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NYC Residents Struggling With Increased Food Costs, Decreased SNAP Benefits, Other Federal Aid Programs: Rep. AOC
Navigating Expanded SNAP Requirements Editor’s note: After the passage of the OBBBA, a bill which…
At Staten Island’s Richmond University Medical Center, Rep. Malliotakis Welcomes Dr. Oz
Malliotakis Welcomes Dr. Oz to Staten Island’s Richmond University Medical Center See the video of…
Investigating Corporate Welfare For Walmart, Other Wealthy Corporations At Expense of Hard-Working Americans, ICE Funding, Weakening Civil Right: Senator Sanders
Investigating Corporate Welfare For Wealthy Corps, Meeting With AI Leaders In CA, Broken Promises To…
Staten Island’s State Senator, US Representative Work Together To Fight SNAP Fraud
Staten Island’s State Senator, US Representative Work Together To Fight SNAP Fraud Malliotakis,…
Staten Island’s Senator Leads First Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs Committee Meeting Of 2026 Legislative Session
Senator Scarcella-Spanton Leads First Veterans, Homeland Security & Military Affairs Committee Meeting of the 2026…
Republican Led State: Charging Health Insurance Premiums To Lowest Income Families To Generate Revenue – Those On Medicaid At Poverty Level Could Face $60-100 Per Month
Medicaid premium system could bring New Hampshire up to $23 million in revenue, DHHS estimates…
Health Insurance Stabilization Fund Misused By City’s Municipal Labor Committee: Comptroller Lander Releases Long Awaited Audit
Health Insurance Stabilization Fund Misused By City’s Municipal Labor Committee: Comptroller Lander Releases Long Awaited…
Malliotakis Welcomed Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to Staten Island Community Clinic
(Limitless Monday will return next week, after the New Year) Malliotakis Welcomed VA Secretary Doug…
Skyrocketing Costs This Thanksgiving, Ensuring Pregnant Women’s Healthcare Access, Increasing Social Security Benefit Levels, Supporting Victims Of Human Trafficking, Honduran President Pardon, Connecting Seniors To Community This Holiday Season, New Yorkers Getting Scroog’d: Senator Gillibrand
Skyrocketing Costs This Thanksgiving, Ensuring Pregnant Women’s Healthcare Access, Increasing Social Security Benefit Levels, Supporting…
No American Should Go Hungry, $100M For New Low- No-Emission Buses, Congress Should Ban Stock Trading By Insiders, Stop Stalling Toxic Cleanups, Release HEAP Funds, On Calls For Violence, Protecting Youth In Foster Care: Senator Gillibrand
No American Should Go Hungry, $100M For New Low- No-Emission Buses, Congress Should Ban Stock…
America’s Healthcare System Is In Crisis – Those Who Need It Cannot Afford It: Time For Reform Is Now: Senator Sanders
America’s Healthcare System Is In Crisis – Those Who Need It Cannot Afford It: Time…
Gov Hochul, Gov Murphy, Gov. Newsom Issue Statements, Directives Ending SNAP Uncertainty For 3 Million New Yorkers, 800K New Jerseyans, 5.5M Californians: Full Benefits Become Available
Gov Hochul, Gov Murphy, Gov. Newsom Issue Statements, Directives Ending SNAP Uncertainty For 3 Million…
Rising Health Insurance Premiums For Older Adults Coming, Sounding Alarm On Changes Harmful To Disabled Students, Trump Admin’s Attacks On New York, Demanding SNAP Benefits Paid, Purging Frontline Opioid Crisis Staff,
Editor’s note: We previously covered the commemoration of the 35th Anniversary of the Americans…
Staten Island, NYC, NJ SNAP Beneficiaries: Help For Local Families During Interruption In Benefits – 39% NY, 50% NJ Recipients Are Kids
Editor’s note: Our article on the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program provides the exact…
SNAP Benefits Need Extension Immediately – People Who Can’t Afford Food Shouldn’t Be Political Pawns: Sen. Gillibrand, Rep. Malliotakis In Agreement
SNAP Benefits Need Extension Immediately – People Who Can’t Afford Food Shouldn’t Be Political Pawns:…
