2016 NY State Endorsements and Assisted Suicide Psak Halacha

2016 NY Primary Endorsements

Remember staying home is not interpreted, that you don't like any of the candidates, but that you don't care about elections. Therefore write in anything that shows you are against them for the right reasons.

Psak that assers voting for Ellen Jaffee (Monsey) and anyone else who voted for or worse sponsored assisted suicide

all people I'm endorsing I highlighted yellow

all people I'm saying to NOT TO vote for I highlighted pink

North and Central Queens Senate Democrat Primary

• Toby Ann Stavisky: Co-sponsor of Genda also known as the bathroom bill, which would force stores to hire men who think they're women and would allow men into the women bathrooms.  voted for same sex "marriage" Anyone who votes for him after he voted for this, thus has a share in the same sex "marriage" law
• S. J. Jung : opposes abortion on demand, same sex "marriage", and teaching homosexuality in the schools.  It's especially important to support him because Stavisky has attacked him for standing up for morality

Far Rockaway/Bayswater Senate Democrat Primary

• James Sanders, Jr.: Co-sponsor of Genda also known as the bathroom bill, which would force stores to hire men who think there women and would allow men into the women bathrooms.
• Adrienne E. Adams: Endorsed by the Stonewall (Gay) Democrats this year over sanders 

Write in something, but under no circumstances vote for any of these 2 candidates

Williamsburg Senate Democrat Primary

• Martin Malave Dilan:  Co-sponsor of Genda also known as the bathroom bill, which would force stores to hire men who think they're women and would allow men into the women bathrooms.  voted for same sex "marriage" Anyone who votes for him after he voted for this, thus has a share in the same sex "marriage" law
• Debbie Medina: has the endorsements of the Stonewall (Gay) Democrats 2 years ago against Dilan because she fully supports the LGBT agenda, and says on her website she will fight FOR abortion

Write in something, but under no circumstances vote for any of these 2 candidates

5 Towns/Long Beach Assembly Democrat Primary

• Anthony P. Eramo: on record as saying, "The Long Island Pride Weekend is a great opportunity for families all across Long Island to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community that has contributed so much to make Long Island such a great place to live" endorsed by many pro abortion organizations.
• Jeffrey W. Toback: the only thing I could find on his stands on moral issues is this story where he fought against a strip club sign, he is clearly better then Eramo

Flatbush/Midwood Assembly Democrat Primary

• Victor A. Jordan: no nothing about him
• Rodneyse Bichotte: has voted for every single terrible bill that came up since she was elected, from Genda, which would force stores to hire men who think they're women and would allow men into the women bathrooms, to banning therapy to help people with homosexual desires overcome them, to being part of a staging a unprecedented walk out on the assembly floor to support her abortion agenda (watching the video shows she was one of the walkers). she proudly has a rainbow flag on her desk in the assembly showing her true loyalty

Kensington/part of Borough Park Assembly Democrat Primary

• Robert C. Carroll: even has a special section on his website solely devoted to telling everyone about how much he supports gay issues, he is by far the most devoted homosexual supporter in this race
• R. M. Curry-Smithson: clear from his facebook page he strongly supports the LGBT agenda (see picture)
• Troy Odendhal: clearly supports the LGBT agenda however he is probably the best of the worst candidates, that said he still stinks.

Write in something, but under no circumstances vote for any of these 3 candidates

Seagate Assembly Democrat Primary

• Pamela Harris: was the leader of the staging a  unprecedented walk out on the assembly floor, as can be told from the video in support of abortion on demand, supported Genda, which would force stores to hire men who think they're women and would allow men into the women bathrooms, voted to ban therapy to help people with homosexual desires overcome them.
• Katie A. Cucco: clear that she supports same sex "marriage" from her twitter page when the supreme court invented a new constitution "right" to same sex "marriage"

Write in something, but under no circumstances vote for any of these 2 candidates

Monsey/Airmont/New Square Assembly Democrat Primary

• Thomas M. Gulla: was told he was good
• Ellen C. Jaffee: is probably the worst member of the assembly with a large Orthodox population

