StateWide members and staff are often making news to raise the importance of senior issues.  Read all about it here.

2-21-13  Albany Times Union US Senator Schumer joins StateWide to urge a fix for Medicare Observation Hospital Status and article encourages readers to call StateWide for assistance.

2-19-13 Albany Times Union reports on press conference with Congressman Tonko on the need to avert sequestration.

Calling $85 billion in pending budget cuts “mindless,” U.S. Rep. Paul D. Tonko on Monday joined advocates in demanding alternatives that would stave off potentially devastating effects of the reductions on seniors and the middle class.The advocates and the Amsterdam Democratic lawmaker suggested the government gradually reduce spending while cutting tax breaks for oil companies, large corporations and the richest 2 percent of Americans.

12-18-12 Albany Times Union reports on problems with Medicare Hospitalization Observation Status and encourages readers to call StateWide for assistance.

12-7-12 StateWide comments in radio story on the possible impact of the fiscal cliff on senior services

10-10-12 Albany Times Union covers StateWide’s 40th Anniversary Convention

3-27-12 StateWide President Jim Collins was in DC  and joined the crowd outside the Supreme Court while they deliberated the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act on March 27, 2012.  He was interviewed on the radio by NPR in Boston and was the first speaker on the radio broadcast “Here and Now”.  The link is below (there may be a short commercial that plays first.) http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2012/03/27/health-care-math/player

March 21, 2011 Oneida Daily StateWide Senior Action Council Praises Assembly for Restoring EPIC Funds

February 2011 Legislative Gazette Budget cuts worry advocates of all stripes

November 2010 Legislative Gazette Retiring OFA director vows to continue in advocacy role

October 2010, Elmira: Reporting on the Elder Security Index, print article and video interview

Watch video of the Launch of New York’s Elder Security Index

A vintage story from 1988:  Young at Heart Politically, Elderly Lobby