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League Mission
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

What is Action?
"Action is agitating, organizing, educating, pleading, and persuading" - said Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader of the women’s suffrage movement and founder of the League of Women Voters.
Today, action is whatever the League does to influence government officials to implement the League's program goals. Action is sending emails, writing letters, visiting public officials, mobilizing public support and testifying at hearings.
How does the League take Action?
All League action is taken in accordance with positions arrived at after study and a consensus process. League positions and the history of actions taken under these positions are found in Impact on Issues. All action is taken to further our positions, with emphasis on those items contained in our Legislative Agenda Brochure, Legislative Packet Part I and
Legislative Packet Part II
.  Issue Specialists in various areas develop Annual Plans and Action Agendas (these articulate the activities they anticipate during the legislative session).
CATT (Citizen Action Toolkit)

CATT (Citizen Action Toolkit)
Named after the League's founder, Carrie Chapman Catt. 
A central part of the mission of the League of Women Voters is to encourage the active and informed participation of citizens in their government.  To that end, the League has created this easy-to-use resource that enables citizens to find a wealth of information about our state and federal governments.  

Use our toolkit to contact your elected officials, or to send a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. Support League issues with just a few clicks of your mouse or take a moment to craft a letter of your own. Sign up for action alerts on the issues that are important to you. Click on the link above to make your voice heard!!!

Coalition Membership
Coalition Membership List (Updated 12/09)
To Get Involved
As an organization that operates and advocates at the local, state, and national levels, the League actively encourages individuals to get involved at all levels of government. Advocacy ranges from writing a letter to running a legislative campaign. If you would like to become more involved in League advocacy, Contact Betsey at the League office or call us at 518-465-4162. Training will be provided to those who are new to the advocacy arena.
Organization of the Advocacy Webpage

This web page is in the process of being updated to reflect League positions, underlying educational materials, and League action for each of the areas in which we operate. It functions both as an educational resource for the casual observer and a more comprehensive resource for those actively involved in advocacy.

It is organized by issue area. Issues will be listed as they are added. For further information about specific issues, click on the issue of interest.

Individual Advocacy Areas

EDUCATION

  • EDUCATION FINANCE
  • CHARTER SCHOOLS
  • REAL PROPERTY TAXATION

REDISTRICTING

REAL PROPERTY TAXATION

  • THE STAR PROGRAM
  • REAL PROPERTY TAX CIRCUIT BREAKER RELIEF
Helpful Links for Transparency in NYS Government Informaiton
  • Open Book NY-- Office of the State Comptroller
    openbooknewyork.com

  • Project Sunlight – NYS Office of the Attorney General, A Public Integrity Initiative
    sunlightny.com

  • SeeThrough NY— Empire Center for NYS Policy, A Project of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research  (1/28/2009)
    seethroughny.net
 Testimony
2009-2010 Budget Testimony
Press Releases
2009-2010 Legislative Memos

Memorandum in Opposition

  • Memos in Opposition to S6171 and A9455 (6/1/2010)
    An Act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to removing the debt ceiling cap for the Town of Islip’s Resource Recovery Agency.

Memorandum in Support

 
Current League Legislative Action
Current League Legislative Action - Healthcare
Healthcare-What Will Happen To Your Healthcare When You Pull the Lever?
As a community service to educate voters for the upcoming Presidential election, the League of Women Voters of NYS, along with the Capital Region Local Leagues, presented a pre-election program on October 25th, that provided voters with a thorough, unbiased analysis of both major candidates' proposals that included a perspective from a major area health service provider, Seton Health, an affiliate Ascension Health, the largest U.S. nonprofit health system, on the impact of both proposals on health care delivery.

Healthcare Forum Webcasts October 2008 (10/29/2008)

Aging in the Community? The Future of Long Term Healthcare
League of Women Voters of NYS & The Capital Region Local Leagues
Panel Discussion Webcasts Spring 2009

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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