ARA Issues

• NYSARA joins the New York Campaign for Patient Safety to advocate for the Safe Staffing and Quality Act (A08580-A/S782)

  February 09, 2016: 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 tha...Read more >

• TPP Forum on Long Island January 28

  February 01, 2016: 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 Bergma...Read more >

• TPP Forum in Queens

  January 22, 2016: 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 Cro...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 >

• Add to your New Year’s Resolutions Anti TPP Rally January 12, 2016 Noon

  December 01, 2015: When:Tuesday January 12, 2016 at Noon. Where:  Leo O'Brien Federal Building  1 Clinton Square, Albany, NY Timed to coincide with the President's State of the Union address where he will promote the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade bill. ...Read more >

• Central New York Chapter of the NYS Alliance for Retired Americans take part in an anti TPP rally

  November 24, 2015: The Central New York Chapter of NYSARA co-sponsored a rally against the TPP November 21, 2015.  The event had 40 people and lots of press (great TV coverage) participate.  Gerald Lotierzo, Co-President of the Central New York Chapter of NYSARA p...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 >

• 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 >