1. The Veterans' Equality Act was one of a batch of bills requested by the governor on October 14, 2015. Some will be signed and some will vetoed. He must sign or veto by midnight 26 OCT 2015 or The Veterans' Equality Act becomes law automatically.
Governor Larkin's Facebook page, probably the best source of breaking news on this matter, is here
Legiscan page for tracking the bill is here. Senate page for tracking the bill is here.
2. The real fight for all veterans begins now. As a first step, call Governor Cuomo and ask him to sign the bill: 1-518-474-8390 (then press 3, give your zip code). Get your friends, family and co-workers to do the same.
We know from Mayor de Blasio's vocal and repeated ideological opposition - not to mention his wacky and transparent financial exaggerations - that this remains an uphill fight.
We know an open ended bill adding eligibility (for the first time in NYS history) for peacetime veterans during this pension-sensitive time makes this a steeply uphill fight.
Even a bill for just the excluded wartime veterans in this climate would not be a slam dunk.
3. Third step, those with Twitter and Facebook accounts - post a tweet or a status on FB that can be easily shared to spread the word.
4. Reminder: The Governor's deadline for action is midnight October 26, 2015. A failure to act (sign or veto) means the bill becomes law. Much more likely, he will sign or veto it prior to that time/date.
Not that it matters much, but can anyone find the actual veto memo? I want to read what this piece of crap liberal excuse for a governor used as a reason this time.
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