The NYCDSA Tech Action working group supports the passing of Int. 0213-2026 [1]. The following testimony was submitted on March 4th 2026 and preceded by an earlier version of presented at City Council on March 2nd 2026.
NYCDSA Tech Action is deeply concerned with the expansion of mass......
The following letter was signed by NYC-DSA Tech Action OC in recognition of the numerous harms of Generative AI, and standing in opposition to the forced insertion of LLM-based chatbots across the NYC public school system. Not only do these tools lay waste to our environment, they obstruct the critical......
The following resolution was passed by Tech Action on January 23rd, 2026 regarding the use of GenAI tools in NYC-DSA. The resolution passed with 83% in favor and 17% against the resolution.
As is detailed in the national DSA policy R02: No AI Images!, Generative Artificial Intelligence......
The following written testimony was submitted for a public senate hearing held on January 15th, 2026 to discuss risks, solutions, and best practices with respect to the use of artificial intelligence in consequential or high-risk contexts.
Recent legislation in New York has focused on mitigating discrete......
Data centers were once just the physical locations where your cloud-backed photos and streamed movies used to live. But now, thanks to the advent of crypto and AI, they’ve evolved into behemoth power users estimated to consume up to 325tWh to 580tWh of power annually by 2028. Big Tech......
The following document presents a ratified introduction to NYC DSA Tech Action’s guiding Principles On Technology. Serving as a central ideological reference point and accountability mechanism for our working group, these principles emerged from countless reading group discussions, political education sessions and legislative deliberations, followed by a formal drafting process.
......The following letter was signed by NYC-DSA Tech Action OC in our fight against rapid data center expansion. Led by Food & Water Watch, more than 230 national, state, and local organizations have signed on to this letter calling Congress for a moratorium on new data centers nationwide until adequate......
On August 24th, 2022, our former organizing committee member, Kristen Gonzalez, was elected to the New York State Senate. She currently is the chair of the Internet and Technology Committee & Elections Committee. She represents NY’s 59th District, including the neighborhoods of Astoria, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Stuyvesant Town, and......
It’s official: Amazon has cancelled their plans to build their HQ2 in NYC
Today New York’s working class showed that big business and billionaires can’t buy our city. New York belongs to the many, not the few.
NYC-DSA Tech Action is proud to......
On January 11th 2019, Tech Action helped organize a panel discussion on the past year’s wave of collective actions by white-collar tech workers. It was a huge success! Around 250 people stuffed into Verso Books for......
On first day of September, Tech Action members turned out to support Julia Salazar in her campaign for State Senate. Julia’s a fellow NYC-DSA member who’s campaign recently solicited and adopted a “tech platform” developed by Tech Action members. Her campaign now includes tech......
Our first Tech Action event was a success! On December 17, 2017 we co-hosted a panel with Logic Magazine called “The Internet We Want”.
The focus of discussion was on the pitfalls of Big Tech and how the......
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