Proposed federal changes to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation’s largest program helping households obtain food, would increase costs to state governments, limit eligibility and reduce the value of future benefits accord... Read more
The U.S. Congress just passed a federal budget that will cost the State of New York over $15 billion per year, kick 1.5 million New Yorkers off their health insurance, eliminate benefits for up to 1 million food stamp recipients, cause the loss of ove... Read more
Albany is moving through the familiar choreography of creating an annual state spending plan while it’s quite possible that whatever the leaders come up with will be blown to bits later in the year by federal cuts. Republicans in Washington are looking to... Read more
Remember during the campaign Project 2025, designed and published by the Conservative organization the Heritage Foundation when many were worried. President Trump disavowed any knowledge of it despite the fact that it had policies that Trump had attempted to imple... Read more
NYSARA President, Barry Kaufmann, is asking members to consider getting into "good trouble" as former Congressman John Lewis famously said. We are urging all NYSARA members to let their voices be heard by their elected federal representatives. Let them know that it is... Read more
Background: Republicans in Congress are currently working with Trump and Musk to cut up to $2.5 trillion in public programs to fund $4.7 to $5.5 trillion in tax cuts for the super-rich and wealthy corporations – they’re taking money from our families to give more tax breaks ... Read more
NYSARA and its partners had a press conference and follow up legislator meetings on Tuesday February 11. NYSARA and its partners LiveOn NY, Lifespan, AARP, Association on Aging in New York, Statewide Senior Action Network and many other aging advocacy ... Read more
The 2024 election did not further the objectives of seniors in New York or the nation. The results were disappointing to many NYSARA members who know that attacks on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act are likely to be forthcoming. Let's tak... Read more
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced legislation she said would expand social security benefits for seniors. The Boosting Benefits & COLAs for Seniors Act would change the formula for the cost-of-living adjustments calculation, or COLA. The Social Security COLA is cu... Read more