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• The Truth About Social Security and Medicare in New York

  February 17, 2019: Social Security Works for New York's Children Social Security provided benefits to 240,564 New York children in 2016.  1 in 14 (6.8%) New York beneficiaries Social Security Works for New York's People of Color Social Security provided b...Read more >

• 2019 Social Security Legislation from the House of Representatives

  February 04, 2019: More than 200 House Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced legislation that would expand Social Security benefits and gradually ramp up how much workers contribute to the social insurance program. The Social Security 2100 Act calls for an across-th...Read more >

• Study Finds Public Pensions Power the Economy

  January 07, 2019: Public pension funds contributed a net $137.3 billion to state and local government coffers during 2016, underscoring their power to strengthen the U.S. economy, according to an analysis by the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Syst...Read more >

• New insurance guidelines would undermine rules of the Affordable Care Act

  December 04, 2018: Excerpts From the Washington Post Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, issued new guidance to states that would allow weakening of provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The Trump administration is urgin...Read more >

• NYS Alliance for Retired Americans Delegation Attends ARA Convention in Las Vegas

  November 24, 2018: Robert Roach, Jr. and Joseph Peters, Jr. Re-elected as Alliance Leaders The Alliance’s 2018 National Membership Meeting took place in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday through Thursday of last week. On the first day, Robert Roach, Jr., who has be...Read more >

• Long Island Chapter Forum on the Mid Term Elections A Success

  October 29, 2018: Congressman Suozzi (D) CD # 3, and Long Island Chapter of NYSARA members at 10/26 Forum On Friday October 26 the Long Island Chapter on NYSARA ran its fall symposium - Mid term election choices for Congress.  All candidates for Congressional ...Read more >

• Myths and Facts about the NY Health Act: Guaranteed Health Care for ALL New Yorkers

  October 22, 2018: MYTH: The NY Health Act will end Medicare as we know it. FACT: The NY Health Act will greatly improve benefits for Medicare beneficiaries by covering vision, dental, hearing, and long-term care, while lowering cost by getting rid of copays, dedu...Read more >

• NYSARA Endorses Letitia ‘Tish” James for NYS Attorney General and Tom DiNapoli for NYS Comptroller

  October 10, 2018:   At their October 3rd Conference Call Board meeting the NYSARA Board of Directors unanimously endorsed Letitia "Tish" James for NYS Attorney General and Incumbent Thomas DiNapoli for NYS Comptroller. Letitia James is the Public Advocate f...Read more >

• Capital District Chapter Hosts 83rd Birthday Celebration of Social Security Featuring a discussion of the program by Congressman Tonko

  August 19, 2018: NYSARA Executive Director Stephen Madarasz, Capital Region Chapter President Karen Wojcik-Hess, Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY20 CD), Linda Mertz of the University at Albany School of Public Welfare, and NYSARA activist Pat Lavin. Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY...Read more >

• NYC Chapter of NYSARA Celebration of Social Security’s 83rd

  August 19, 2018: Save Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid! That was the mantra at a recent meeting held at UFT headquarters on Thursday, August 9, 2018 and organized   by some of NYSARA's allies including Metro NY Healthcare for all, the UFT and Statewide Seni...Read more >