NYSARA Actions

• NYSARA Postpones Biennial Election Convention Until June 17, 2020

  March 17, 2020:   New York's Public Health Emergency around the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation suggests seniors especially follow the recommendations guard against infection outlined below. On Sunday the CDC made a reccomendation that there sho...Read more >

• NYSARA President Testifies Before the NYS Public Service Commission on the Lifeline Program

  July 02, 2019:   NYSARA President Barry Kaufmann testified before the NYS Public Service Commission on behalf of Wireless service carriers and the Lifeline program in New York State. Lifeline is a federal program created in 1985 to help low-income consumers...Read more >

• NYSARA Recommends to Senator Schumer that NYSARA Member Eric Kingson, of Syracuse University, be recommended to the Vacant Social Security Public Trustee Position

  April 09, 2019: On March 26th NYSARA President Barry A. Kaufmann sent a letter to Senator Chuck Schumer, US Senate Minority leader (D/NYS), asking him to nominate Eric Kingson to the vacant Social Security Public Trustee position.  Traditionally, the Senate Leade...Read more >

• NYSARA Leadership to Visit New Congressional Representatives Local Members Needed

  March 06, 2019: NYSARA President Barry A. Kaufmann and Executive Director Steve Madarasz will be making appointments to visit all the freshman members of the NYS congressional delegation in March April and May. During those meetings NYSARA leadership will educat...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 >

• 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 >

• NYSARA Biennial Election Convention 2018 Officers and Directors Elected/ ARA Executive Director Addresses Group

  April 25, 2018: The biennial election convention of the New York State Alliance for Retired Americans began on the night of April 18th with its Board of Directors meeting.  At this meeting retiring Board members Doug Matousek, Walter Dunn and Floyd Cameron were r...Read more >

• NYSARA Regional Chapters – Getting Involved

  February 26, 2018: NYSARA currently has five regional geographic chapters and one in development.  These chapters are located in New York City, Long Island, the Capital District, Central New York and Western New York.  Currently a chapter in Westchester/Putnam is u...Read more >

• A Call to NYSARA Members to Complete Health Rights and Access Survey

  January 11, 2018: The Campaign for New York Health, one of our partners to pass enhanced medicare for all,  is dedicated to winning truly universal health care without financial barriers and the Health Rights & Access Survey is the tool they are using to prio...Read more >

• 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 >