GMO Labeling Bill In NY - Please Help Support It!

[libertygrl]

Just wanted to pass the following email along. If we can support the states that are offering this legislation,
more will follow. Vermont passed a GMO labeling bill.

http://gmofreeny.org/

We wanted to give everyone a "progress report" on where we stand with our GMO
Labeling Bills here in New York. It has helped the cause greatly that the
Vermont House passed a GMO Labeling Bill and a Bill was passed successfully out
of Committee in Connecticut. This momentum is helping New York legislators'
willingness to take on our bill.

At this point, the legislative staffs are finishing up a legal review of the bill
and developing amendments that are designed to strengthen the bill against any
legal challenges. This process should be completed in the next week or so.
Things are looking somewhat optimistic on the Assembly side relative to our
chances. The Senate will be more of a challenge.

Here's where we could use your help:

1. We need to increase the awareness of the bill and our group. If you could ask
all of your friends/relatives to "become members" at our website www.GMOFreeNY.ORG , they will receive " call to action"
updates. (Please assure them we do not share our mailing lists, and any updates they receive will be very limited.)

2. You can also use your Facebook account to ask friends to "like" our Facebook
page. www.Facebook.com/GMOFreeNY ; (That will also keep them
updated.)

3. Ask friends to sign our GMO Labeling Petition. You can send them this link (or
paste it on a Facebook update.) http://www.thepetitionsite.com/309/130/653/label-gmos-everyone-else-does/

Here's
where we could use your help:

1.
We need to increase the awareness of the bill and our group. If you could ask
all of your friends/relatives to "become members" at our website www.GMOFreeNY.ORG , they will receive " call to action"
updates. (Please assure them we do not share our mailing lists, and any updates
they receive will be very limited. )

2.
You can also use your Facebook account to ask friends to "like" our Facebook
page. www.Facebook.com/GMOFreeNY ; (That will also keep them
updated.)

3.
Ask friends to sign our GMO Labeling Petition. You can send them this link (or
paste it on a Facebook update.) http://www.thepetitionsite.com/309/130/653/label-gmos-everyone-else-does/

4.
Last, and most importantly, we need your help to make telephone calls. The most
effective calls you can make are to your individual Senator and Assemblymember.
We need calls made beginning TODAY, (Monday, May 20th), as Legislators are now
back in Albany, to ask them to support (and consider co-sponsoring) the GMO
labeling bills. (A3525 and S3835) Legislators do take calls, and listen to their
constituents. If you are willing to take an extra step, we also need help with
calls (and/or e-mails) to members of the Senate committee that will be
considering the bill. The contact names and numbers for the Senate committee
members are listed below. (Our priority for calls is to Committee Chair Lee
Zeldin's office.) After our meetings in Albany, we have found that legislators
either a.) Are not aware of the GMO issue or b.) Don't feel it is important to a
large number of their constituents. Every call makes a difference!

Thanks
again for your interest and support. We will keep you posted as we approach some
critical deadlines and may need your help with a final push at the committee
levels.

"We
have a right to know what's in our food"!

Tom,
Mary, and the GMOFreeNY.ORG Team

MEMBERS
OF THE SENATE "CONSUMER PROTECTION" COMMITTEE THAT NEED CALLS:

Lee
M. Zeldin (Chair)
[email protected]
518-455-3570
| 631-585-0608

Phil
Boyle
[email protected]
518-455-3411
| 631-669-9200

Charles
J. Fuschillo Jr.
[email protected]
518-455-3341
| 516-882-0630
Terry
Gipson
[email protected]
518-455-2303
| 845-463-0840
Brad
Hoylman
[email protected]
518-455-2451
| 212-633-8052

George
Latimer
[email protected]
518-455-2031
| 914-934-5250

Betty
Little
[email protected]
518-455-2811
| 518-743-0968

Kathleen
A. Marchione
[email protected]
518-455-2381

George
D. Maziarz
[email protected]
518-455-2024
| 716 434-0680

Diane
J. Savino
[email protected]
518-455-2437
| 718-727-9406

José
M. Serrano
[email protected]
518-455-2795
| 212-828-5829

 

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