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🗽 2026 Legislation

There are two critical pieces of legislation that will be before the NY State Legislators. We want everyone to become familiar with these as we move into January 2026. Use the links below to familiarize yourself with each bill.

🗽 NY Health ACT

This legislation will be the most consequential healthcare legislation in recent history. The New York Health Act (NYHA) single-payer healthcare bill is under consideration by the New York State Senate. It has strong opposition from many entities. It first passed the New York State Assembly in 1992. The bill was later passed by the New York State Assembly in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. But has languished in the New York State Senate since then. The bill is currently with the New York State Senate’s Health Committee.

• Wikipedia entry

• New York Senior Action Council FAQ

  (It states that “The NY Health Act creates a publicly funded and privately delivered health coverage system that promotes prevention and care coordination.”)

• Campaign for NY Health site, including links to contact / petition legislators

• New York Senate with the current (2025-26) NY Health Act bill

  Any New York citizen can create a NYSENATE.GOV account to send a ‘vote’ on whether they support a given bill or not (the option is right on the bill’s web page).

🗽 The New York for All Act, S.2235

The New York for All Act, S.2235 (Gounardes) / A3506 (Reyes), helps immigrant New Yorkers lead more open lives and take care of family, preserves state and local resources for our communities, and ensures New York dollars cannot be diverted to carry out a cruel, politicized immigration agenda. The legislation prohibits New York’s state and local government agencies, including police and sheriffs, from colluding with ICE, disclosing sensitive information, and diverting personnel or other resources to further federal immigration enforcement. By passing the New York for All Act, we’ll be one step closer to cultivating safe and vibrant communities for all New Yorkers, regardless of status. More information at New York Immigration Coalition.

ACT NOW

RESIST – INSIST – PERSIST

A BLACK EYE FOR CBS: BARI WEISS PULLS SEGMENT ON CONDITIONS AT EL SALVADOR PRISON FOR TRUMP-ICE DETAINEES

Sunday night. 60 Minutes was scheduled to air a segment on the “brutal and torturous” conditions for those seized by the Trump regime and held at the notorious Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) in El Salvador, including interviews with some of the people held there.

This sort of self-censorship by our news media must be called out and challenged. Let’s reach out to CBS and demand 1) the Inside CECOT segment be aired as originally approved as soon as possible, 2) an investigation into the circumstances under which Weiss killed the segment and 3) firings for anyone who prioritizes cozying up to the regime over reporting the news. We can:

• Contact 60 Minutes by email at 60m@cbsnews.com

• Send a complaint to CBS News’ ombudsman here

• Submit a message to CBS here

• Reach out to our CBS affiliate stations – list here

• Contact Paramount via their website here and by physical mail and phone here

And if we are still subscribers to Paramount’s on-demand streaming service Paramount Plus, we can cancel here.

The original segment was inadvertently aired in Canada and here is a link to it: https://www.thereset.news/p/breaking-heres-the-60-minutes-segment/

Tell Congress to support the Social Security Emergency Relief  Act

Inflation Relief Act from Jessica Craven at Chop Wood Carry Water 12/5

A new Social Security bill (Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act) has been introduced to the House (H.R. 6193) by Representatives John Larson and Steven Horsford and to the Senate (S.3078) by Senator Elizabeth Warren that would give recipients an extra $200 a month until July 2026 to help deal with the increased cost of living. Eligible recipients include Title II Social Security beneficiaries, Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries, Railroad Retirement beneficiaries, veteran disability compensation, and veteran pension benefit annuitants.

Call or email your senators and House rep urging them to support this legislation.

The Jeffrey Epstein Coverup Continues

Trump, his GOP enablers, and the Pam Bondi-led DOJ still think that – if they stall long enough – voters will forget about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and the role Donald Trump, and some Republican megadonors, may have played in them. Epstein’s survivors have shown remarkable courage in continuing to pursue justice; surely Members of Congress can find their own backbones, too.

Now, with the administration’s disregard for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, they are also treating voters, especially their own MAGA voters who stood behind Trump because he promised to release the Epstein files, with outright contempt.

Email your Republican Member(s) of Congress

Gerrymander New York!

Tell Governor Hochul: Gerrymander New York to offset Republican gerrymandering in other states. Add your name to the petition

Indivisible News

Indivisible will be closed from the afternoon of December 24th through January 1st. 

What’s the Plan Calls:

The registration link for the What’s the Plan calls with Leah & Ezra has been changed, but still Thursdays from 3-4pm. 

Statewide Call:

Save the date and join us for our first statewide call of 2026 on Tuesday, January 13th from 7-8pm. Open to all Indivisibles.

TBD Calls:

Statewide calls that are in the works, but dates have yet to be nailed down yet are one about the NY Governor’s race and another highlighting some of the immigration related work Indivisible groups in NY have been doing to share with you. Stay tuned! 

List of Trainings from 2025:

Here’s a list of trainings organized for NY Indivisibles this year in case you want to catch up on any of them!

• How to use Bluesky

• Grassroots Activism 101 Crash Course

• Leadership Development (slides)

• Letter-to-the-editor workshop

• Resilient Activist Burnout Prevention

• Political Ecosystem Workshop

• Knock on Doors: An Activist’s Guide to Canvassing

📮 Postcard Campaign

Mailing physical postcards is one of the simplest, most effective ways we can reach voters directly—with clarity, truth, and a personal touch that cuts through the noise. Whether we’re encouraging new voters to register, reminding infrequent voters what’s at stake, or helping our neighbors understand how their representatives are showing up (or not) for them, these short messages make a real difference.

With Health Insurance going up, this is the time to write local voters to remind them that their Congressional Representative voted for this to happen.

This article comes from Postcards4VA and is very relevant to our campaign against MAGA;

Across the Virginia Commonwealth, we showed up where it counted most—backing candidates in deep-red, rural districts where a Democrat hadn’t run in years; challengers taking on long-entrenched incumbents; and first-time candidates willing to raise their hands and run. We stood with candidates running for a second or third time, and with those who came close in 2023 and were ready to cross the finish line in 2025.

The result? Every one of the 13 candidates who flipped districts from red to blue had our support—and so did many more who didn’t win this time, but now have the experience, name recognition, and infrastructure to win in 2027.

To see what we mean, please enjoy this article from the Grassroots Connector, 

“When We Run Everywhere, We Win: What It Takes to Compete in Every Single Race – A Look at Virginia 2025.”

Recommended BUT NOT REQUIRED donation: $5 for every 10 cards.

View postcard samples

Dan Bielaski buys cardstock and prints the postcards from his computer. If anyone is interested in assisting with printing postcards from their own printer, email Dan.

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