofits and there’s no affordable NY without #JustPay for their workers.
@governor.ny.gov - we need a 4% TII for ALL programs now! nysfocus.com/2026/03/25/h...
“DON’T WALK OVER US.”
Today in Albany, we filled the Million Dollar Staircase with THOUSANDS of handwritten postcards from human services workers telling @governor.ny.gov we need #JustPay!
We're sending a clear message: it's time for fair funding that actually keeps pace with the cost of living.
Special delivery for @governor.ny.gov 📫
Today, we went to Albany w/ @northernrivers.bsky.social & MHANYA to drop off 2K+ postcards written by #nonprofit human services workers across NYS demanding #JustPay!
This year, that means including a 4% investment for ALL State human services programs!
A group of human services workers and advocates hold #JustPay signs and rally inside the New York State Capitol. Text on the graphic reads: “Op-Ed – NY’s Human Services Workforce Is Done Waiting for Partial Justice.”
📣 No more partial justice for essential work! We call on @governor.ny.gov to #JustPay human services workers wages that keep up with inflation, while also committing to long-term pay equity.
Learn what this will take in an op-ed from three nonprofit leaders: bit.ly/No-Partial-Justice
Great news! 🗞️
The Legislature included a 4% investment for human services in their budget proposal – going beyond our ask for a 2.7% investment.
Let's keep the momentum going.
👉 Email the Legislature today to help get our asks into the final budget: secure.everyaction.com/xA5_Wk3-Dkqw...
We were thrilled to hear from DM for Health & Human Services Dr. Helen Arteaga, DM for Operations Julia Kerson, and DM for Housing & Planning Leila Bozorg at our human services reception! We look forward to working with them to ensure timely payments for nonprofits and #JustPay for workers! 💪
A hand holds a postcard with images of protestors demanding fair pay, against a yellow background with the Safe Horizon logo and the text "Demanding #JustPay” and “One postcard at a time."
We’re sending a clear message to @governor.ny.gov and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: human service workers deserve fair wages.
One message is easy to overlook, but thousands of postcards are impossible to ignore. Huge thanks to our staff who dropped in to advocate for the #JustPay we all deserve!
Today, our staff and members joined the #JustPay Campaign’s postcard campaign, writing directly to Governor Hochul and the Mayor’s office to demand livable wages for nonprofit human services workers. 📬
Look out for mail @governor.ny.gov and @mayor.nyc.gov! 📬
Cost-of-living remains high, and State contracts are falling behind. With inflation at 2.7%, the human services sector deserves an investment to match that.
As human services workers rally in Albany today, email legislators to amplify our collective call for #JustPay: bit.ly/JustPay-Backup-Action
Our CEO Bill Gettman was proud to join the Human Services Council along with many other New York organizations at the Capitol today at their #JustPay event advocating for a 2.7% investment in NYS budget!
Thank you to Senator Persaud and Senator Ashby!
BronxWorks staff joined 300+ human services workers at the state capitol for Human Services State Advocacy Day, calling for a 2.7% investment in ALL State-contracted programs & passage of Wage Board Legislation. #JustPay #FundHumanServices Human Services Council of New York (HSC)
Photo of a rally with people holding signs. The Goddard Riverside banner stands proudly among them.
The team and other organizations posing with lobbying signs in the office of Assembly member DeSantos
Goddard staff posing on marble steps with the Goddard logo.
We don’t just advocate for our community, we also advocate for ourselves. Goddard Riverside was present for this year’s #JustPay Rally in Albany with other organizations, demanding a fair pay for ALL human service workers at a rate that’s fair.
Photo of a rally with people holding signs. The Goddard Riverside banner stands proudly among them.
The team and other organizations posing with lobbying signs in the office of Assembly member DeSantos
Goddard staff posing on marble steps with the Goddard logo.
We don’t just advocate for our community, we also advocate for ourselves. Goddard Riverside was present for this year’s #JustPay Rally in Albany with other organizations, demanding a fair pay for ALL human service workers at a rate that’s fair.
Our mental health booth is back at the Capitol today! Stop by the third floor today to say hi!
We joined 300 other human services workers at the New York State Capitol in Albany for a #JustPay Human Services Advocacy Day. At the rally & meetings with legislators, we demanded the State fund a 2.7% COLA increase on all human services contracts & pass Wage Board legislation.
