Public pension funds contributed a net $137.3 billion to state and local government coffers during 2016, underscoring their power to strengthen the U.S. economy, according to an analysis by the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS). NCPERS outlin... Read more
Excerpts From the Washington Post Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, issued new guidance to states that would allow weakening of provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The Trump administration is urging states to tear down pillars ... Read more
Robert Roach, Jr. and Joseph Peters, Jr. Re-elected as Alliance Leaders The Alliance’s 2018 National Membership Meeting took place in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday through Thursday of last week. On the first day, Robert Roach, Jr., who has been President of the Alliance s... Read more
Congressman Suozzi (D) CD # 3, and Long Island Chapter of NYSARA members at 10/26 Forum On Friday October 26 the Long Island Chapter on NYSARA ran its fall symposium - Mid term election choices for Congress. All candidates for Congressional Districts 1-4 (Long Island) we... Read more
MYTH: The NY Health Act will end Medicare as we know it. FACT: The NY Health Act will greatly improve benefits for Medicare beneficiaries by covering vision, dental, hearing, and long-term care, while lowering cost by getting rid of copays, deductibles, and cost- sharing. Yo... Read more
This symposium will feature all of the Congressional candidates from Long Island's Congressional Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4. Representative Lee Zeldin (R) and Mr. Perry Gershon (D) in Congressional District # 1, Representative Peter T. King (R) and Ms. Liuba Grechen Shirley (D) ... Read more
At their October 3rd Conference Call Board meeting the NYSARA Board of Directors unanimously endorsed Letitia "Tish" James for NYS Attorney General and Incumbent Thomas DiNapoli for NYS Comptroller. Letitia James is the Public Advocate for the City of New York, the s... Read more
NYSARA Executive Director Stephen Madarasz, Capital Region Chapter President Karen Wojcik-Hess, Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY20 CD), Linda Mertz of the University at Albany School of Public Welfare, and NYSARA activist Pat Lavin. Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY 20th CD) joined the Capital ... Read more
Save Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid! That was the mantra at a recent meeting held at UFT headquarters on Thursday, August 9, 2018 and organized by some of NYSARA's allies including Metro NY Healthcare for all, the UFT and Statewide Senior Action Network. It was a... Read more