Alert: Tell Governor Hochul to invest in home care!
On October 1st, The Caring Majority organization delivered thousands of letters to the three most powerful decision-makers in New York State: Governor Hochul, Assembly Speaker Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
Our letters had a central message: now is the time to invest in home care, not destroy it with short-sighted cuts and ill-conceived “reforms.”
Today, we are asking you to join us in making three calls to help us follow up on our letters and continue to put pressure around our home care demands as we move into next year’s budget.
Governor Hochul: 518-474-8390 (NOTE! our home care worker leaders have been calling since earlier today and the line may be shut down cause of their amazing work!)
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: 518-455-3791
Script: Hi, my name is XXX, I’m a New Yorker and a voter calling to voice my concerns about the attack on the consumer-directed personal assistance program. CDPAP provides home care to over half of people who use home care in New York State. Your intention to hand this program over to one out-of-state corporation is reckless and will put peoples’ lives in danger. There is no way it is possible to transition 250,000 people’s home care in less than 3 months. This issue is personal to me because XXXX. You’re playing with people’s lives and you need to stop. [NAME OF LEGISLATOR] needs to meet with the Caring Majority directly to discuss this urgent matter.
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins: (518) 455-2585
Script: Hi, my name is XXX, I’m a New Yorker and a voter calling to voice my concerns about the attack on the consumer-directed personal assistance program. CDPAP provides home care to over half of people who use home care in New York State. We want to thank the Majority Leader for her past support and urge her to keep fighting. There is no way it is possible to transition 250,000 people’s home care in less than 3 months. It will put peoples’ lives at risk. This issue is personal to me because XXXX. We’d like to ask the Majority Leader to meet with Caring Majority leaders directly to discuss this urgent matter.
These calls make a difference. Our last push for calls resulted in meetings with the staff of Stewart-Cousins and Heastie. Together our community will continue to fight until we get real action and true commitments to investment in home care.