Nonprofit human services workers were in Albany demanding a 2.7% investment on **ALL** State human services contracts and passage of Wage Board Legislation.
Back them up and email your legislators to demand **#JustPay** for human services workers: bit.ly/JustPay-Backup-Action @hscny.bsky.social
Graphic styled like a text message notification over a photo of human services workers rallying inside the New York State Capitol. The message reads: “SOS: Human services workers are at the State Capitol and need backup!! EMAIL LEGISLATORS NOW!” The background shows advocates wearing yellow and holding “Just Pay for Human Services” signs. There is a white #JustPay logo at the top. Date shown: March 9, 2026.
A group of nine Safe Horizon staff members posing together in a lobby. Most are wearing blue and yellow "JUST PAY" scarves. They are standing in front of a textured stone wall.
HAPPENING NOW: We are joining nonprofit human services workers in Albany to demand a 2.7% investment on ALL State human services contracts and passage of the Wage Board Bill!
Back them up and email your legislators to demand #JustPay today: bit.ly/JustPay-Backup-Action @hscny.bsky.social
Our press conference for #JustPay is happening NOW in Albany! Hundreds of workers & supporters are fighting for the wages and funding our sector deserves 💪
If you can't join us in-person, you can support the cause by emailing your legislators: secure.everyaction.com/HLBB_aCpNkmk...
❗HAPPENING NOW: Nonprofit human services workers are in Albany demanding a 2.7% investment on ALL State human services contracts & passage of Wage Board Legislation. Back them up and email your legislators to demand #JustPay for human services workers: bit.ly/JustPay-Backup-Action
@hscny.bsky.social
We're in Albany today with hundreds of human services advocates calling on our electeds to move the needle towards #JustPay!
We're representing more than 800,000 human services workers across the State waiting for the equitable wages they deserve 📣
Graphic styled like a text message notification over a photo of human services workers rallying inside the New York State Capitol. The message reads: “SOS: Human services workers are at the State Capitol and need backup!! EMAIL LEGISLATORS NOW!” The background shows advocates wearing yellow and holding “Just Pay for Human Services” signs. There is a white #JustPay logo at the top. Date shown: March 9, 2026.
CACF stands with the nonprofit human services workers currently rallying in to demand a 2.7% investment on ALL State human services contracts and passage of Wage Board Legislation.
Add your support to #justpay: bit.ly/JustPay-Backup-Action
@hscny.bsky.social @governor.ny.gov
ICYMI: Aisha Benson, Bea De la Torre, Michelle Jackson, & Kathryn O'Neal-Dunham contributed an article to @cityandstateny.bsky.social urging Mayor Zohran Mamdani to improve how the city works with community-based nonprofits. Hint: it starts with paying them fairly.
Read more: learn-nff.org/4aeKhrd
Valentine’s-themed #JustPay graphic promoting a February 9–13 action urging people to email the Mayor and NYS Legislature. An open envelope with a heart seal contains a letter reading, “Human services workers can’t afford this relationship. Put #JustPay in your budgets,” with a campaign link displayed above.
An affordable NY must include #JustPay for human services workers. Despite this, leaders continue to pay our workforce poverty wages.
Email @mayor.nyc.gov and State Legislators telling them to put their money where their heart is and put #JustPay in their budgets: bit.ly/JustPay-Valentines-Action
HSC was thrilled to join @liveonny.bsky.social for their Age Strong NY Leadership Summit, moderating actionable sessions to help shape the future of aging services in NY!
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social needs nonprofits to deliver on his promises. It’s time to start treating them like the essential partners they are.
'This starts with transforming the contracting system, providing #JustPay, and more.
More from our sister org @hscny.bsky.social's Exec Director 👇
Nonprofits have been helping New Yorkers get by in a city with high cost-of-living, all while struggling with underinvestment themselves.
We’re ready for change. We hope @mayor.nyc.gov will deliver on that for the benefit of our sector and communities.
www.cityandstateny.com/sponsors/spo...
@mayor.nyc.gov needs nonprofits to deliver on his promises, so we hope the City will start treating them like the essential partners they are.
Learn what this will take in an op-ed from HSC’s Executive Director @mpjackson44.bsky.social and sector leaders: www.cityandstateny.com/sponsors/spo...
