Friends of “CLEAN” adoption reform, Your help contacting Governor Cuomo and the Codes Committee has been amazing (keep going)! Now, everybody call / write Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to advance A9959-B / S7631-B! Speaker Heastie presides over the Assembly and his support would help A9959-B to advance. EVERYBODY POLITELY CALL / WRITE NY ASSEMBLY SPEAKER CARL E. HEASTIE Carl E. Heastie, New York Assembly Speaker Speaker@nyassembly.gov 518-455-3791 or 718-654-6539 Do you live in Speaker Heastie’s Bronx district? http://nyassembly.gov/mem/Carl-E-Heastie/map/ SUGGESTED EMAIL TITLE (if you write): Please advance “clean” adoptee rights (A9959-B / S7631-B) SUGGESTED NOTE AND /OR PHONE SCRIPT (ADD YOUR STORY IF WRITING!): “Hello. My name is ________ and I am contacting you from ________ [NOTE IF A CONSTITUENT!]. I am one of over five thousand two hundred supporters of the “Citizens Petition to Advance the ‘Clean’ Adoption Reform Bill.” We respectfully ask that Speaker Heastie work to advance A9959-B, which is currently awaiting consideration in the Codes Committee. A9959-B will, as intended in the legislature, restore unrestricted access to original birth certificates for all adult adoptees. This month, on June 5th, the Health Committee again voted overwhelmingly in favor of “clean” adoption reform, in accordance with best practices in adoption. We opposed last year’s most active bill because it was regressive, expensive and unacceptable. Happily, Governor Cuomo heard us and vetoed that proposal last December. Our rapidly growing cause is supported by the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA), the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) and the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) just to name a few. Now, with A9959-B / S7631-B, we can get it right and make it equal. Thank you for your consideration! GOVERNOR CUOMO + A9959-B / S7631-B: If you call the Governor’s office at (518) 474-8390, suggested talking points to politely cover are: 1. We are asking that he support A9959-B / S7631-B, to restore adoptee rights, as intended in the legislature and in accordance with best practices in adoption 2. A9959-B / S7631-B is a result of the Department of Health adoptee rights workgroup, convened via Governor Cuomo’s direction last December 3. You (supporting caller) are one of over 5,200 supporters of the Citizens Petition to Advance the “Clean” Adoption Reform Bill THE CODES COMMITTEE CALL TO ACTION! https://www.change.org/p/advance-clean-ny-bill-of-adoptee-rights/u/22847612 Contact Tim with outreach updates or news you’d like to share! tmw713@gmail.com Sign up with the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition (NYARC): Main page: http://nyadopteerights.org/ Sign up: https://nyadopteerights.org/join/?source=Petition Our New York legislative session is slated to continue until June 20th. We thank you as always for your vital support! Stay tuned for the latest updates and adoptee rights calls to action! Onward in New York! Tim, Doris and Jennifer