Lobby Day in Albany is Monday, February 10, 2020.

Governor Cuomo and the Department of Health are moving forward with massive cuts to CDPA that threaten the program’s very existence. CDPAANYS is leading the fight against this attack to #SaveCDPA, and we need you!

WHAT: CDPAANYS Legislative Day – Click here to sign up online!
WHERE: The Well, NYS Legislative Office Building (LOB)
WHEN: Check-in starts at 10 AM. Rally from 11 to noon.
WHO: You, hundreds of other advocates, and your elected officials in the Assembly and Senate!

CDPAANYS will provide meeting materials electronically and in hard copy, but attendees are responsible for setting up their own meetings.

Setting up a meeting is easy!

• First, find out who your legislators are. Our VoterVoice lookup tool makes it easy to get contact info – just type your ZIP code and address under “Find Politicians.”
• Next – check with your fiscal intermediary and see if they already have a meeting with your legislators. If they do, ask to join their meeting!
• If no one from your area has a meeting, call your legislator’s Albany office and ask to schedule a meeting between 12:00 and 4:30 PM on February 10.
• When asked what the meeting is about, tell them it is about Governor Cuomo’s cuts to the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance program in Medicaid – and that you are participating in a Lobby Day.
• If the elected official is not available and you can only get a meeting with staff, take the meeting! Staff are responsible for getting information to the legislators, and in many cases know as much or more about issues than the members themselves.

Your stories are what will win this fight. See you in Albany!