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Action Alert: Safe Harbor Funding
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Dear Coalition Members,
Last week the Governor released his Executive Budget without any allocation for Safe Harbor Funds. As we continue to advocate for the full $20.2 million needed to fund services for runaway and homeless youth and sexually exploited youth, Amy Paulin has asked us to help her effort to build support within the Assembly for a $10 million allocation under Safe Harbor.
We urgently need NYSATC members to call every democratic Assembly member and ask them to sign on to Assemblywoman Paulin’s letter.
Please see below for a script as well as the numbers for the Assembly members. If you need a copy of Assemblywoman Paulin’s letter, please e-mail Erika: ERist@sffny.org
Best,
Emily
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Script: Safe Harbor Funding
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SCRIPT:
- Hello, my name is ______ and I’m calling from ___organization____. I’m interested in speaking with a legislative aide about human trafficking.
- First, I’d like to thank Assembly Member _______ for his/her passing A.8071, which Governor Cuomo signed on January 10th, ensuring that all sex trafficked children receive services instead of a criminal record. We are grateful for the Assembly’s continued leadership fighting for more services for these vulnerable children.
- I am calling to ask Assembly Member _______ to sign Assemblywoman Amy Paulin’s letter requesting funding for services for sexually exploited youth under the Safe Harbor Act.
- In New York there are thousands of children commercially sexually exploited every year, yet we have less than 50 beds available to help them. With our new law allowing the Court to refer these children to services, we need the New York Assembly to again take leadership and help fund these critical programs.
- To sign on to the letter, please contact Assemblywoman Paulin’s office at: 518-455-5585. Thank you
FACTS AND NOTES:
- The unfunded mandate for Safe Harbor services was first passed in 2008.
- In 2012 the legislature provided $1.5million, in 2013 the legislature allocated $1.65 million.
- Assembly Woman Paulin’s letter is asking for $10million under Safe Harbor.
- Additionally, we are requesting $6.3 million for Runaway and Homeless Youth – as we have learned there is a close relationship between homelessness and sexual exploitation.
- The bill extending the Safe Harbor Act to 16- and 17- year olds that was passed on January 10th is Bill A8071A-2013.
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New York State Democratic Assembly Members
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| Name |
Residence |
Albany Number |
| Fred Thiele |
Sag Harbor |
(518) 455-5997 |
| Edward Hennessey |
Medford |
(518) 455-4901 |
| Steven Englebright |
Setauket |
(518) 455-4804 |
| Philip Ramos |
Central Islip |
(518) 455-5185 |
| Robert Sweeney |
Lindenhurst |
(518) 455-5787 |
| Charles Lavine |
Glen Cove |
(518) 455-5456 |
| Michelle Schimel |
Great Neck |
(518) 455-5192 |
| Earlene Hooper |
Hempstead |
(518) 455-5861 |
| Harvey Weisenberg |
Long Beach |
(518) 455-3028 |
| Michaelle C. Solages |
Elmont |
(518) 455-4465 |
| Phillip Goldfeder |
Far Rockaway |
(518) 455-4292 |
| David Weprin |
Holliswood |
(518) 455-5806 |
| Edward Braunstein |
Bayside |
(518) 455-5425 |
| Michael Simanowitz |
Flushing |
(518) 455-4404 |
