Announcements

• 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 >

• VERY IMPORTANT Survey of Senior Issues in NYS

  February 05, 2016: 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 ...Read more >

• New Year’s Resolution to stop the TPP rally

  January 16, 2016: 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) t...Read more >

• Vote your Interests….

  January 06, 2016: [caption id="attachment_1542" align="aligncenter" width="641"] We must all vote our interests...[/caption]...Read more >

• Why NYSARA Opposes the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Deal Now Before Congress

  December 05, 2015: 1. Loss of Jobs, lower wages The TPP is a bad deal for American workers. Like NAFTA, CAFTA and the WTO agreements, the TPP will continue our race to the bottom by giving trading partners greater ability to compete for American jobs by paying worke...Read more >

• The ARA and protection of Agency Fee for Public Unions

  November 18, 2015: The Alliance for Retired Americans signed onto a friend of the court brief filed on November 13 by the National Women’s Law Center and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights in support of public sector collective bargaining rights. The case is F...Read more >

• How does the budget agreement affect Medicare beneficiaries?

  November 14, 2015: Beneficiaries who are held harmless – current Medicare beneficiaries who are receiving Social Security, are not on Medicaid and are not high income – will continue to pay $104.90. The budget agreement reduced Medicare Part B premiums for benefici...Read more >

• TPP Text Proves Seniors Have Been Right to Worry About Higher Prescription Drug Prices

  November 05, 2015: The following statement was issued today by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following the Obama Administration’s release of the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. “Now that the fin...Read more >

• Statement by ARA Executive Director Richard Fiesta on the Budget Agreement that Protects Social Security and Medicare Beneficiaries

  October 28, 2015: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the deal between Congressional leaders and the White House announced October 26 to avert default and keep the government funded:...Read more >