At this stage of the budget process, it is critical that we keep the funding needs of long term care and aging services providers top of mind. Members are encouraged to use these service line-specific digital advocacy letters to help us keep the pressure on legislators for the remainder of 2024-25 budget discussions. It only takes a few clicks to send a letter TODAY!

LeadingAge NY President and CEO Jim Clyne was selected to offer in-person testimony at the hearing held on Jan. 23^rd in Albany. LeadingAge NY also submitted written testimony to complement the three minutes allotted to speak.

LeadingAge NY is proud to share that our president and CEO, Jim Clyne, has been ranked #37 on City & State’s 2024 Health Care Power 100 list.

As the State Legislative session and state budget process gets underway, LeadingAge New York and its members have launched an advocacy campaign calling on Governor Hochul and policy makers to reform and invest in nursing home reimbursement and provide funding that better matches the cost of providing care.

LeadingAge NY will be hosting our January Public Affairs Council meeting this Thurs., Jan. 11^th at 3 p.m. If you have not already signed up to be a part of the Council, you can still do so here!

The new law will take effect Jan. 1, 2025 and will update state code to include standards for emergency planning and preparedness for those living with a disability in a high-rise building.

In the final days of December, Governor Hochul acted upon nine long term care-related bills that were passed by the Legislature in 2023. LeadingAge NY provides a review of these bills, along with related writings and outcomes.

The Assembly Standing Committees on Health, Mental Health, People with Disabilities, Higher Education, and Labor held a joint legislative hearing on the status of the state’s health care workforce on Tues., Dec. 19^th at Hunter College in NYC. The hearing was invitation only, but fortunately LeadingAge NY was offered the opportunity to weigh in.