Updated Digital Budget Letters Now Available!
(Feb. 18, 2025) As the dust settles from our Feb. 4th Advocacy Day effort and last week’s Health budget hearing, it is important to remember that legislators are receiving countless State budget requests from constituents in all corners of the state. The Senate and Assembly are expected to put forth their one-house budget proposals sometime in early March. It is vital that we use these next few weeks to draw the attention of the Legislature to our budget issues, emphasizing better investments in their one-house budget proposals and the need to restore harmful cuts already enacted or proposed by the Executive.
With this in mind, LeadingAge NY has crafted the below service line-specific digital advocacy letters to help us keep the pressure on legislators for the remainder of 2025-26 budget discussions.
Please use the links below to send messages to your legislators and the Governor TODAY!
Each letter takes only a minute or two to send. Simply enter your information to automatically send an email to the Governor and your State Senator and Assembly Member. There will be more grassroots resources to come, but for now, please help us flood the email inboxes of your State legislators!
- Nursing Home Budget Letters – More letter versions and flyers available by Wed., Feb. 19th
- Resident Assistant in Affordable Senior Housing Budget Letter
- Adult Care Facility/Assisted Living Budget Letter
- Home and Community-Based Services Budget Letter
- Managed Long Term Care Budget Letter
- Adult Day Health Care Budget Letter
After you send your letters, we strongly encourage members to share these links with colleagues, board members, and volunteers. This is a simple and easy way to strengthen our unified message to the Legislature at this critical time.
In addition, LeadingAge NY’s Advocacy Day website will remain active over the coming weeks. We encourage members to continue to share our Budget Issue Briefs with legislative offices, and, if you have not already watched the recording of our Advocacy Day Prep Call, the messaging and focus of the advocacy that we reviewed on the call remain relevant.
Thank you for your budget advocacy and for staying engaged with us throughout this process!
Please reach out to Saleena Ali at sali@leadingageny.org with any questions.