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WHO KILLED NYS GMO LABELING BILL & WHY?? IS it REALLY DEAD?

ACTION ALERT! MUST SHARE! GMO Free NY

Hell hath no fury like a GMO labeling advocate scorned. In light of yesterday’s defeat of NY’s GMO labeling bill A3525-A at the hands of some cowardly members of the Assembly’s Committee on Consumer Protection and Affairs, we are now calling upon you to UNLEASH YOUR FURY ON THE HEAD OF PRIME SUSPECT Assemblymember Dennis Gabryszak, who Monday morning insisted he be added as cosponsor to the bill only to follow that up with a flat-out “NO” vote a few hours later. Why the flip-flop Dennis? Were you acting under the undue influence of the biotech lobbyist who managed to sit in on the committee meeting? Were you playing dirty to make sponsor Assemblymember Rosenthal and Committee Chair Dinowitz believe they had enough votes only to pull the rug out from under them, to the satisfaction of the lobbyist and those he represents? Please enlighten us as to why you were A-OK killing the bill that would’ve granted us the right to know what’s in our food!

We are also asking you to call several other members of the committee to ask them to reconsider their “NO” vote should the bill appear before the committee again before the legislative session ends in two weeks. Also, while it would also be nice if you contacted those who voted “YES” to thank them for their support of the bill, we understand that we’re asking a lot of you, and so if you need to prioritize, we want you to focus on the “NO” voters. A phone call would be better than an email, but any contact will do, including Tweets and Facebook postings. We also respectfully ask that you NOT contact Assemblymember Michael Simanowitz about his no vote because we have good reason to believe he is actually sympathetic to our cause.

If you get commitments from any of these legislators to vote “YES” if the bill is reconsidered, please tell us by posting about it: facebook.com/pages/GMO-Free-NY/439598096119410

ALL New Yorkers who support GMO labeling should contact Gabryzsak and hold him accountable for his actions, but especially those of you who live in his district! Pay him a visit in his district office this Friday if you can!

Find out who your Assemblymember is here: http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/

#1 Priority for this Action Alert:

Dennis Gabryszak (Dem, Dist 143)

Albany phone: 518-455-5921
District phone: 716-686-0080
Email: GabryszakD@assembly.state.ny.us
Twitter: @dgabryszak
FB: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Assemblyman-Dennis-Gabryszak/102688033138771

#2
Edward Hennessey (Dem, Dist 3) – he abstained from voting--ask him why!
Albany phone: 518-455-4901
District phone: 631-207-0073
Email: HennesseyE@assembly.state.ny.us
Twitter: @Hennessey3AD
FB: https://www.facebook.com/Hennessey3AD?fref=ts

#3
David Buchwald (Dem-I, Dist 93)
Albany phone: 518-455-5397
District phone: 914-244-4450
Email: BuchwaldD@assembly.state.ny.us
FB: https://www.facebook.com/Vote.Buchwald?fref=ts

#4
David McDonough (Rep, Dist 14)
Albany phone: 518-455-4633
District phone: 516-409-2070
Email: McDonoD@assembly.state.ny.us

#5
Tom McKevitt, (Rep, Dist 17)
Albany phone: 518-455-5341
District phone: 516-228-4960
Email: MckeviT@assembly.state.ny.us
Twitter: @TomMcKevitt1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AssemblymanTomMcKevitt?fref=ts

#6
Bill Nojay (Rep, Dist 133)
Albany phone: 518-455-5662
District phone: 585-346-0002
Email: NojayW@assembly.state.ny.us
Twitter: @Nojay4Assembly
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AssemblymanBillNojay?fref=ts

Those who voted YES:
Abbate
Camara (fellow Assemblymember Kavanaugh cast the vote in Camara’s absence)
Dinowitz (Committee chair)
Kellner
Quart
Skoufis
Solages
Simotas would have voted yes had she been able to make the meeting
Contact info can be found here (scroll down): www.gmofreeny.net

Action alert posted on the GMO Free NY FB page (facebook.com/pages/GMO-Free-NY/439598096119410). Please feel free to copy and share with your own people...

THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS, NEW YORK!
Hey, We've All Gotta Eat!


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