12/02/2022
๐จ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐
Between 2015 and 2020, non-profit hospitals in New York State sued over 53,000 patients. Our hospitals are required to offer financial assistance but instead choose to take patients to court, despite receiving over $1 billion in tax support each year. As a result, thereโs a growing campaign in New York State to #EndMedicalDebt by growing the power of patients and passing laws that would protect us from predatory hospital billing.
To learn more about the campaignโor to get involvedโ join the Labor-Religion Coalition and our Coalition partners at these upcoming #EndMedicalDebt Forums in December:
Tuesday, Dec 6, Albany
5:15pm – Rally and Press Conference (Corner of S Manning and New Scotland Ave)
6:30pm – Community Forum (Bethany Reformed Church, 760 New Scotland Ave)
Register here
Thursday, Dec 8, Syracuse
5-7pm – Community Forum (Beauchamp Branch Library, 2111 S Salina St, Syracuse)
Register here
Tuesday, Dec 13, Virtual
6:30pm – Online Forum
Register here
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐โ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ญ๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ
On Monday, February 13, youโre invited to join faith leaders, both lay and clergy, from across New York State for a day-long convening where we will explore the possibilities and challenges of confronting the multiple crises our communities are facing! In particular, we will reflect on the rise of Christian Nationalism and our response to it, ways to connect programs that meet immediate needs to organizing and movement building, and how strengthening connections across our state can help us break down the divisions that weaken our movement.
๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐น!
New York is the most unequal state in the nation. A new report from the Fiscal Policy Institute shows that ultra-rich New Yorkers (those with wealth over $30 million) hold a staggering $6.7 trillion in wealth. Meanwhile 8.6 million New Yorkers are poor or low-income. Inequality has cost too much and has hurt too many in New York State: when wealth concentrates at the top, it depresses economic activity and has an outsized influence over government decision-makers.
Now is the time to center the needs of those impacted by poverty and demand a policy agenda that benefits everybody. We need a policy agenda that addresses the lives, struggles, agency and insights of the 8.6 million poor and low-income New Yorkers and our allies.
Sign this letter to Governor Hochul and join your voice with the poor and dispossessed of New York State to lead a moral revolution of values, and stay tuned for our upcoming report on poverty in New York State, and Poor People’s State of the State events!
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/governor-hochul-end-poverty-in-new-york-state