Bracing For Impact On Two Fronts Affecting Low Income New Yorkers Most Heavily: Healthcare & Food / SNAP: UPDATED w SCOTUS Ruling
Bracing For Impact On Two Fronts Affecting Low Income New Yorkers Most Heavily: Healthcare &…
Staten Islanders Rally Outside Rep. Malliotakis’ Office To Demand She Fight For Health Insurance Tax Credit Extension, Reopen Government
Staten Islanders to Rally Outside Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ Office to Demand that She Fight for…
Active, Retired NYC Municipal Union Workers, Advocacy Organizations Protest To Protect Their Healthcare, Demand Transparency
ACTIVE UNION MEMBERS, RETIREES AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS PROTEST IN SOLIDARITY TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTHCARE AND…
Rep AOC Holds Virtual Town Hall: OBBBA Impacts on SNAP, Medicaid Work Requirements, Student Aid For College Education, Immigration
OBBBA Impacts on SNAP, Medicaid Work Requirements, Student Aid For College Education, Immigration: Rep AOC…
NYC Retirees March Tomorrow At 1:30 In Manhattan With International Organization Of Maritime Masters, Mates, & Pilots
The NYC Retirees Partner with the International Organization of Maritime Masters, Mates & Pilots and…
NYC Retirees To Mayor Adams Today At City Hall: Protect Our Health Insurance, Support Council Bill Intro 1096
NYC Public Service Retirees Unveil Giant 65th Birthday Card for NYC Mayor Adams Group Invites Mayor…
Student Debt Relief Halted, Solar For All Program Funding Canceled, Protecting Social Security For Seniors, Highlighting Budget Bill Cuts To Impact Older Adults
Student Debt Relief Halted, Solar For All Program Funding Canceled, Protecting Social Security For Seniors,…
OPINION: Rep. Malliotakis Promised to Protect Medicaid — Her Vote Risks Thousands of Lives – There Is Hope For Path Forward
Rep. Malliotakis Promised to Protect Medicaid — Her Vote Risks Thousands of Lives By Joseph…
Staten Island, NYC: Fight Hunger In Your Neighborhood – Community Involvement Needed To Support Local Groups Amid Rising Food Insecurity, Looming Impact Of Federal SNAP Cuts
Staten Island, NYC: Fight Hunger In Your Neighborhood – Community Involvement Needed To Support Local…
Leadership Shifts at One of NYC’s Largest Catholic Healthcare Networks: New COO, VP Of HR
Leadership Shifts at One of NYC’s Largest Catholic Healthcare Networks Editor’s note: Back in 2023,…
Fighting To Protect Consumers From Scams, Restore CFPB Funding – Reducing PFAS Contamination At Military Sites, Surrounding Communities – Senate Appropriations Budget Wins For NY: Senator Gillibrand
Fighting To Protect Consumers From Scams, Restore CFPB Funding – Reducing PFAS Contamination At Military…
Staten Island’s Rep. Hosts 2 Telephone Town Halls: Talks Budget Bill, Veterans Affairs, Senior Wins, SALT Deductions – Second Has 3,400 Constituents Live
Note: We asked the Congresswoman a number of questions, specifically about the volunteer and…
NY’s Rep. AOC Provides Helpful Guide For When Budget Cuts Will Hit, Who Will Be Affected, What Constituents Can Do
How Will Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill” Impact You? Editor’s note: Staten Islander News has covered…
On Staten Island Tonight: Mayor Visits JCC For Faith Event – SNAP, Medicaid Supporters Can Talk To City Officials About Cuts, Mitigation Efforts
On Staten Island Tonight: Mayor Visits JCC For Faith Event – SNAP, Medicaid Supporters Can…
Bill More Like Disaster, Not ‘Beautiful:’ Small Number Of Pro-Growth Policies Don’t Outweigh Bad Policies In Bill
Bill More Like Disaster, Not ‘Beautiful’ We’re told to cheer because the bill makes permanent…
New York’s Seniors Impacted By Cuts To Agencies That Protect Seniors From Frauds, Scams; Budget Bill Impacts; Funding For Schools Withheld; Syracuse USDA Office Saved: Senator Gillibrand
New York’s Seniors Impacted By Cuts To Agencies That Protect Seniors From Frauds, Scams; Budget…
Rep. Malliotakis Celebrates Passage of Big Beautiful Bill
Malliotakis Celebrates Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill Legislation heads to President Trump’s desk…
