URGENT! ACTION NOW, NEW YORK! 2 WEEKS 2 GET GMO LABELING LAW PASSED!

Sample call script for New Yorkers whose Assemblymember IS on the Ways and Means Committee:

"Hi. My name is _____ and I'm a constituent of Assemblymember _____. I demand the right to know by a simple label if my food has been produced with genetically modified organisms. I think it's outrageous I've been kept in the dark about this for almost 20 years. Please support GMO labeling bill A3525 by cosponsoring the bill AND by asking committee chair Herman Farrell to put the bill on the next committee agenda. Thank you very much."

Sample script for New Yorkers whose Assemblymember is NOT on the list below:

"Hi. My name is _____ and I'm a constituent of Assemblymember _____. I demand the right to know by a simple label if my food has been produced with genetically modified organisms. I think it's outrageous I've been kept in the dark about this for almost 20 years. Please support GMO labeling bill A3525 by cosponsoring the bill AND by asking Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to bring it to a floor vote in the Assembly as soon as possible. Thank you very much."

[NOTES: 1. If your Assemblymember is already a cosponsor of the bill, thank him/her and then ask them to ask the committee chair to put it on the Ways & Means agenda and ask them to speak to Speaker Silver about bringing it to a floor vote. The full cosponsor list is here: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?term=2013&bn=A03525
2. If your Assemblymember is Linda Rosenthal, please DO NOT CALL her -- she is the sponsor of the bill and is ON IT!]

PLEASE SHARE and TAG EVERY NEW YORKER YOU KNOW WHO EATS FOOD!

Ways and Means Committee Members

Thomas Abinanti (D)
– cosponsor -- YES
518-455-5753
914-631-1605
abinantit@assembly.state.ny.us

James Brennan (D)
 – cosponsor -- YES
518-455-5377, 718-788-7221
BrennanJ@assembly.state.ny.us

Vivian Cook (D)
– cosponsor -- YES
518-455-4203
718-322-3975
CookV@assembly.state.ny.us

Steven Cymbrowitz (D)
– cosponsor -- NO
518-455-5214
718-743-4078
cymbrowitzs@assembly.state.ny.us

Joe Giglio (R) -- NO
518-455-5241, 716-373-7103
GiglioJ@assembly.state.ny.us

Al Graf (D) – cosponsor -- NO
518-455-5937, 631-585-0230
grafa@assembly.state.ny.us
Charles Lavine (D)
 – cosponsor -- YES
518-455-5456
516-676-0050
lavinec@assembly.state.ny.us

Joseph Lentol (D; committee chair) - cosponsor -- YES
518-455-4477
718-383-7474
lentolj@assembly.state.ny.us

Tom McKevitt (R; also voted against in
Consumer Affairs & Protection committee) -- NO
518-455-5341, 516-228-4960
mckevittt@assembly.state.ny.us

Michael Montesano (R)
– cosponsor -- YES
518-455-4684
516-937-3571
montesanom@assembly.state.ny.us

Walter Mosley (D)
 – cosponsor -- YES
518-455-5325
718-596-0100
MosleyW@assembly.state.ny.us

Daniel O'Donnell (D)
-- ABSENT
518-455-5603
212-866-3970
odonnelld@assembly.state.ny.us

Nick Perry (D)
– cosponsor -- YES
518-455-4166
718-385-3336
perryn@assembly.state.ny.us

Gary Pretlow (D) -- YES
518-455-5291
914-667-0127
pretlowj@assembly.state.ny.us

Edward Ra (R)
– cosponsor -- YES
518-455-4627, 516-535-4095
rae@assembly.state.ny.us

Robin Schimminger (D) -- NO
518-455-4767
716-873-2540
schimmingerr@assembly.state.ny.us
 

Claudia Tenney (R) -- NO
518-455-5334
315-736-3879
tenneyc@assembly.state.ny.us

Michele Titus (D) -- YES
518-455-5668
718-327-1845
TitusM@assembly.state.ny.us

Helene Weinstein (D) -- YES
518-455-5462
718-648-4700
weinsteinh@assembly.state.ny.us

David Weprin (D)
 - cosponsor -- YES
518-455-5806, 718-454-3027
weprind@assembly.state.ny.us

Keith Wright (D) -- YES
518-455-4793
212-866-5809
wrightk@assembly.state.ny.us

Kenneth Zebrowski (D) -- YES
518-455-5735
845-634-9791
zebrowskik@assembly.state.ny.us