On December 9th, Eva Mrozca - RC 2 President, Sarah Rodland - Rc 44 President, Joe Cantafio - NYSUT WNY Regional Staff Director & Louisa Pacheco - WNY Political Organizer for NYSUT attended the Starbucks Workers United Rally in Niagara Square.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed into law important legislation to protect New Yorkers facing significant medical debt. The action fulfills an important goal of her 2022 State of the State address to protect consumers, including New York’s seniors. The action prohibits health care providers from placing liens on homes and assets to collect medical debt to create unfair pressure on struggling New Yorkers. Learn more about the new protections and why they are necessary: MORE

Union For Life - A first ever meeting of the NYSUT Retiree Contiguous E.D 51-53 Delegates, Retiree Advisory Committee and Retiree Services Consultants gathered at the Crowne Plaza Albany on September 28-29, 2022, to engage in the business of the union.

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Three parts to the new law: *. Reduce the federal deficit by $305 billion by 2031 through various measures including stronger tax enforcement measures; *. Increase economic output by promoting new renewable energy projects, chip manufacturing, and healthcare provisions; *. Limit the price growth of certain prescription drugs by allowing Medicare to negotiate their cost with pharmaceutical companies. MORE

Americans pay the highest prices for prescription drugs in the world, and older and retired Americans, who take the most medications to stay healthy and live on fixed incomes, bear the brunt of this crisis. To help reverse the pharmaceutical industry's stranglehold on our health care system, on August 16, 2022 President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. It means lower prescription drug prices for millions of Medicare beneficiaries. MORE