NEW YORK CELEBRATES
MEDICARE TURNS 50
Upstate - Cohoes / Central New York - Syracuse / New York City
Upstate New York (Celebration and Concert – Albany)
Special Guest Performance by Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary)
Thursday July 30th 2015 - Noon to 2:30 pm
Location:
Cohoes Music Hall
58 Remsen Street
Cohoes, New York
SCHEDULE: 12:00 noon to 2:30 p.m.,
Contact: (518) 366-8141 and/or E-mail: karengony@gmail.com
New York City (Celebration & Demonstration)
Come Celebrate! Thursday, July 30, gather at 10:00 a.m.
Location:
Professional Staff Congress CUNY
61 Broadway, NYC, 16th floor, in downtown Manhattan
Following afterwards: Gather at 1:00 p.m. at the New Amsterdam Plein (outside Staten Island Ferry Terminal in Manhattan). Participants are advised to take 1:30 p.m. SI Ferry: Press Conference at 2:00 p.m. Demonstration calling on Cong. Donovan to stand against radical U.S. House budget to cut Medicare and change its structure.
Location: Front steps Staten Island Borough Hall (opposite St. George Ferry Terminal)
Contact: 646 / 527-6612 or metrohealth@igc.org * RSVPs are appreciated.
Sponsors: Professional Staff Congress/CUNY, Citizen Action of NY, NYS Alliance for Retired Americans, NYS AFL-CIO, New York Statewide Senior Action Council and the Metro NY Health Care for All Campaign. Message: No Bad Grand Bargain!
Central New York – (March & Parade - Syracuse)
Assemble at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, July 30, 2015. March begins at noon sharp rain or shine.
Location: Syracuse City Hall Commons Ends, Federal Building. There is plenty of street parking near City Hall, the M&T Bank Parking Garage is on Washington St. and there is other nearby parking.
Contact: New York State Alliance for Retired Americans at 800 / 342-9810, 6710.
In coordination with NYSUT, AFT, NEA, AFL-CIO and New York State Alliance for Retired Americans