The Problem
Foreign aid is not a line item in another country's budget. It's a paycheck in Rochester, a research grant in Ithaca, a shipment leaving the Port of New York.
USAID and foreign-assistance cuts are not just federal or global issues — they are New York issues that cost our state jobs, scientific capacity, tourism, and tax revenue.
Many voters and legislators do not realize that foreign aid, humanitarian funding, and global development dollars — usually about 1% of the federal budget — were often spent in America, with roughly 68% of the full budget flowing domestically. When DOGE pulled those, New York lost jobs, influence, and economic activity.
For State Assembly and Senate candidates, this is another example of a federal decision in Washington that hurts New York's economy, weakens its global brand, and puts people out of work.
01 / Private Sector
$4.5 billion
02 / Research
$700 Million
03 / Services
$16 Million
04 / Main Street
$7 million
Small businesses that had directly contracted with USAID
05 / Livelyhoods
18,000 Jobs
06 / Albany
$60 million
Who We Are
We are a bipartisan coalition, born in response.
A4AL is an independent bipartisan PAC formed last year after the DOGE foreign-aid cuts. It grew out of a network of retired military veterans, ambassadors, aid experts, 1,300 volunteers, and 100 college chapters.
We mobilize young people to vote nationwide and help protect programs like PEPFAR and broader U.S. global leadership.
We launched the New York State division because New York has been one of the hardest-hit states amid cuts to federal foreign-assistance spending — and because the fight to restore American leadership abroad starts with the communities most affected at home.
The Coalition, by the Numbers
70,000 Americans across the coalition
1,300 Active volunteers
100 College chapters nationwide
50 States in organizing footprint
2024 Year founded
leadership
Our New York Advisory Committee
A nonpartisan group of New Yorkers — policy veterans, public-health leaders, and business voices — guiding the state chapter's strategy and priorities.
