Lobby Day: All leagues are invited to participate in these meetings, which will be held in Albany on Feb. 5th. General advocacy training will be given to interested leaguers. The group will receive updates from Issues Specialists, particularly on the 2013 Legislative Agenda.Continue Reading
Your county league has been actively involved in the redistricting process in Nassau County. On Monday Feb. 25th at 1pm at the Nassau County Legislature Building at Franklin Avenue and Old Country Road, the legislature will vote on a redistricting map creating 19 new legislative districts that will be with us for the next ten...Continue Reading
The first day of the 2013 legislative session was like none I have experienced in decades. It started with pink in early morning and ended with guns after midnight.Continue Reading
Have you looked at the state League website (www.lwv.org) this week? We have posted testimony that has been given before the legislature on financing education and healthcare – and testimony before the NYS Office of Attorney General regarding regulations on independent expenditure disclosure by nonprofit organizations. Author Central Nassau View all postsContinue Reading
A typical response to criticism is “If you don’t like it, let’s see you do better.” Members of the Nassau County United Redistricting Coalition did just that: they didn’t like the map that the Republican members of the redistricting advisory commission drew for the county at all, so they decided to create their own. Furthermore,...Continue Reading
The League of Women Voters of Central Nassau announces a public forum where Kevin Abrahams, Minority Leader of the Nassau County Legislature, will address the public and Norma L. Gonsalves, newly-elected Majority Leader and Presiding Officer of the Nassau County Legislature, has been invited.Continue Reading
“The League believes campaign finance reform is the pathway to solving other major State problems, including increasing voter participation, enabling candidates to compete more equitably for public office, and lessening the impact of special interests on governmental processes.” Meaningful campaign finance reform encompasses both public finance for elections to State office, restrictions on the amount...Continue Reading
All but 2 of our local Leagues have responded to our requests for information about local youth programs. We are excited about many of the new programs Leagues are organizing. Watch on the Youth Page of the state League website for more information on the many programs. Maybe your local League would like to replicate...Continue Reading
Dear Supporter, 2012 was a busy year. Not only did League volunteers, members, and staff work tirelessly to ensure all eligible citizens were registered and prepared to vote in the November elections, we also worked at the local, state, and national levels on a host of other important issues. Check out what the League accomplished...Continue Reading
