The New York State Catholic Conference (NYSCC) is urging Catholics to reach out to Congress to oppose changes to the “premium tax credit” eligibility, which it claims will threaten health insurance coverage for 450,000 New Yorkers.
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NY Catholic Conference Describes Reported Planned Parenthood Request for $35 Million As ‘Money Grab’
Calling it a “money grab,” the New York State Catholic Conference is responding to reports that Planned Parenthood is requesting $35 million in funding from New York State to help offset Medicaid funding cuts by the federal government.
Pro-Life Leaders Contend With Fallout Over NY Suicide Bill
In the wake of the New York State Senate’s June 9 passage of a bill to legalize assisted suicide, pro-life advocates have refocused their efforts on convincing Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto it.
New York Bishops Seek Support for National School Choice Funding
Given the unlikelihood that New York state will create a parental school choice program anytime soon, the state’s Catholic bishops have shifted their advocacy toward federal legislation.
NY Becomes First State to Offer Paid Leave to Expectant Mothers for Prenatal Appointments
New York is now the first state to offer paid leave to expectant mothers for prenatal medical appointments.
N.Y. Catholic Conference Backs Hochul’s Child Tax Credit Expansion Proposal
The New York State Catholic Conference has applauded Governor Kathy Hochel’s proposed child tax credit expansion, citing the “important relief” it would provide to an estimated 1.6 million New York families and 2.75 million children.
N.Y. State Bishops to Continue to Support Women Despite Prop 1 Passage
New York voters approved on Election Day a constitutional amendment billed as an expansion of civil rights protections but deemed by New York’s Catholic bishops as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
NY State Catholic Conference Thanks President Biden For Service After He Exits Race
In the wake of President Joe Biden’s announcement that he is not running for re-election, the New York State Catholic Conference issued a statement wishing him well while acknowledging its differences with him.
NY Gov Lifts Limits on Financial Help Birth Mothers Can Get From Adoptive Families
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration has put a stop to a state policy that limited the financial support adoptive families can give birth mothers in New York and out of state.
NY Lawmakers Are Backing Assisted Suicide Legislation Catholic Bishops Call ‘Dangerous’
While New York legislators argue that assisted suicide legislation would allow terminally ill patients to die with dignity, the state’s Catholic bishops on March 5 countered that it would put the state on a “dangerous path that contaminates medicine and turns the notion of compassion on its head.”