Update on NY bill; meeting planned in Albany on 06/24

[Guest guest]

Just in:

From: Krasner <cfic@...>

cfic@...

Subject: Updates and news on exemptions

Just to update you...

....on stopping Bill A10942---the one that would automatically make

mandatory for school all vaccines on the CDC's recommended schedule

for children.

The bill was not placed on the Health Committee agenda yet. It may not

be. But many are concerned that there might be an attempt to do so

during the last committee meeting before the session ends at the end

of June.

To prevent that from happening, activist Rudley

lisarudley@..., 914-944-7273) is asking Albany residents and

members that are close enough to travel there, to contact her before

meeting in Albany on June 24 (Tuesday).

June 24th is the date of the last Health Committee meeting. It is

hoped that another showing of parents might discourage any committee

members from pushing A10942 out of committee. Contact for time

and place to meet in the capital.

reports one piece of good news: Our religious and medical

exemption bills are reported out of committee and you can inform your

Assembly members that they can vote for them.

Also www.a-champ.org <http://www.a-champ.org/ is constantly putting

out alerts to notify us of what bills are being discussed. I would

strongly recommend getting on their email list. AChamp is revising

it & #146;s website and could use some volunteers to help review legislation

going on in NY state and nationally.

There are many people to thank, and will be thanked soon enough, for

making the trip for the Albany rally.

In the meantime, you can read what described what occurred that day:

QUOTE

A group of Westchester moms (including me) and one mom from NJ met up

with 250 parents in Albany on Tuesday. A large group from Long Island

and Albany were there. There was a lot of press covering the story. We

had a great chant going: My kids; my choice..Rita Palma from Long

Island did a superb job in organizing this rally and sent parents out

to talk to our legislators. There were hundreds of us combing the

halls of the legislative building. Mark Alessi, State Senator

who is sponsoring the Philosophical Exemption spoke to us and went on

public record opposing bill A10942 which would add 27 more mandatory

shots to the schedule. At 1PM we all met up on the 8th floor to join

the Health Committee meeting where bills are discussed. In turns out

that bill A10942 was not on the agenda to be discussed. We believe

from a source (which one I don & #146;t know) that the bill was taken off the

agenda. Even though the bill was not being discussed hundreds of

parents began taking their sits in the Health Committee meeting so

they could see our faces (it was great). UNQUOTE

[Guest guest]

Just in:

From: Krasner <cfic@...>

cfic@...

Subject: Updates and news on exemptions

Just to update you...

....on stopping Bill A10942---the one that would automatically make

mandatory for school all vaccines on the CDC's recommended schedule

for children.

The bill was not placed on the Health Committee agenda yet. It may not

be. But many are concerned that there might be an attempt to do so

during the last committee meeting before the session ends at the end

of June.

To prevent that from happening, activist Rudley

lisarudley@..., 914-944-7273) is asking Albany residents and

members that are close enough to travel there, to contact her before

meeting in Albany on June 24 (Tuesday).

June 24th is the date of the last Health Committee meeting. It is

hoped that another showing of parents might discourage any committee

members from pushing A10942 out of committee. Contact for time

and place to meet in the capital.

reports one piece of good news: Our religious and medical

exemption bills are reported out of committee and you can inform your

Assembly members that they can vote for them.

Also www.a-champ.org <http://www.a-champ.org/ is constantly putting

out alerts to notify us of what bills are being discussed. I would

strongly recommend getting on their email list. AChamp is revising

it & #146;s website and could use some volunteers to help review legislation

going on in NY state and nationally.

There are many people to thank, and will be thanked soon enough, for

making the trip for the Albany rally.

In the meantime, you can read what described what occurred that day:

QUOTE

A group of Westchester moms (including me) and one mom from NJ met up

with 250 parents in Albany on Tuesday. A large group from Long Island

and Albany were there. There was a lot of press covering the story. We

had a great chant going: My kids; my choice..Rita Palma from Long

Island did a superb job in organizing this rally and sent parents out

to talk to our legislators. There were hundreds of us combing the

halls of the legislative building. Mark Alessi, State Senator

who is sponsoring the Philosophical Exemption spoke to us and went on

public record opposing bill A10942 which would add 27 more mandatory

shots to the schedule. At 1PM we all met up on the 8th floor to join

the Health Committee meeting where bills are discussed. In turns out

that bill A10942 was not on the agenda to be discussed. We believe

from a source (which one I don & #146;t know) that the bill was taken off the

agenda. Even though the bill was not being discussed hundreds of

parents began taking their sits in the Health Committee meeting so

they could see our faces (it was great). UNQUOTE