1. she voted for assisted suicide see psak at the top that assers voting for Ellen Jaffee
2. she voted numerous times for same sex "marriage", ultimately helping it pass into law
3. she voted numerous times for a bill that mandates schools starting from kindergarten teach a subject of "respect" towards the LGBT agenda ultimately helping it pass into law!
4. she cosponsored a bill that mandates all Yeshivas, and home schooled, teach the same "subjects" as public schools do (thus including, "respect" towards the LGBT agenda) for a similar amount of time at similar ages!
5. Voted as recently as Apr 5 of this year to give a grant to schools in order to teach "healthy attitudes and values" concerning gender roles, sexual orientation
6. Sponsored a bill that she admitted on the assembly floor as can be seen in the video of the session, she thinks will apply to Yeshivas and , which would Yeshiva them to hire teachers who had children out of wedlock or even abortions
7. she votes every year during the budget to include government funded tax pay dollars to allow abortions on demand
8. she cosponsored a bill that requires all medical insurance companies cover abortions
9. she voted numerous times for Genda, which would force stores to hire men who think they're women and would allow men into the women bathrooms
10. she voted many times for a bill that would forbid people from getting psychological help to overcome homosexual desires
11. she sponsored a bill that would make criminal adults up until the age of 22 be considered youthful offender, for the crimes they commit

Judge of the Civil Court for all of Brooklyn 

• Consuelo M. Melendez: She was endorsed by "LeGal - The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York" this orginization never endorces someone unless they are 100% sure the candidate is pro homosexual, under no circumstance should anyone vote for her, even if reform rabbi David Niederman says to vote for her, 
• Odessa Kennedy: met with Lambda a gay political club to try and get their endorsement, her doing so clearly indicates which way she will turn if she gets the opportunity

Write in something, but under no circumstances vote for any of these 2 candidates, but know that Connie Melendez is clearly much worse!

Judge of the Civil Court - District - 5th Municipal Court in Brooklyn I'm not getting involved in this race as long as you don't vote for Jill Epstein

• Rachel E. Freier:
• Morton M. Avigdor: 
• Jill Epstein: met with Lambda a gay political club to try and get their endorsement, her doing so clearly indicates which way she will turn if she gets the opportunity, under no circumstance should anyone vote for her

Michael Simanowitz, And Phillip Goldfeder Vote To Ban Therapists From Helping People Overcome Homosexual Desires

NY Assembly bans gay conversion therapy for kids

on June 16, 2014 at 5:59 PM, updated June 16, 2014 at 6:11 PM

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)  -- New York's Assembly has passed a ban against health professionals trying to change a child's sexual orientation through therapy.

Why The APA Says repetitive Therapy is harmful

On Monday the Democratic-led Assembly passed the ban 86 to 28. It would prohibit licensed psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, mental health practitioners and physicians from using conversion therapy on anyone under 18 remember many molestation victims go on to develop attraction for members of he same sex, so this bill is pro sexual molestation. Clergy would not be included.
 The American Psychological Association says there is no evidence so-called gay conversion therapy can change someone's sexual orientation . However the former head of the APA Nicholas Cummings, who is led the fight to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness, has admitted gays can change! 

(The New American)

Bans against gay conversion therapy have already gone into law in New Jersey and California. A proposed ban was voted down in Illinois in April.

Opponents of the ban say that it may infringe on a person's freedom of speech. (read this to understand why they also don't say freedom of religion rather only use free speech)

The bill has been sent to the Republican-led Senate for consideration. and BH didn't get voted on before the session ended
(AP)

This is from the opening statement of the bill that the "Orthodox" Michael Simanowitz, Phillip Goldfeder, David Weprin, and Shelly Silver were maskim to by voting for this bill.

 a.  Being  lesbian,  gay,  bisexual  or  transgender is not a disease, disorder, illness, deficiency, or shortcoming.  The  major  professional associations  of  mental  health  practitioners  and  researchers in the United States have recognized this fact for nearly 40 years. (bill)

Remember that many rabbanim (from all circles) stated there was a chiyuv for those who have a teivah for mishkav zachar to go for therapy to get help


Listen to Rav Yoshe Ber Soloveitchik on the possibility of changing homosexual inclination, and his strong opposition, to the liberal view of a therapists role in dealing with homosexuality.



