[New-York-News] ** IMPORTANT CALL TO ACTION ** You immediate action is needed

[president at nfbny.org]

Hi All:

 

I hope you are well and safe. We need to act quickly on the Blind Persons'
Right to Parent Act.

The Assembly bill, A 2113 passed unanimously. This is a huge step for us
because it has died there in past years. Now we need to get it through the
Senate. It passed unanimously in the previous legislature, but is now stuck
in the Children and Families Committee, which Senator Jabari Brisport now
chairs.

We need to flood Senator Brisport's office with phone calls and emails
urging him to move the bill through his committee, so it can go to the
senate floor. We also need to call and email the Majority Leader, Senator
Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and ask her to bring it to the floor for a vote. It
will pass if it gets to the floor, but it has to get there first.

The bill number is S 4407, sponsored by Senator Kevin Parker. We need
everyone who can make a phone call or send an email to do so this Thursday,
June 3. I will provide their office phone numbers and emails below. So if
you can't make a call or send an email during regular business hours, you
can leave a voicemail or send an email at any time that day. Let's overload
their voicemail and email boxes.

When calling Senator Brisport's office, please provide your name and general
location, eg., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. State that you are calling in support of
S 4407, the Blind Persons' Right to Parent Act, and ask that he report it
favorably out of the Children and Families Committee, so it can move to the
senate floor. If you are a blind parent, state that, and talk about how this
bill is important to you personally.

When calling Senator Stewart-Cousins' office, provide the same information
as above, and ask that she allow the bill to come to the floor for a vote.
Again, if you are a blind parent, say so. 

We can get this done if we all work on it. Senator Brisport's office number
is 518-455-3451. His email is

brisport at nysenate.gov <mailto:brisport at nysenate.gov> 

Senator Stewart-Cousins' phone is 518-455-2715, and her email is

scousins at nysenate.gov <mailto:scousins at nysenate.gov> 

Note: her last name is hyphenated, but her email address does not contain a
hyphen.

If you have any questions, please contact any of us. Let's bring an end to
the discrimination that blind parents have faced for far too long.

 

Legislation Committee 

Ray Wayne, Chair

 

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