Dear Parent Leaders,
>
>Pass this on to everyone you know!! Thank you, thank you Larry
Wood, PS 9
>parent, for sending this list. Parents, grandparents and all
concerned
>citizens should start to write, call . Please share with all you
work,
>play, worship, and live with!!!!!! BEING HEARD IS CRITICAL,
BECAUSE
>IT SHOWS PARENTS ARE ORGANIZED AND CONCERNED, IF
NOT DOWN RIGHT ANGRY AND
>READY TO BECOME A POLITICAL FORCE TO BE RECKONED.
WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE
>THAT PARENTS WILL NOT TAKE THESE EDUCATIONAL
BUDGET CUTS SITTING DOWN.
>As per Larry Wood, and I agree!!!:
>
>Write to the list attached and appended. Written letters (even
just two
>sentences) are the best. REQUEST a written response and
make follow -up
>phone calls. Forget email, electeds get so much SPAM most
have given up
>on responding to
>"real" email.
>
>cheers,
>DJ
>-----
>
>Clip-N-Save: How to Reach Your State & City Legislators
>
>Here's a handy guide to clip and keep for expressing your views
in the
>budget and legislative debates in Albany and City Hall. We'll
only get
>decent laws and adequate funding if everyone expresses their
concerns
>clearly, consistently and loudly. Here's the updated 3-2002 list:
>
>Use these contact numbers to reach your elected
representatives. If you
>need to find out who represents you, call the League of Women
Voters at
>212-213-5286. Or go to: NYPIRG's website at:
>www.cmap.nypirg.org/webmaps/MyGovernmentNYC.htm
>for contact information.
>
>Albany:
>Governor George Pataki,
>Executive Chamber,
>State Capitol, Albany 12224.
>Phone: 518-474-8390, Fax: 518-486-4466
>NYC Phone: 212-681-4580. Fax: 212-681-4643
>
>Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver,
>Legislative Office Building, Room 932
>Albany 12248.
>Phone: 518-455-3791, Fax: 518-455-5459
>NYC Phone: 212-312-1420. Fax: 212-385-6719.
>
>Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno,
>Legislative Office Building, Room 909
>Albany, 12247.
>Phone: 518-455-3191, Fax: 518-455-2448.
>Saratoga Spring's Phone: 518-583-1001.
>
>Call your State Senator in Albany via
>State Capital switchboard at: 1 518-455-2800.
>Local district office phone numbers of
>NYS Senators representing the westside:
>Eric Schneiderman-212-397-5913 or
>David Paterson-212-961-8500
>
>Call your State Assemblymember via
>local switchboard at 212-312-1400
>or State Capital switchboard at 1-518-455-4100.
>Local district office phone numbers of
>NYS Assemblymembers representing the westside:
>Scott Stringer-212-873-6368,
>Ed Sullivan-212-866-3970 or
>Keith Wright-212-866-5809.
>
>City Hall and City Council:
>
>Honorable Michael Bloomberg,
>Mayor of the City of New York,
>City Hall, New York, New York 10007
>Phone 212-788-3000, FAX: 212-788-9711
>
>Honorable Gifford Miller,
>Speaker, New York City Council
>336 E 73rd Street, New York, New York 10021
>City hall phone 212-788-7210 FAX 212-788-7207
>district office phone 212-535-5554
>
>You can reach your City Councilmember
>through the City Hall switchboard: 212-788-7100
>
>Local district office contact information of
>NYC Councilmembers representing the westside:
>
>Gale Brewer, Councilmember,
>2374 Broadway, New York, New York 10024
>Phone 212-873-0282 FAX-212-873-0279
>
>Bill Perkins, Councilmember,
>163 W 125th Street, New York, New York 10027
>Phone 212-662-6972 FAX-212-932-1130
>
>Philip Reed, Councilmember,
>101 East 116th Street, New York, New York 10029
>Phone 212-427-0700 FAX-427-7540
>
>---
>
>don't be silent, voice your thoughts!
>
>
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>
>Larry Wood, organizer
>Goddard Riverside Community Center
>593 Columbus Ave, NY NY 10024
>phone: 212-873-6600 x204
>fax: 212-595-6498
>email: lwood@goddard.org
> Work for Peace!