Friends of “CLEAN” adoption reform,
JOIN US TUESDAY IN ALBANY!
Assemblymember Weprin will host a media event next Tuesday April 30th in Albany to support our “CLEAN” adoption reform bill (A5494 / S3419)!
And, because of your help, the Assembly Health Committee will also vote that day to advance A5494! We are pleased to report that 18 of 26 Assembly Health committee members already cosponsor the bill!
We continue to thank you for your ongoing support of our human and civil rights appeal. Including you, we count 7,700+ petition supporters and rising—please keep sharing!
FOR TUESDAY 4/30:
ARRIVE TO CAPITOL BUILDING BY 1:30PM IF POSSIBLE! BRING SIGNS FOR “CLEAN" ADOPTION REFORM!
- Date: Tue. 4/30
- Time: 2:30pm (arrive to security by 1:30pm!)
- Where: Capitol stairs on 3rd floor (Assembly staircase)
Signs ideas! (Include bill #: A5494 / S3419)
1. “CLEAN” Adoption Reform Now!
2. Adoptee rights = HUMAN RIGHTS
3. Adoptee rights = CIVIL RIGHTS
4. Get it right! Make it equal!
5. Citizens Petition For “CLEAN” Adoption Reform Bill!
GET TO US PROPERLY!
Get to the Plaza!
https://empirestateplaza.ny.gov/directions
Parking:
https://empirestateplaza.ny.gov/parking
Public transportation:
https://empirestateplaza.ny.gov/public-transportation
Security procedures:
https://empirestateplaza.ny.gov/security-procedures
ENTRANCE NOTES:
Visitor parking: Elevator to concourse, follow signs to Capitol
State Street: Street level entrance
Washington Ave.: Street level entrance
ONLY THERE IN SPIRIT?
We understand! We love you! Help us from home!
If you act by 12 noon on Tuesday, you will do so in advance of the slated 1pm Assembly Health Committee vote!
POLITELY CALL / WRITE ASSEMBLY HEALTH CHAIR RICHARD GOTTFRIED (ALREADY A COSPONSOR FOR A5494 !)
Richard Gottfried, Assembly Health Committee Chair
GottfriedR@nyassembly.gov
518-455-4941 or 212-807-7900
Assembly Health Committee FULL e-mail database (TO COPY and PASTE / suggest blind carbon copy):
gottfriedr@nyassembly.gov, abinantit@nyassembly.gov, ashbyj@nyassembly.gov, barronc@nyassembly.gov, bichotter@nyassembly.gov, braunsteine@nyassembly.gov , byrnek@nyassembly.gov, byrnesm@nyassembly.gov, cahillk@nyassembly.gov, cymbros@nyassembly.gov, dinowij@nyassembly.gov, galefs@nyassembly.gov, garbarinoa@nyassembly.gov, gunthea@nyassembly.gov, hevesia@nyassembly.gov, jaffeeE@nyassembly.gov, kimr@nyassembly.gov, mcdonoughd@nyassembly.gov, paulina@nyassembly.gov, rae@nyassembly.gov, raiaa@nyassembly.gov, rosentL@nyassembly.gov, sayeghn@nyassembly.gov, schimmr@nyassembly.gov, solagesm@nyassembly.gov, steckp@nyassembly.gov
SUGGESTED EMAIL TITLE (if you write):
Please advance “clean” adoptee rights (A5494 / S3419)
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 seven thousand seven hundred supporters of the “Citizens Petition to Advance the ‘Clean’ Adoption Reform Bill.”
( https://www.change.org/p/advance-clean-ny-bill-of-adoptee-rights ), which was recently included in an important Mother Jones investigative piece about our cause:
Most American Adoptees Can’t Access Their Birth Certificates. That Could Soon Change.
We respectfully ask that the Assembly Health Committee support and advance A5494 which will, as intended in the legislature, restore unrestricted access to original birth certificates for all adult adoptees. On February 10, 2015 and June 5, 2018, the Assembly Health Committee voted overwhelmingly in favor of “clean” adoption reform, in accordance with best practices in adoption. A 2017 regressive, expensive and unacceptable proposal was, happily, vetoed by Governor Cuomo in December of that year.
Now, it’s time to restore and honor adoptee human and civil rights by making A5494 / S3419 the law. 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 A5494 / S3419, we can get it right and make it equal.
Thank you for your consideration!
CALL / WRITE: ALL MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEE (* = current cosponsor)
To determine if your local district Assembly Rep. is in Health Committee, go to:
http://nyassembly.gov/mem/search/
Thomas J. Abinanti abinantit@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5753
Jake Ashby ashbyj@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5777
*Charles Barron barronc@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5912
*Rodneyse Bichotte bichotter@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5385
Edward C. Braunstein braunsteine@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5425
Kevin M. Byrne byrnek@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5783
Marjorie Byrnes byrnesm@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5662
*Kevin A. Cahill cahillk@nyassembly.gov 518-455-4436
*Steven Cymbrowitz cymbros@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5214
Jeffrey Dinowitz dinowij@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5965
*Sandy Galef galefs@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5348
Andrew R. Garbarino garbarinoa@nyassembly.gov 518-455-4611
*Richard N. Gottfried, Chair gottfriedr@nyassembly.gov 518-455-4941
Aileen M. Gunther gunthea@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5355
*Andrew Hevesi hevesia@nyassembly.gov 518-455-4926
*Ellen Jaffee jaffeee@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5118
*Ron Kim kimr@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5411
*David G. McDonough mcdonoughd@nyassembly.gov 518-455-4633
*Amy Paulin paulina@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5585
*Edward P. Ra rae@nyassembly.gov 518-455-4627
*Andrew P. Raia raiaa@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5952
*Linda B. Rosenthal rosentL@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5802
*Nader J. Sayegh sayeghn@nyassembly.gov 518-455-3662
*Robin Schimminger schimmr@nyassembly.gov 518-455-4767
*Michaelle C. Solages solagesm@nyassembly.gov 518-455-4465
*Phil Steck steckp@nyassembly.gov 518-455-5931
Contact Tim with outreach updates or news you’d like to share!
tmw713@gmail.com
We thank all our petition supporters and The American Adoption Congress, where Tim also serves, for encouragement as the session proceeds. Check out, join and support the AAC!
Our New York legislative session is slated to continue until June 19th.
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