Really Devastating’: How Vulnerable Jews Will Be Affected by Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful, Bill’
‘Really devastating’: How vulnerable Jews will be affected by Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful, Bill’ Editor’s note:…
Senator Sanders On Worst Bill in Modern U.S. History, With Doctor Statements
PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders on The Worst Bill in Modern U.S. History Editor’s note: The following…
Medicaid Cuts Would Devastate Older Adults and People with Disabilities
Medicaid Cuts Would Devastate Older Adults and People with Disabilities by Mbacke Thiam Editor’s note:…
$40 Million In Federal Funding For 16 Airports Across New York State Announced; Impact Of President’s Budget Bill On Local Families: Sen. Gillibrand
$40 Million In Federal Funding For 16 Airports Across New York State Announced; Impact Of…
NYC Retirees Healthcare Fight For Traditional Medicare: Update With Marianne Pizzitola
NYC Retirees Healthcare Fight For Traditional Medicare: Update With Marianne Pizzitola Staten Islander News…
In NYC: Retirees Will Not Be Forced Into Medicare Advantage Over Traditional Medicare Despite Court Ruling: Mayor Adams Makes New Announcement, Local Voices Weigh In
In NYC: Retirees Will Not Be Forced Into Medicare Advantage Over Traditional Medicare Despite Court…
NYC Retirees: With Court Case Lost At Highest Level, Focus Turns To Politicians, Upcoming Primaries, Election
NYC Retirees: With Court Case Lost At Highest Level, Focus Turns To Politicians, Upcoming Primaries,…
Citizen Action of New York, Community Members Condemn Rep. Malliotakis’ Vote for Cruel Healthcare Cuts at Brooklyn Rally
Citizen Action of New York, Community Members Condemn Rep. Malliotakis’ Vote for Cruel Healthcare Cuts at…
On Staten Island As In the Bronx: Cuts To Medicaid, SNAP, Will Harm Low-Income Seniors, Children, Individuals With Disabilities
Staten Islander News sat down with Paula Arboleda of Legal Services NYC to discuss the…
In New York As Nationwide: Work Requirements For SNAP, Medicaid Keep Benefits From People While Not Helping Them Find Work
Work requirements are better at blocking benefits for low-income people than they are at helping…
On Staten Island, NY’s Senator Schumer, GrowNYC, Faith Leaders, Farmers, Seniors, Other Affected Rally Against SNAP, Medicaid Cuts In Budget Bill
SCHUMER RALLIES ON STATEN ISLAND WITH GROWNYC, FAITH LEADERS, FARMERS, SENIORS & GROCERS TO PREVENT WHOPPING 70,000+ SI’ERS FROM…
New Yorkers, All Americans Should Know: New Study Shows 51,000 Additional People Will Die Each Year If President Trump’s Funding Bill Passes
NEW STUDY: Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Cause Over 51,000 Additional Americans to Die Each…
New York’s Senator, Member Of Senate Appropriations Cmte. Releases Statement On Federal Budget Request
GILLIBRAND STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BUDGET REQUEST Editor’s note: Multiple local organizations and residents, including…
Withholding EV Funds Illegal Finds GAO, Improving Senior Access To Healthcare, Israeli Embassy Shooting, CPSC E-Bike Rulemaking Withdrawn: Sen. Gillibrand
Withholding EV Funds Illegal Finds GAO, Improving Senior Access To Healthcare, Israeli Embassy Shooting, CPSC…
Malliotakis Celebrates House Passage of One Big Beautiful Bill:UPDATED
Editor’s note: Readers may remember our story from Citizen Action NY in response to…
At Staten Island Rep’s Office, Citizen Action NY Rallies As Budget Cuts To Senior Programs, SNAP, Other Essential Services In Bill After Markup Released
At Staten Island Rep’s Office, Citizen Action NY Rallies As Budget Cuts To Senior Programs,…
Staten Island, NYC Municipal Retirees To Rally To Support Their Legal Team in Latest Battle With Mayor Adams, City of New York
Editor’s note: NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees shared their unanimous decision handed down by…
