Legislative Activities
As part our campaign to advocate for proven crime prevention initiatives, members across New York State stood up for investing in services to help young, at-risk children.
Read Fight Crime: Invest in Kids New York’s 2013-2014 Legislative Recommendations.
I) Members sent a sign-on letter thanking legislators for their support of the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting program last session. They also asked that legislators continue to support the program this year and continue to invest $2.5 million in the NFP program.
II) Warren County Sheriff Bud York delivered testimony at the Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the 2012-2013 Executive Budget Proposal for Elementary and Secondary Education on January 23rd. Sheriff York encouraged the legislature to support Governor Cuomo’s $384 million pre-k budget proposal and urged them to increase the pre-k budget by redistributing $53 million in already proposed funds. In addition, Sheriff York called on the legislature to fund QUALITYstarsNY, a quality rating and improvement system that would increase access to high-quality early learning across the state.
Read Sheriff York’s testimony here.
III) Rensselaer County District Attorney Richard McNally delivered testimony at the Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the 2012-2013 Executive Budget Proposal for Health on February 8th. D.A. McNally urged the legislature to add $5 million to the budget for the Nurse-Family Partnership program to help prevent child abuse and neglect.
Read D.A. McNally’s testimony here.
IV) Ontario County Sheriff Phil Povero submitted testimony at the Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the 2012-2013 Executive Budget Proposal for Human Services. Sheriff Povero encouraged the legislature to support Governor Cuomo’s $23.3 million Healthy Families New York budget proposal and urged them to fund QUALITYstarsNY, a quality rating and improvement system that would increase the quality of early learning environments across the state.
Read Sheriff Povero’s testimony here.
