Letter from TEACHERS FOR CHOICE to All Albany Lawmakers

The following email was sent on June 7 by TEACHERS FOR CHOICE to the following lawmakers in Albany, NY:

scousins@nysenate.gov, speaker@nyassembly.gov, grivera@nysenate.gov, brouk@nysenate.gov, felder@nysenate.gov, mannion@nysenate.gov, leawebb@nysenate.gov, may@nysenate.gov, thomas@nysenate.gov, myrie@nysenate.gov, salazar@nysenate.gov, Hoylman@nysenate.gov, ashby@nysenate.gov, gallivan@nysenate.gov, martins@nysenate.gov, rhoads@nysenate.gov, mcdonoughd@nyassembly.gov

We ask you to send this letter to all the above as well, and add your own lawmakers to this email if you can, to show your support.

Make sure to include your address when you send this to your lawmakers.

Send the letter by attaching the following pdf file:

Letter below:

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June 7, 2023

Dear Albany Lawmakers;

TEACHERS FOR CHOICE represents thousands of educators across NY State who are opposed to medical mandates, especially to maintain employment

This year there are 3 bills we are opposed to that are being considered to become law in these last 3 days of the Albany legislative session. Those bills are:

A7154 (McDonald-D) S1531(Hoylman-D) Mandatory Adult Database bill

A276b (Paulin-D) S762a (Krueger-D) Minor Consent to Vaccination bill

A837 (Dinowitz-D) S1946(Hoylman-D) Medical Exemption Reporting bill

These bills should not be rushed through the process to become law with no opportunity for public comment. Shutting the public out of the democratic process and pushing medical legislation through rapidly in the final days of the legislative session is not in the best interests of New Yorkers. If these bills are so fantastic they can easily withstand the light of day in a public comment period and open debate prior to being voted on. In the case of A7154 the Assembly has already made it too late for a proper public comment period by passing it on the floor on June 1st.

TEACHERS FOR CHOICE asks that this mistake not be made again on any of the aforementioned bills in either House.

Sincerely;

Michael Kane

Founder TeachersforChoice.org 

& Steering Committee of TFC