NY’s Senator: GOP Proposal Will Slash Medicaid, Senior Nutrition Programs, Social Security, Other Essential Programs
NY’s Senator: GOP Proposal Will Slash Medicaid, Senior Nutrition Programs, Social Security, Other Essential Programs…
In New York, One In Eight Hold Student Loan Debt – New Wage Garnishment Rules In Effect Will Place Undue Burden On Defaulted Borrowers Across Nation
SENATOR GILLIBRAND RAISES ALARM ON SECRETARY OF EDUCATION MCMAHON’S DECISION TO WITHOLD INCOME OF FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN…
New York, Nationwide: Why Veterans Are Hit Especially Hard By Federal Cuts, Workforce Reductions
5 reasons veterans are especially hard-hit by federal cuts Jamie Rowen, UMass Amherst Editor’s note: New…
On Staten Island, New York’s Senator, Local Pols Discuss Likely Affect Of Medicaid, Social Security Staff, Budget Cuts On Vulnerable Low-Income Elderly Population
SCHUMER LOCALIZES BUDGET DANGER: UNDER GOP PLAN TO CRIPPLE MEDICAID, COUNTLESS SI SENIORS COULD BE DISCHARGED FROM…
NY Senator: New Policy Makes It Harder For Veterans To Get Mental Health Care, There Should Be No Cuts To Social Security
Editor’s note: Below, you can find New York Senator Gillibrand’s statements and letter from her…
All-Cause Mortality Occurs Seven To Ten Years Earlier For Working-Class vs. High Net Worth Individuals
NEW REPORT: Working-Class Americans Can Expect to Die at Least 7 Years Earlier than the…
Drought Downgraded From Warning To Watch; Tentative Agreement With City Unions For Pay Raises For Physicians, Medical Examiners; New EPA Grants To Electrify Heavy-Duty Vehicles, School Buses; James Stratford Names Director Of NYC’s Young Men’s Initiative; Dr. Phil’s Primetime,
Drought Downgraded From Warning To Watch; Tentative Agreement With City Unions For Pay Raises For…
City Must Pay Full Cost Of Retired Municipal Worker’s Health Insurance Plans: Highest Court Rules In Favor Of Retirees
Today’s Ruling Requires City to Pay the Entire Cost of Retirees’ Preferred Health Insurance Plan…
NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees Rallies Alongside Council Member Marte Prior To City Council Meeting To Advocate For Safeguarding Healthcare For Retired City Workers
NYC RETIREES RALLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTOPHER MARTE AS HE INTRODUCES LEGISLATION PROTECTING THEIR HEALTHCARE Editor’s note: According…
NYC Municipal Retirees Tell Mayor Adams: Stop Trying To Take Medicare Away From Former City Workers, Union Employees
New Yorkers Tell Mayor Adams, “Stop trying to take Medicare away from NYC retirees!” Hundreds…
Retiree Victory! Unanimous Appeals Court Ruling Affirms NYC Retired Municipal Workers’ Right To Keep Their Public Medicare Programs – UPDATED
New York Appellate Division Affirms City Retirees’ Right to Promised Medicare Benefits Today’s Ruling Bars…
Medicare Advantage Has Many Issues: HHS, CMS Need To Make New Policies To Reform Medicare Advantage – Send Letter To Your Representatives
Retirees have serious concerns about the Medicare Advantage program. Editor’s Note: As we have covered…
Judge Rules In Favor Of Retirees Regarding Illegally Charged Copayments
NY SUPREME COURT GRANTS CLASS STATUS TO NYC GOVT RETIREES OVER ILLEGALLY COLLECTED COPAYS The…
Put People Over Profit: Health Insurance Companies Rely On Claim Denials, Withholding Care To Achieve High Profits
Hundreds Rally at Aetna and UnitedHealth in Hartford to Demand Care & Reverse Denied Claims…
Not An Attack On Collective Bargaining: Fmr. NYC Union Leaders Dispute MLC’s Attack On Intro 1099 Protect NYC Retiree Healthcare
Former NYC Union Leaders Unite to Dispute MLC’s Lie About City Council Bill Int. 1099-2023…
NYC Retirees Call For Public Hearings On Intro 1099, Bill Will Protect Retirees’ Earned Healthcare Benefits
NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees Calls on City Council to Hold Public Hearing on…
NYC Wants To Force Retired NYPD, FDNY, EMS, Into Inferior Medicare Advantage Plan, Where Insurer, Not Doctor, Is Gatekeeper To Healthcare For Elderly – Interview With Marianne Pizzitola
