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• From NYSARA President Barry A. Kaufmann 2017 year in review and a look ahead to 2018

  January 02, 2018: The year 2017 will go down as one of the most active and bizarre years for seniors in recent memory. NYSARA and our national affiliate the ARA had an extremely busy year. While not always successful in our efforts we made our voices known and heard. ...Read more >

• NYC Chapter of NYSARA at the UFT for ARA President Roach

  December 18, 2017: Pictured left to right: Armando Mandes, Vice President NYC Chapter, Debra Penny, Teacher Member, TRS, Marvin Goodman, chapter exec board Robert Roach, President ARA, Doris Welch, Chapter President and Jay Cee Holden, chapter treasurer The UFT Retire...Read more >

• House/Senate Conference Committee’s Tax Compromise

  December 18, 2017: House and Senate Republicans ironed out the differences on their tax overhaul bills Friday, agreeing on a sweeping plan that provides a major tax cut for corporations but raises taxes and health care premiums for millions of older Americans. The legi...Read more >

• NYC Chapter of NYSARA attends Trump Tower protest over Republican tax plan

  November 26, 2017:   Mayor Bill de Blasio held a press conference in front of Trump Plaza Tuesday November 21st to bring attention to what's at stake for older adults with the Trump's Tax Plan. Standing with other democratic officials, labor organizations a...Read more >

• NYS Congress members Collins, Reed, Tenney and Katko abandon their constituents with their vote on tax “Reform”: Representatives Donovan, King, Zeldin, Stefanik and Faso vote NO.

  November 20, 2017:   The stakes are very high. The house has begun the process of tax reform by passing a tax reform bill that hurts New Yorker's more than most states. Yet 4 of our elected representatives voted for this bill. Congressional Representatives Coll...Read more >

• NYSARA Efforts on the Constitutional Convention vote a success

  November 13, 2017: A great big thank you to all the NYSARA activists who put forth a maximum effort to defeat proposition one on election day. Along with allies that included: all of Labor, the Council of Churches, the State Republican Party, the Working families party...Read more >

• Republican Tax Bill is Poison to NYS taxpayers

  November 13, 2017: Despite the Republican leadership's and President Trump's assertion of seeking to pass tax reform for the "middle class" the tax reform proposal that comes from the house and the proposal from the Senate released Friday are anything but Middle Class ...Read more >

• New York Report: How the Republican Tax Giveaway to the Wealthy Would Hurt New York Families

  October 25, 2017: Updated 10/23/17   The Republican tax plan would actually raise taxes on about 2.1 million New York households next year.   In New York, 3.4 million households deduct state and local taxes, with an average deductio...Read more >

• New York State Constitutional Convention Vote 2 Weeks away Activities detailed

  October 23, 2017: Two weeks from Tuesday will be a pivotal vote in New York State. The once every twenty year vote that decides whether to open the NYS constitution to unregulated changes that are largely controlled by political insiders. Given the national politic...Read more >

• President Trump is Working to Dismantle the ACA Despite Growing Public Approval for the Law

  October 23, 2017:   In addition to avidly encouraging repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in Congress, President Trump has stepped up his own aggressive and systematic campaign to sabotage and dismantle the ACA. Despite growing popularity of the ACA, Trump...Read more >