Queens, NY - Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein and State Senator Tony Avella, on Monday February 19, joined leaders from New York's senior organizations across the state, to launch the IDC Seniors First Initiative. Senators Klein and Avella released a report,... Read more
The New York City chapter of the New York State Alliance for Retired Americans held their first annual chapter holiday party on December 16, 2015. Held at JASA headquarters, this event reintroduced the new leadership of the chapter and served as a "kickoff to activism" event fo... Read more
NYSARA President Barry Kaufmann attended a legislative breakfast to begin the advocacy for the Safe Staffing and Quality Act. (A08580-A/S782) NYSARA is among 13 groups to sponsor this initiative. While seniors are surely not the only consumers that utilize our hospitals, we ge... Read more
NYSARA was approached by Paul McCarthy, Policy and Counsel for the NYS Sente Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) and Senator Klein. They have a 2016 Seniors Agenda that addresses Senior financial exploitation, protecting Seniors from unnecessary utility rate increases, Long t... Read more
On Thursday January 28 in Manhasset the Long Island chapter of NYSARA was part of a panel that sought to educate constituents of Congress persons Israel and Rice about the down sides of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. Stanley Bergman, President of the Long Islan... Read more
Last night January 21, 2016, William Francis from the New York State Alliance for Retired Americans, New York City Chapter, and Leandra Requena from Peruvians in Action were among the speakers at a forum in Queens calling on Representative Joseph Crowley to oppose the TPP.... Read more
On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 the New York State Alliance for Retired Americans rallied to stop the TPP trade deal. The rally was timed to coincide with the President's State of the Union address where he promoted the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade bill which is a continuat... Read more
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And the beat goes on…….The New York State Alliance for Retired Americans is in the house. Our organization has been in the forefront of many issues that are near and dear to our membership. From the work to defeat the TPP trade deal to our monitoring the process in consid... Read more