Are you finding it difficult to explain your opposition to the proposed New York State Constitutional Convention to friends and neighbors? Betty Baran of our Retiree Council 23 createed a fact sheet to help. A PDF version of the Fact Sheet can be downloaded HERE.

Proposed Constitutional Convention Talking Points

The convention will use resources better spent elsewhere …
The last convention held in 1967 cost $150 million dollars; the estmate for 2017 is twice that. The delegates each get the salary of a NYS assembly person ($79,500), their staff gets paid (friends and relatives?), they get meals

Thursday, October 19, 2017 from Noon to 3 pm

Speaker: Peter Verdon

NYSUT Regional Staff Director, Suffolk Office  

~ Lombardi’s on the Bay ~

600 S. Ocean Avenue, Patchogue, NY (631) 654-8970 

For Directions go to: www.lombardisonthebay.com 

$25 per person               Cash bar RSVP October 6^th

^{Download the Reservation form Here}

RC 23 Sponsored ALEXANDER HAMILTON TOUR  

Wednesday Nov. 8, 2017

Day includes — Guided Tours: Alexander Hamiilton Home & Morris Jumel Mansion Narrated Tour:  ‘Hamilton’s Harlem’ (w/ Local Guide)

3-course Lunch at Sylvia’s of Harlem (incl.)                                                    Deluxe Motor Coach Transportation

All Taxes & Tips  

Pick up sites:  NYSUT offices – (Rear of Buildings)   

Suffolk: Bus Departs PROMPTLY at 7:30am - 150 Motor Pkwy, Hauppauge 

Nassau: Bus Departs PROMPTLY at 8:00am - 1000 Woodbury Rd, Woodbury

 Checks payable to:  Retiree Council 23

Questions: Call

Thanks to the RC 23 retiree members who participated in the August 22nd phone banks for the November Election. Pictured are Andrea Gladding and Maureen Wood — Kings Park, Barbara Schubert — Sachem, Patti Hughes — Sachem, Harmon Walker — Three Village.

This November the New York State ballot will include a referendum to on whether the state should hold a constitutional convention. Holding such a convention could have far-reaching negative effects on working conditions, our retirement security and our members’ ability to provide a sound and basic education, not to mention the waste of millions