Apr 29, 2021
By Jessica Wickham | on April 28, 2021; Tompkins Weekly (click HERE to view article) The Tompkins County chapter of the New York StateWide Senior Action Council was in its infancy — just 2 years old — when the pandemic hit last year. But members continued carrying...
Apr 20, 2021
The Buffalo News; Maria Alvarez, Nora OBrien-Suric We are relieved to see that last month’s passage of the American Rescue Plan Covid relief package has brought the Affordable Care Act to full strength after years of attacks and weakening. The ARP is a huge...
Apr 3, 2021
StateWide Executive Director Maria Alvarez and Board President Mario Henry joined Senator Gillibrand, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and DRNY Director Timothy Clune to announce a package of three bills to help reduce the cost of prescription drugs, and help...
Mar 17, 2021
Author: WGRZ Staff Published: 9:20 PM EDT March 15, 2021 Updated: 9:20 PM EDT March 15, 2021 NIAGARA COUNTY, N.Y. — As more people continue to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office is warning Western New Yorkers about the...
Feb 23, 2021
Topic: COVID-19 Update: Vaccines and Variants Speaker: Douglas Rahner, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Family Health Network of Central New York, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Upstate Medical University. Watch VIDEO HERE Brought to you by Cortland...
Feb 23, 2021
February 23, 2021—New York, NY—Yesterday the New York Supreme Court certified a class of all people with disabilities for whom the use of stairs is difficult or impossible and who are therefore unable to access over 75% of the New York City subway. Fewer than 25% of...
