Last year, you may recall that the small town of Jackson, New York passed a common sense ordinance simply stating that all town business must be conducted in English.

One month after the measure passed, the NYCLU (New York Civil Liberties Union) sent the town a letter threatening legal action, by making false claims that the ordinance was unconstitutional because it “limits free speech.”

The NYCLU then tapped NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to pressure the town (population 1,718) into surrendering their English ordinance. The AG and his bureaucrats are now threatening to take legal action against Jackson, NY if the town doesn’t rescind its English ordinance by June 1^st!
 

The town of Jackson has been conducting its government business in English for nearly 200 years.  A 2010 Rasmussen poll found that over 87% of likely voters nationwide—including Democrats, Republicans, and Independents—support making English the official language.  Jackson is following in the footsteps of Hazelton, PA, a city that beat back the ACLU lawyer and preserved its official English-in-government ordinance in 2006.  Hazelton’s former mayor, now U.S. Representative Lou Barletta, who was responsible for the English law was even elected to the U.S. Congress in November 2010!

The Attorney General of New York is wrong that Jackson is discriminating against immigrants. The ordinance does nothing to inhibit Jackson’s residents from speaking any language they desire. It simply requires the local government to operate and communicate in English.
 

TAKE ACTION!

 
Contact the Attorney General’s office NOW!

Tell him to STOP picking on the residents of Jackson, NY and to DROP his threats to sue the town for  simply abiding by their own, perfectly legal English ordinance!

Write to him:

Office of the Attorney General
The Capitol
Albany, NY 12224-0341

Call him: 1-800-771-7755

Email him: Click here

You can also contact the AG’s office for your individual region:

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Buffalo
Main Place Tower, Suite 300A
350 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14202

Phone Number
(716)853-8400

Fax Number
(716)853-8571

Office hours:
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m, Monday thru Friday

Rochester
144 Exchange Boulevard
Rochester, NY 14614-2176

Phone Number
585-546-7430

Fax Number
585-546-7514

Office hours
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday

Syracuse
615 Erie Boulevard West, Suite 102
Syracuse, NY 13204

Phone Number:
(315)448-4800

Fax Numbers:
(315)448-4853 (Main Number)

Office Hours:
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday

Binghamton
State Office Building, 17th Floor
44 Hawley Street
Binghamton, NY 13901

Phone Number
607-721-8771

Fax Number
607-721-8789

Office hours:
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

Utica
207 Genesee Street
Room 508
Utica, NY 13501

Phone Number:
(315) 793-2225

Fax Number:
(315) 793-2228

Office Hours:
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m, Monday thru Friday

Watertown
Dulles State Office Building
317 Washington Street
Watertown, NY 13601

Phone Number:
(315) 785-2444

Fax Number:
(315) 785-2294

Office hours:
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m, Monday through Friday

Phone Number
(518) 562-3288

Fax Numbers
(518) 562-3293
(518) 562-3294

Office Hours
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday

Poughkeepsie
New York State Attorney General
One Civic Center Plaza - Suite 401
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-3157

Phone Number:
(845) 485-3900 (office)

Fax Numbers:
(845) 452-3303
(845) 485-3927

Office hours:
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday

Westchester
Westchester Regional Office
101 East Post Road
White Plains, New York 10601-5008

Phone Number:
(914) 422-8755

Fax Number:
(914) 422-8706

Office hours:
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

Harlem
163 West 125th Street
Suite 1324
New York, N.Y. 10027

Phone Number
(212) 961-4475

Fax Number
(212) 961-4003

Office Hours
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m, Monday thru Friday

Brooklyn
55 Hanson Place
Suite 1080
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Phone Number
(718) 722-3949

Fax Number
(718) 722-3951

Office hours:
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m, Monday through Friday

Nassau
200 Old Country Road,
Suite 240,
Mineola, NY 11501

Phone Number
516-248-3302, 516-248-3300

Fax Number
516-747-6432

Office hours:
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m, Monday thru Friday

Suffolk
300 Motor Parkway
Suite 205
Hauppauge, NY 11788

Phone Number
631-231-2424

Fax Number:
631-435-4757

Hours
8:30am to 6:00pm, Monday thru Friday