The New York Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union, and the law firm Latham & Watkins LLP filed a lawsuit challenging New York’s 25-day voter registration cutoff for arbitrarily disenfranchising tens of thousands of eligible voters. “There’s no excuse for excluding tens of thousands of potential New York voters from the political process,” said...Continue Reading
Antonia Petrash, LWV Port Washington/Manhassset One of the best things about the upcoming centennial celebration of woman winning the vote is the new books that are gradually emerging for both adults and children. New to our Women’s History Bookshelf is a delightful new picture book by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, illustrated by Maira Kalman,...Continue Reading
Beth Radow, chair of the LWVNYS committee on energy, agriculture and the environment has prepared a BE EARTHWISE guide for you to VOTE with your consumer dollars and daily practices, to toss less food and feed more people while saving money and our natural resources. Food Waste constitutes the third largest contributor to global warming....Continue Reading
Inventive and delicious food, made from what most people throw away, by the co-founder of the celebrated Danish restaurant, Noma. SCRAPS, WILT & WEEDS, Turning Wasted Food into Plenty, by Mads Refslund, features 100 recipes using local ingredients in a sustainable, no-waste fashion. Mr. Refslund is one of the initial partners at Noma, a world-renowned...Continue Reading
“Why are standards so much higher for our coffee apps than our voting machines?” This question was asked recently in an email from Verified Voting, a group with which we have worked in the past. When creating a password for a new Starbucks account, the instructions direct the user to choose a password of “between...Continue Reading
“For almost 100 years, the League has sought to enlarge the franchise — and protect it. Last week, we did it again.” Fran Furtado, a member of the Port Washington/Manhasset League read in Newsday that the Suffolk County Board of Elections in Yaphank decided to end walk-in absentee ballots, because so many voters were requesting...Continue Reading
What is New York Recycles? It is our way of promoting recycling and buying recycled in New York State. New York Recycles will culminate on November 15. Events take place all year and culminate on November 15. How do you participate? All you need to do is: Recycle the materials in your local community recycling...Continue Reading
LWV East Nassau had a very busy election season, hosting two primary candidate forums and three general election candidate forums. The three general election forums included one for Congressional District 2, and two for 3different State Senate Districts and 6 different State Assembly Districts. Fortunately, most of the candidates who agreed to attend did so....Continue Reading
Those living within the Merrick Water District (residents of Merrick, Bellmore, North Bellmore, Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa, Massapequa Park, Levittown and South Farmingdale) along with those who live in the Lynbrook and Seacliff Water Districts, get their water from New York American Water. They pay far more for their water than anyone else on Long Island,...Continue Reading
LWVNYS’s Education Foundation and the NYS Social Studies Supervisory Association (NYS4A) have produced seven lesson plans for teachers of the New York State Grade 12 Participation in Government course. The goal of these lessons is to educate New York State’s future voters to become active citizens. Students will develop a better understanding of how public...Continue Reading
