State & Federal Advocacy Updates

Call your Congressional Representative to provide full funding for LIHEAP in the federal budget

May 27, 2026

Call your Congressional Representative at 202-224-3121 If you don’t know who represents you, enter your home zip code in the upper right box at this link Message: My name is _______ and I live in (your hometown). I urge you to provide full funding for LIHEAP...

Contact the Governor and your Assemblymember by March 31st – to add $25 million in funding to address new waiting lists for Aging services and to build the capacity to meet the needs of seniors in the future.

Mar 27, 2026

Contact the Governor and your Assemblymember by March 31. Governor Hochul: Use this link to send the Governor an online message. After filling in your contact information, there are several drop down boxes to be completed: 1) Topic: select Health 2) Subject: type in...

Call your Assemblymember and the Governor to agree with the Senate’s budget proposal to fund $25 million towards implementing a portion of the Master Plan for Aging

Mar 23, 2026

Call the NYS Assembly switchboard at (518) 455-4100 and ask to be connected to your State Assemblymember’s office. Message: My name is ___ and I am a constituent from (name your town). I am asking you to urge Assembly budget negotiators to agree with...

Contact the Governor’s office to urge her to sign MAID (Assembly bill – A136 into law without creating additional barriers or delaying implementation.

Mar 9, 2026

Call your Legislators to ask them to restore the $200,000 cut to StateWide’s Patients’ Rights Hotline and Advocacy Project in the Office for Aging section of budget bill A10003/S9003

Mar 9, 2026

Call your Legislators to seek their support to ensure the Patients’ Rights Helpline is not cut and to seek a nominal increase over 2025 funds.

Mar 9, 2026

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