On May 4, at the United Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, over 60 people got together to learn about the Science & the Law of Aquifer Protection. The symposium, sponsored by the Sierra Club and Water for Long Island, and co-sponsored by the Center for Water Resources Management at NYIT, and the League of Women...Continue Reading
As some of you have heard, the state League will not be subscribing to Vote 411 this year for its electronic voter guide. Instead, we have a contract with Ballot Ready to provide race and candidate information online. You can view their website at: https://www.ballotready.org/ or see how ours will look at the LWV of...Continue Reading
U.S. Commerce Secretary Willbur Ross has chosen to include a question on the U.S. Census pertaining to citizenship. Including this question on the Census will discourage participation and impact the data collected in every community across the country. This decision is bad for the census, bad for our communities and bad for America. The Census...Continue Reading
Due to a scheduling conflict, Madeline Singas will not be our guest speaker. This month our speaker will be Deputy Chief of the Nassau County DA’s Economic Crimes Bureau, Connie Gentile. She will talk about financial crimes, credit card scams, loan fraud, check fraud and bank fraud. Our general meeting for March was planned in...Continue Reading
The New York State legislature is considering death with dignity legislation in New York State. The legislation is modeled after laws in Oregon and other states. Currently 6 states and Washington DC have authorized the procedure either through court rulings, referendum, or state legislation. • Oregon in 1994 through ballot initiative • Washington in 2008...Continue Reading
Active Euthanasia Active Euthanasia is the medical administration of a lethal agent to a patient in order to relieve intolerable and intractable suffering of the patient, resulting in death. Advance Directive An advance directive is a document in which a person makes provision for health care decisions, including naming a surrogate decision maker in the...Continue Reading
What is League Concurrence? CONCURRENCE as defined by LWVUS LEAGUE BASICS is: agreement by League members with a position on an issue reached by a small group of members or by another League. Based on LWVUS precedent, it is not necessary that the “decision statement” or “pre-stated position” follow verbatim the position upon which it...Continue Reading
LWVUS Receives DC Statehood and Voting Rights Grant Led by the LWVDC Committee for Full Rights for DC Citizens, members are presenting DC Statehood Toolkit materials in five places soon, with other visits planned, like LWV Hong Kong in November. Up first are Anchorage and Tanana Valley, Alaska Leagues, and the Missouri State Fall Conference....Continue Reading
Board member and Students Inside Albany Coordinator Lorraine Newman recently received an email from Domenique Masi, the Island Park High School student who represented LWVEN at the 2017 League of Women Voters of New York State Students Inside Albany (SIA) conference last spring. Now a student at Colgate University, Domenique wanted to express her appreciation...Continue Reading
One hundred years ago, women in New York State won the right to vote, two years before the passage of the 19th amendment, and after over 80 years of fighting for and demanding suffrage. Now, 100 years later, the League of Women Voters is the living legacy of those women and men who were not...Continue Reading
