State Issues

• Transportation to Medical and Other Appointments in New York State

  February 14, 2023: One of the areas of concern and need for the 850 seniors that took the NYSARA/NYSOFA Survey was the dilemma of not being able to find transportation to medical or other appointments.  That help is available through many county office's for the...Read more >

• NYSARA and the NYS Office for the Aging Survey on Services for Seniors 870 Surveys Now Completed

  February 14, 2023: We asked you last week to take part in a survey on services for Seniors in New York.  Thus far 870 people have taken part in the survey.  For those of you that have NOT taken the survey we ask that you log on to and take the survey. Ne...Read more >

• NYSARA Virtual Town Hall on Winter Wellness for Seniors Presents Valuable Information

  January 20, 2022: Franklin County Director of Public Health Katie Strack was special guest of NYSARA for a virtual Town Hall Meeting focused on Winter Wellness for Seniors on Wed. Jan. 12. Not surprisingly, questions about the Coronavirus surge and the challe...Read more >

• KHN: Over Half of States Have Rolled Back Public Health Powers in Pandemic

  September 17, 2021: Republican legislators in more than half of U.S. states, spurred on by voters angry about lockdowns and mask mandates, are taking away the powers state and local officials use to protect the public against infectious diseases. People celebrate...Read more >