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
While the appeal of Internet voting is obvious, the risks, unfortunately, are not. Voted ballots sent via the Internet simply cannot be made secure and make easy and inviting targets for attackers ranging from lone hackers to foreign governments seeking to undermine US elections. Despite that, as states provide electronic delivery of blank ballots, some...Continue Reading
With all the concerns today about the burden of huge college loans, and the sometimes questionable earning power of Bachelors’ Degrees, more attention is being turned to CTE (Career Technical Education). Previously known as Vocational Education, and sometimes relegated to students with lesser academic skills, these programs are receiving more attention as a means to...Continue Reading
Has anyone had time to breathe yet? What an incredibly exciting and busy time for all Leagues throughout NY State and through our entire country. Voter services are everywhere and all of you involved deserve accolades to the “nth.” It is also well known that youth has been involved with many events such as voter...Continue Reading
“While Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are required to cover the same health services as Original Medicare, they are not required to offer the same level of provider access and can impose coverage restrictions—like prior authorization—that require enrollees to take additional steps before accessing prescribed care. If a service is covered with prior authorization,” enrollees must...Continue Reading
The League of Women Voters of East Nassau is launching a campaign to recruit new members, women, men and students 16 years and older. We are having a get together on Wednesday July 18th at the Levittown Public Library, 1 Bluegrass Lane, Levittown at 7:15pm. The League is a non-partisan, non-profit organization which encourages informed...Continue Reading
In the 1840s, when most women in the U.S. were considered the property of their husbands and courts blocked the use of domestic violence protections, early suffrage leaders, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Jocelyn Gage, saw that their neighbors, members of the Haudeosaunee indigenous people, had rights for women against assault and rape which were unknown...Continue Reading
The legislative session has ended. As expected, the Legislature failed to pass any of the progressive reforms we advocated for. We weren’t the only group scorned by the Assembly and Senate; very few issues were able to be resolved before the two houses gaveled out. Election law reforms, single payer health care, the Reproductive Health...Continue Reading
Re: Disaster at the Border We’re attacking this issue from a few different angles. We’ve added the League’s name to two coalition letters. The first is from the Value Our Families Campaign. The letter opposes cuts to our family-based immigration system and the diversity visa program or ramped up enforcement measures that would further tear...Continue Reading
