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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Hello, everyone. Please find below the message that is going out to our legislators for in-person and virtual appointments. This will allow you to see how it is being presented. Also, please find attached the factsheets. Please note that we have 5 issues, three of which have been grouped together into one factsheet, and two of those do not have bills introduced in either the NYS Senate or Assembly at this time. I am sending this to mike and to New York News, for Mike. A link to a Zoom meeting for Sunday 4/16/2023 at 8:00 P.M. will be sent out on New York News and to already established teams, for a briefing on the issues, so please read through these factsheets prior to that meeting. I will also send along a quick cheat sheet with the bill numbers, sponsors, cosponsors all in one short document which you can reference while participating in seminar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Lastly, please note that this is going out on NY News in order to reach any potential participants who have not yet contacted Mike, or whose communications may have gone astray, and also as a reference for anyone who is interested in our legislative priorities for this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Begin Forwarded Message:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Good Afternoon:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> As promised, please find attached our 2023 factsheets. We have 5 concerns, grouped into 3 categories: finance, technology, and transportation, which are grouped onto 3 factsheets accordingly. We have provided information on bill numbers and sponsors for those bills which have been introduced thus far.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>If you have a virtual appointment scheduled with the NFBNYS, we will send along a Zoom invitation today or tomorrow at the latest. If you have an in-person appointment with us, we will send along a confirmation email in a similar time frame.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Thank you so much for agreeing to meet with us,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Sincerely</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Heather Bird</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>