Pictured left to right: Armando Mandes, Vice President NYC Chapter, Debra Penny, Teacher Member, TRS, Marvin Goodman, chapter exec board Robert Roach, President ARA, Doris Welch, Chapter President and Jay Cee Holden, chapter treasurer The UFT Retired Teachers, held it's end of t... Read more
House and Senate Republicans ironed out the differences on their tax overhaul bills Friday, agreeing on a sweeping plan that provides a major tax cut for corporations but raises taxes and health care premiums for millions of older Americans. The legislation would also increase th... Read more
Mayor Bill de Blasio held a press conference in front of Trump Plaza Tuesday November 21st to bring attention to what's at stake for older adults with the Trump's Tax Plan. Standing with other democratic officials, labor organizations and community groups. The Mayor... Read more
The stakes are very high. The house has begun the process of tax reform by passing a tax reform bill that hurts New Yorker's more than most states. Yet 4 of our elected representatives voted for this bill. Congressional Representatives Collins and Reed have admitted tha... Read more
A great big thank you to all the NYSARA activists who put forth a maximum effort to defeat proposition one on election day. Along with allies that included: all of Labor, the Council of Churches, the State Republican Party, the Working families party, the Conservative Party, the ... Read more
Despite the Republican leadership's and President Trump's assertion of seeking to pass tax reform for the "middle class" the tax reform proposal that comes from the house and the proposal from the Senate released Friday are anything but Middle Class friendly. 15 TERRIBLE THING... Read more
Updated 10/23/17 The Republican tax plan would actually raise taxes on about 2.1 million New York households next year. In New York, 3.4 million households deduct state and local taxes, with an average deduction of $22,169. The Republican p... Read more
Two weeks from Tuesday will be a pivotal vote in New York State. The once every twenty year vote that decides whether to open the NYS constitution to unregulated changes that are largely controlled by political insiders. Given the national political landscape, the debate aroun... Read more
In addition to avidly encouraging repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in Congress, President Trump has stepped up his own aggressive and systematic campaign to sabotage and dismantle the ACA. Despite growing popularity of the ACA, Trump has repeatedly said that the ... Read more