NYS ban on polystyrene began with the New Year The new law bans any single-use disposable polystyrene foam service containers including bowls, cartons, clamshells, cups, lids, plates and trays. Additionally, polystyrene packing peanuts will be illegal. Polystyrene is known as a problem piece of plastic. It is made from the chemical styrene, which environmental experts...Continue Reading
Getting Out the Vote in 2022 Nancy Rosenthal, nancyrosenthal9@gmail.com The key in 2022 will be Getting Out the Vote (GOTV)! All voters were helped last week with the signing of legislation allowing for Voting by Absentee Ballot due to the Covid-19 Pandemic through 2022. This legislation will “ensure the pandemic does not create inaccessibility for voters during...Continue Reading
Ethics Governor Hochul has made abolishing JCOPE, the much-maligned New York state ethics enforcement agency her main ethics priority. Her office has been working with the good government groups, including the League on this but it will also need to be negotiated with the Legislature. She included her proposal in with her budget submission last week....Continue Reading
Take Action on State Redistricting NOW Today we sent a letter to the Legislative leaders urging transparency in their process and urging an opportunity for public input as they consider these maps. See the letter here: https://lwvny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Jan-25-Letter-to-Leg-Leaders-re-Redistricting.pdf We encourage members to call their own NYS Senators and Assemblymembers reiterating the demand for hearings and public input...Continue Reading
On January 3rd the Independent Redistricting Commission voted to submit two sets of maps for Congressional and state Legislative Districts, one Democratic and one Republican. Each received five votes. The League, Citizens Union and Reinvent Albany sent a letter to the Commissioners criticizing the failure to submit one set of maps. https://lwvny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Letter-IRC-010322-FINAL.pdf. Because the Commission...Continue Reading
This is the beginning of 2022, a new year, which promises to be as challenging for the LWVNYS as was 2021. We are still fighting for voting rights both in Washington DC for federal changes and in NYS for changes to our own state laws. In fact as most if not all of you know, the proposals on last year’s...Continue Reading
Winter Farmers’ Markets on LI Just because the cold weather has descended on Long Island doesn’t mean you have to give up going to farmers markets. Here are four that will be going strong throughout the winter. Two of them are rather far from us, but you can make a visit to them part of...Continue Reading
League takes positions on a variety of issues after careful study and consensus. We can take action under any or all of our positions. The positions of the League of Women Voters of Nassau County can be found on the website: www.lwveastnassau.org. We can also take action under state and national League positions, which are...Continue Reading