Mordechai Levovitz (YMS) who wants to ban this describes something that is clearly not harmful

“Then modern Orthodox high schools were sending their kids to a conversion therapy program. The school psychologist would try to change them from being gay to straight. Their methods included having the kid repeating the verse in the Bible over and over again for 45 minutes. Looking at pictures of AIDS victims and colorectal cancer victims and say ‘this is what comes of homosexual sex.’ Kids were being "traumatized". We haven’t heard that lately. Now the complaints kids have is that they don’t hear anybody from the administration using the word ‘gay’, and worry about what would happen if they come out. "Orthodox" high schools are starting to think proactively about it,” says Levovitz. “We’re heading in the "right" direction.”
(Haaretz)



For the remainder of this post all those politicians who acted problematically that have a decent sized Orthodox population in their district will be highlighted yellow, those that have a sizable Orthodox community will be highlighted green, 
"Orthodox" politicians will be highlighted blue.


SPONSOR Glick

(MS) COSPNSR Titone, Jaffee, O'Donnell, Barrett, Roberts, Skoufis, Zebrowski, Schimel, Rosenthal, Kavanagh, Bronson, Mosley, Brindisi, Paulin, Cahill, Lifton, Ortiz, Magnarelli, Davila, Weprin, Dinowitz, Moya, Peoples-Stokes, Titus

 MLTSPNSR Arroyo, Braunstein, Brennan, Buchwald, Cook, Hevesi, Lavine, Millman, Ryan, Sepulveda, Skartados, Stirpe, Thiele




A06983 Votes:

