NYSARA Actions

• 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 >

• NYSARA Activists Visit Congressman Donovan (R/Staten Island)

  August 21, 2017: On Thursday August 17th NYSARA President Barry Kaufmann, Board member Michael Tutrone (TWU Local 100) and Activist Carl Pato met with Congressman Dan Donovan. (R/Staten Island). Topics discussed included the House/Black Budget, Fixing the ACA, Medica...Read more >

• NYSARA Appoints New Executive Director

  April 02, 2017: On the recommendation of NYSARA President Barry Kaufmann and the action of the NYSARA Board of Directors, Stephen Madarasz has been appointed the NYS Alliance for Retired Americans new Executive Director as of April 1st. He replaces former Execut...Read more >

• Thank You NYSARA Activists: Your Efforts paid dividends in Preventing Trump/Ryancare’s passage

  March 26, 2017: On Friday March 24, 2017 the American Health Care Act died a very unnatural death. The original bill that threatened to have up to 24 million Americans lose coverage, to raise prices for seniors, to give a $525 billion dollar tax break to the very ri...Read more >

• NYSARA Activists meet with Senator Crowley (D) Bronx/Queens on the TPP and Retirement Security

  April 12, 2016: On Monday April 11, 2016 a group of NYSARA activists including NYSARA President Barry Kaufmann, NYSARA Executive Director John Costello and members of the New York City Chapter of NYSARA Doris Welch, Audrey Iszard, Armando Mandes and Marvin Goodman m...Read more >

• The New York State Alliance for Retired Americans and its partners complete a very successful 2017 Budget Session

  April 03, 2016: NYSARA and its activists and partners, in the first example of what will become the norm as a 501c4 organization, had an enormously successful budget session. We were successful in conveying the message to legislators as to why raising the minimum wa...Read more >

• NYSARA Lobbies Senate Republicans for the $15 Minimum Wage

  March 29, 2016: On the last session day to negotiate an on time budget without the Governor's message of necessity, (March 28, 2016) NYSARA was successful in getting information on why the $15 minimum wage was a senior issue to many of the Republican Senators before...Read more >