| Andrew Hevesi |
Forest Hills |
(518) 455-4926 |
| William Scarborough |
Jamaica |
(518) 455-4451 |
| Margaret Markey |
Maspeth |
(518) 455-4755 |
| Michele Titus |
Far Rockaway |
(518) 455-5668 |
| Vivian Cook |
Jamaica |
(518) 455-4203 |
| Barbara Clark |
Queens Village |
(518) 455-4711 |
| Michael DenDekker |
East Elmhurst |
(518) 455-4545 |
| Jeffrion Aubry |
Corona |
(518) 455-4561 |
| Aravella Simotas |
Long Island City |
(518) 455-5014 |
| Catherine Nolan |
Ridgewood |
(518) 455-4851 |
| Michael G. Miller |
Glendale |
(518) 455-4621 |
| Francisco Moya |
Corona |
(518) 455-4567 |
| Helene Weinstein |
Brooklyn |
(518) 455-5462 |
| Rhoda Jacobs |
Brooklyn |
(518) 455-5385 |
| Karim Camara |
Brooklyn |
(518) 455-5262 |
| James F. Brennan |
Brooklyn |
(518) 455-5377 |
| Steven Cymbrowitz |
Brooklyn |
(518) 455-5214 |
| Alec Brook-Krasny |
Brooklyn |
(518) 455-4811 |
| William Colton |
Brooklyn |
(518) 455-5828 |
| Dov Hikind |
Brooklyn |
(518) 455-5721 |
| Peter Abbate |
Brooklyn |
(518) 455-3053 |
| Joseph Lentol |
Brooklyn |
(518) 455-4477 |
| Joan Millman |
Brooklyn Heights |
(518) 455-5426 |
| William Boyland, Jr. |
Brooklyn |
(518) 455-4466 |
| Annette Robinson |
Brooklyn |
(518) 455-5474 |
| N. Nick Perry |
Brooklyn |
(518) 455-4166 |
| Matthew Titone |
Staten Island |
(518) 455-4677 |
| Michael Cusick |
Staten Island |
(518) 455-5526 |
| Sheldon Silver |
New York |
(518) 455-3791 |
| Micah Kellner |
New York |
(518) 455-5676 |
| Deborah Glick |
New York |
(518) 455-4841 |
| Linda Rosenthal |
New York |
(518) 455-5802 |
| Robert J. Rodriguez |
New York |
(518) 455-4781 |
| Daniel O'Donnell |
New York |
(518) 455-5603 |
| Keith L. T. Wright |
New York |
(518) 455-4793 |
| Herman D. Farrell |
New York |
(518) 455-5491 |
| Dan Quart |
New York |
(518) 455-4794 |
| Brian Kavanagh |
New York |
(518) 455-5506 |
| Richard Gottfried |
New York |
(518) 455-4941 |
| Peter Rivera |
Bronx |
(518) 455-5414 |
| Jose Rivera |
Bronx |
(518) 455-5414 |
| Naomi Rivera |
Bronx |
(518) 455-5414 |
| Jeffrey Dinowitz |
Bronx |
(518) 455-5965 |
| Michael Benedetto |
Bronx |
(518) 455-5296 |
| Carl Heastie |
Bronx |
(518) 455-4800 |
| Carmen E. Arroyo |
Bronx |
(518) 455-5402 |
| Marcos Crespo |
Bronx |
(518) 455-5514 |
| J. Gary Pretlow |
Mount Vernon |
(518) 455-5291 |
| Amy Paulin |
Scarsdale |
(518) 455-5585 |
| Sandra Galef |
Ossining |
(518) 455-5348 |
| Thomas Abinanti |
White Plains |
(518) 455-5753 |
| Shelley Mayer |
Yonkers |
(518) 455-3662 |
| Kenneth Zebrowski, Jr. |
New City |
(518) 455-5735 |
| Ellen C. Jaffee |
Suffern |
(518) 455-5118 |
| Aileen Gunther |
Forestburgh |
(518) 455-5355 |
| Frank Skartados |
Milton |
(518) 455-5762 |
| Kevin Cahill |
Kingston |
(518) 455-4436 |
| Didi Barrett |
Millbrook |
(518) 455-5177 |
| William Magee |
Nelson |
(518) 455-4807 |
| Anthony Brindisi |
Utica |
(518) 455-5454 |
| Addie Jenne Russell |
Theresa |
(518) 455-5545 |
| Sam Roberts |
Syracuse |
(518) 455-5383 |
| William Magnarelli |
Syracuse |
(518) 455-4826 |
| Barbara Lifton |
Ithaca |
(518) 455-5444 |
| Donna Lupardo |
Endwell |
(518) 455-5431 |
| Harry B. Bronson |
Rochester |
(518) 455-4527 |
| Joseph Morelle |
Irondequoit |
(518) 455-5373 |
| David Gantt |
Rochester |
(518) 455-5606 |
| Robin Schimminger |
Kenmore |
(518) 455-4767 |
| Crystal Peoples-Stokes |
Buffalo |
(518) 455-5005 |
| Sean M. Ryan |
Buffalo |
(518) 455-4886 |
| Michael P. Kearns |
Buffalo |
(518) 455-4691 |
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