NYC Retired Workers, Including Police, Fire, EMS, Who Are No Longer Voting Union Members, Being…
NYC Retirees Incl. FDNY, NYPD, EMS, Teachers, Other City Workers Win Permanent Injunction From NY State Supreme Court; City Files Appeal, Fight Continues
State Supreme Court Rules Against New York City’s Plan to Strip City Retirees of Promised Medicare…
NYC Organization Of Public Service Retirees Takes Fight Against Forced Medicare Advantage To Washington
NYC Retirees, Medicare Advantage Patients and Families Join Members of Congress to Call for an…
NYC Org of Public Service Retirees To Rally Outside City Hall TODAY To Call For Passage Of Intro 1099, Celebrate Court Injunction
New York City Retirees Rally Outside City Hall for Intro 1099 by CM Barron &…
NYC Retirees Secure Preliminary Injunction Halting City’s Plan To Force Them Off Their Current Promised Medicare Benefit Plans Onto Medicare Advantage
New York City Retirees Secure Preliminary Injunction Halting City’s Plan to Strip Them of Their…
NYC Org Of Public Service Retirees Responds To Union Boss Garrido’s Statements About Retirees, Healthcare
New York City Organization Of Public Service Retirees Responds to Union Boss Henry Garrido’s Misrepresentations…
NYC Retirees Respond To Mayor Adams Announcement He Registered Aetna Medicare Advantage Plan Despite Lawsuits, Refusal Of Most Physicians To Accept Plan
New York City Retiree’s Response to Mayor Adams Announcement he Registered the Aetna Medicare Advantage…
NYC Organization Of Civil Service Retirees Thanks Comptroller Lander For Rejection Of Aetna Medicare Advantage Contract
New York City Retiree’s Response to Comptroller Lander Refusing to Register the Aetna Medicare Advantage…
NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees Secures Another Victory On Appeal For Healthcare Rights Of Retirees
NEW YORK CITY ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE RETIREES SECURES ANOTHER APPELLATE VICTORY FOR RETIREE HEALTHCARE…
Sen. Gillibrand Reintroduces Legislation To Provide Social Security Credits To Caregivers, Allowing Them To Receive Earned Social Security Upon Their Retirement
GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SECURITY CREDITS TO CAREGIVERS Caregivers Age 50+ Who Leave…
Marianne Pizzitola Of NYC Org Of Public Service Retirees Makes Statement About Forced Health Care Change By Adams’ Administration
New York City Organization Of Public Service Retirees Responds To NYC Council Decision To Table…
OPINION – NYC Union Retirees Health Plan Debate: Ageist Collusion Harms Elders
A Message From the Assertive Kids Foundation President One of the aims of Assertive Kids…
Battle For Retiree Healthcare Is Far From Over. Municipal Labor Committee, To Benefit Of City, Not Retirees, Votes To Force All Retired NYC Workers Into Medicare Advantage, Limiting Doctors They Can See, Reducing Insurance Coverage
We have received an update from Marianne Pizzitola of the NYC Organization Of Retired Municipal…
Marianne Pizzitola of NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees Congratulates DC 37 On Tentative Contract Agreement
New York City Organization Of Public Service Retirees Congratulates DC37 on Their Tentative Contract Agreement,…
NYC Organization Of Public Service Retirees Responds To NYC Council Decision Rejecting A Vote On Healthcare Privatization, Will Not To Change Administrative Code
New York City Organization Of Public Service Retirees Responds To NYC Council Decision To Table…
NY City Council Releases Joint Statement On Administrative Code Changes To Preserve Health Care Choice For Retirees
Editor’s Note: This joint statement is the most recent statement provided by the City Council…
NY City Retirees Fighting To Have Healthcare Benefits Restored As City Changes To Inferior Health Plan – Interview With Marianne Pizzitola Of NYC Org For Public Service Retirees
Marianne Pizzitola is fighting for the long-promised health insurance benefits for NYC municipal workers. Many…