Abbate

Y

Corwin

NO

Glick

Y

Lavine

Y

Nolan

Y

Rozic

Y

Titus

Y

Abinant

Y

Crespo

Y

Goldfeder

Y

Lentol

Y

Oaks

NO

Russell

Y

Walter

Y

Arroyo

Y

Crouch

Y

Goodell

NO

Lifton

Y

O'Donne

Y

Ryan

Y

Weinstein

Y

Aubry

Y

Curran

Y

Gottfri

Y

Lopez

NO

Ortiz

ER

Saladin

ER

Weisenb

ER

Barclay

Y

Cusick

Y

Graf

NO

Lupardo

Y

Otis

Y

Santaba

Y

Weprin

Y

Barrett

Y

Cymbrowitz

Y

Gunther

Y

Lupinac

Y

Palmesa

NO

Scarbor

Y

Wright

Y

Benedet

Y

Davila

Y

Hawley

NO

Magee

Y

Palumbo

NO

Schimel

Y

Zebrowski

Y

Blanken

NO

DenDekk

Y

Heastie

Y

Magnare

Y

Paulin

Y

Schimmi

NO

Mr Spkr

Y

Borelli

Y

Dinowitz

Y

Henness

Y

Malliot

Y

Peoples

Y

Sepulve

Y

Braunst

Y

DiPietr

NO

Hevesi

Y

Markey

Y

Perry

Y

Simanowitz

Y

Brennan

Y

Duprey

Y

Hikind

NO

Mayer

Y

Pichard

Y

Simotas

Y

Brindis

Y

Englebr

Y

Hooper

Y

McDonal

Y

Pretlow

Y

Skartad

Y

Bronson

Y

Fahy

Y

Jacobs

Y

McDonou

NO

Quart

Y

Skoufis

Y

Brook-K

Y

Farrell

Y

Jaffee

Y

McKevit

NO

Ra

NO

Solages

Y

Buchwal

Y

Finch

Y

Johns

NO

McLaugh

NO

Raia

NO

Stec

NO

Butler

ER

Fitzpat

NO

Katz

NO

Miller

Y

Ramos

Y

Steck

Y

Cahill

Y

Friend

NO

Kavanag

Y

Millman

Y

Rivera

Y

Stirpe

Y

Camara

Y

Galef

Y

Kearns

NO

Montesa

Y

Roberts

Y

Sweeney

Y

Ceretto

NO

Gantt

Y

Kellner

AB

Morelle

Y

Robinso

Y

Tedisco

NO

Clark

Y

Garbari

Y

Kim

Y

Mosley

Y

Rodrigu

Y

Tenney

ER

Colton

Y

Giglio

NO

Kolb

NO

Moya

Y

Rosa

Y

Thiele

Y

Cook

Y

Gjonaj

Y

Lalor

ER

Nojay

NO

Rosenth

Y

Titone

Y

listen to Rav Yoshe Ber's complete statement!

The Senate sponsors of the bill 

SPONSOR    HOYLMAN

COSPNSR    GIANARIS, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, DILAN, ESPAILLAT, GIPSON,
                       HASSELL-THOMPSON, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, LATIMER, MARTINS, MONTGOMERY,
                      O'BRIEN, PARKER, PERALTA, PERKINS, RIVERA, SAVINO, SERRANO, SQUADRON,
                      STAVISKY, TKACZYK, VALESKY

New Square And Andrew Cuomo Push For Dangerous Bill

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today during the state of the state backed a push to raise the minimum age at which teens can be tried and charged as adults—one of a host of initiatives rolled out in the last State of the State address of his first term.

“Our juvenile justice laws are "outdated",” said the governor in his speech, pointing to rules that allow 16- and 17-year-olds to be tried and charged as adults in New York.


Only one other state in the nation has the same rules, Mr. Cuomo said: North Carolina.

“It’s not right. It’s not "fair". We must raise the age,” he said, proposing a new commission on youth public safety and justice to push through the changes in the next year.
(politicker)


The Bill's lead sponsor is the homosexual Daniel O'Donnell (main sponsor of the same gender "marriage" law), the bill's only co-sponsor is Ellen Jaffe (who represents New Square and parts of Monsey).

They Both also sponsored a bill that would raise the eligibility rate for how old someone can be to be allowed to be tried as a child (from 19 to 22) (no word yet if the governor also supports this bill)

These bills will endanger the lives of many New Yorkers because those tried as juveniles are more likley to return to the street.

Ellen Jaffe continues to get the support of the "Godfather of New Square" (95+% NS voted for her) despite being a co-sponsor of the same gender "marriage" bill. 

Cuomo aims to hike age of teens tried as adults as GOP balks, prosecutor praises

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo’s plan to raise the age at which New York teens can be tried as adults received a lukewarm reaction from GOP lawmakers Thursday but won the support of a top prosecutor.

Senate Deputy GOP leader Thomas Libous (R-Binghamton) said in a radio interview he was open to Cuomo’s proposal but noted it was a sensitive issue for lawmakers because of the violent nature of some youth crimes.

“Some of the most heinous crimes are committed by kids who are 16 and 17,” Brooklyn Sen. Martin Golden, another Republican and a former New York City cop, told the Daily News.

Cuomo, in his State of the State address Wednesday, said New York was one of only two states that treat 16-year-olds as adults in criminal court. He called for a special commission to draft plans to increase the age, but did not say by how much.

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, head of the state District Attorneys Association, hailed Cuomo’s announcement.

“What we are doing by treating these kids as adults is putting them in a potential cycle of recidivism,” said Rice, who stressed the association has yet to take a position on the issue.


Nearly 50,000 16- and 17-year-olds are arrested each year and charged as adults, advocates said. Most are charged with "minor" offenses like shoplifting and pot possession.

Rice and other advocates said treating 16- and 17-year-olds as adults denies them the programs they "need" to turn their lives around.

“It’s a "myth" that prosecuting kids as adults promotes public safety,” said Gabrielle Horowitz-Prisco of the Correctional Association of New York.

(dailynews)