Showing posts with label New York Senate District 17 for Progress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York Senate District 17 for Progress. Show all posts

Monday, March 18, 2019

GUARANTEED HEALTH CARE: HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT?


How are We Going to Pay for It?  
A New York Health Act Forum on Costs, Benefits, Savings, and Your Pocketbook
Sunday, March 24th, 4:50 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Do you have questions about how the New York Health Act (Assembly Bill A4738A)  will affect your wallet?  Do you have questions about how this bill will affect the New York state budget?

The bill

"Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; establishes the New York Health Trust Fund which would hold monies from a variety of sources to be used solely to finance the plan; enacts provisions relating to financing of New York Health, including a payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax; provides for collective negotiations by health care providers with New York Health."
 
New York Senate District 17 for Progress (NYSD 17 for Progress) and Pakistani American Youth Society (PAYS) will host a thirty-minute presentation on the "economics" of the act, followed by a thirty-minute Q&A session to answer your questions.

Leonard Rodberg, Ph.D., will give the presentation. He is Emeritus Professor of Urban Studies at Queens College and co-director of Community Studies of New York, Inc.

Agenda:

  • 4:00 p.m.-to 4:50 p.m.: NYSD 17 for Progress monthly meeting. All are welcome to join.
  • 4:50 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.: Presentation
  • 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.: Q&A session
  • 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.: Networking reception

The forum is free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome to attend. The event is child-friendly, with a side room and movies for the children.

Location
Pakistani American Youth Society
1001 Newkirk Avenue
at the corner of Coney Island Avenue
Kensington / Midwood, Brooklyn

Thursday, March 29, 2018

"FELDER TRACKER" BLOG PROMOTES TRANSPARENCY


The "Felder Tracker" blog, run by New York Senate District 17 for Progress, tracks the political positions, statements, and legislative actions of State Senator Simcha Felder. The results of his constituents' communications with his office about his positions on bills in the State Senate are also posted there.

Although he is a registered member of the Democratic Party, Senator Felder has caucused with the Republicans since being elected in 2012 and mostly votes the same way that they do. It's been possible for his vote to determine whether or not a Democrat-backed bill gets passed.

In the 2016 general election, Senator Felder ran on three party lines: Democratic, Republican, and Conservative. Last year, the Brooklyn Conservative Party gave him its best rating for being more conservative than every Republican in our State Senate.


Constituents who have asked Senator Felder to comment on an issue or who have requested information from his office are invited to share their questions and his or his staff's responses on Felder Tracker. Send an e-mail to nysd17forprogress @ gmail.com.

District 17 includes Midwood, Flatbush, Borough Park, Kensington, Sunset Park, Madison, and Bensonhurst.