Announcements

• See how your House and Senate Representatives Voted On Important Senior Issues

  August 31, 2016: To see how all Congressional representatives and Senators voted on issues of critical importance to seniors please click on the link below:   http://retiredamericans.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2015ARAVotingRecord.pdf...Read more >

• NYSARA Urges Activists to call their Congressperson and Senators to Support the Benes Act

  July 24, 2016:   The BENES Act (S.3236; H.R.5772) fills in long standing education gaps for people nearing Medicare eligibility, by ensuring they receive a clear and detailed notice explaining Part B enrollment rules to help them make an informed decision a...Read more >

• Capital District Chapter participates in action to support strike workers

  June 16, 2016: Rich Vale,  Treasurer and Karen Wojcik-Hess,  President of the Capital District Chapter of the NYS Alliance for Retired Americans supporting the Honeywell workers (UAW) on Strike... ( they make the brakes for airplanes) Another case of corporate cr...Read more >

• New York State Alliance for Retired Americans 2016 Senior Agenda

  June 07, 2016: New York State Alliance for Retired Americans 2016 Senior Agenda  Pass Paid Family Leave – 12 weeks at 2/3-wage replacement and mandated job return.  This is a senior issue, as we never want our friends or loved ones to have to make a choice ...Read more >

• NYSARA leadership complete meetings with NYS legislative leaders

  June 05, 2016: NYSARA President, Barry A. Kaufmann and Executive Director, John M. Costello recently completed initial meetings with the leaders of all the legislative conferences in New York State government.  Beginning with our meeting and press conference wit...Read more >

• Safe Staffing for Quality Act Day of Advocacy May 10

  May 03, 2016: The Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act calls on hospitals to maintain a reasonable ratio of nurses to patients, ensuring better care and saving lives. That is why the New York State Alliance for Retired Americans is one of 13 organizations that are c...Read more >

• The New York State Alliance for Retired Americans and its partners complete a very successful 2017 Budget Session

  April 03, 2016: NYSARA and its activists and partners, in the first example of what will become the norm as a 501c4 organization, had an enormously successful budget session. We were successful in conveying the message to legislators as to why raising the minimum wa...Read more >

• NYSARA Lobbies Senate Republicans for the $15 Minimum Wage

  March 29, 2016: On the last session day to negotiate an on time budget without the Governor's message of necessity, (March 28, 2016) NYSARA was successful in getting information on why the $15 minimum wage was a senior issue to many of the Republican Senators before...Read more >

• Founding Convention for the NYS Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund (501c4) April 14, 2016

  March 29, 2016: The founding convention of the newly established New York State Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund will be held on Thursday April 14, 2016 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.  The location will be at the NYSUT Conference center at 800 Troy Schene...Read more >

• February 19, 2016 Independent Democratic Conference Press Conference

  February 23, 2016: 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...Read more >