Welcome to the latest TrueBoots Weekly, a walkthrough of the week for New York's military-connected and first responder communities. This newsletter is committed to providing leaders, policy makers, advocates, community members, and allies with timely information, analysis, and insights for our communities. Spotlight: New York's Budget Season Continues State Budget Deadline Passes With No Budget Yesterday, April 1 (April Fool's - but no kidding here), was the official deadline for the...
2 days ago • 7 min read
Welcome to the latest TrueBoots Weekly, a walkthrough of the week for New York's military-connected and first responder communities. This newsletter is committed to providing leaders, policy makers, advocates, community members, and allies with timely information, analysis, and insights for our communities. Spotlight: Continued Impacts of Homeland Security Shutdown Potential for Expanded National Guard Mission in New York Airports Yesterday, President Trump announced he is considering sending...
9 days ago • 5 min read
Welcome to the latest TrueBoots Weekly, a walkthrough of the week for New York's military-connected and first responder communities. This newsletter is committed to providing leaders, policy makers, advocates, community members, and allies with timely information, analysis, and insights for our communities. Spotlight: Veteran Suicide in New York Earlier this month, New York State Health Foundation released an analysis of data provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs revealing an...
16 days ago • 7 min read
Welcome to the latest TrueBoots Weekly, a walkthrough of the week for New York's military-connected and first responder communities. This newsletter is committed to providing leaders, policy makers, advocates, community members, and allies with timely information, analysis, and insights. Thank you for reading, sharing, and subscribing! Spotlight: State Legislature Budget Negotiations This week, the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate each respectively released their budget...
22 days ago • 7 min read
Welcome to the latest TrueBoots Weekly, a walkthrough of the week for New York's military-connected and first responder communities. This newsletter is committed to providing leaders, policy makers, advocates, community members, and allies with timely information, analysis, and insights. Thank you for reading, sharing, and subscribing! Spotlight: Impacts of Iran War on Military-Connected and First Responder New Yorkers New York Troops in the Persian Gulf Region Since the early days of the...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Welcome to the latest TrueBoots Weekly, a walkthrough of the week for New York's military-connected and first responder communities. This newsletter is committed to providing leaders, policy makers, advocates, community members, and allies with timely information, analysis, and insights. Thank you for reading, sharing, and subscribing! Spotlight: Fair Access to Co-ops for Veterans Act Following much discussion over the last fifteen years of moving forward a bill in Congress to permit veterans...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
Welcome to the latest TrueBoots Weekly, a walkthrough of the week for New York's military-connected and first responder communities. This newsletter is committed to providing leaders, policy makers, advocates, community members, and allies with timely information, analysis, and insights. Thank you for reading, sharing, and subscribing! Spotlight: NYC's Preliminary Budget Cuts Veterans' Services This week, Mayor Mamdani introduced his preliminary budget for New York City, which begins the...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Welcome to the latest TrueBoots Weekly, a walkthrough of the week for New York's military-connected and first responder communities. This newsletter is committed to providing leaders, policy makers, advocates, community members, and allies with timely information, analysis, and insights. Thank you for reading, sharing, and subscribing! Spotlight: NYC's Cold Weather Response It has been cold in NYC. Really cold. On January 19, the City declared a "Code Blue" because temperatures dropped below...
about 2 months ago • 8 min read
New York has one of the largest state legislatures and largest state budgets in the country -- and our state is home to more than 637,000 veterans by last year's best count. But are you up on the latest goings-on in the New York State Legislature related to serving our state's veterans and families? If not, then this deep-dive is for you. And be sure to read to the end for key takeaways and tips for organizations serving veterans in New York State. A Hearing You Might've Missed Last Thursday...
about 2 months ago • 8 min read
Welcome to the latest TrueBoots Weekly, a walkthrough of the week for New York's military-connected and first responder communities. This newsletter is committed to providing leaders, policy makers, advocates, community members, and allies with timely information, analysis, and insights. Thank you for reading, sharing, and subscribing! Spotlight: National Guard Potential deployment of federalized National Guard troops to New York has appeared to be de-prioritized by the Trump administration....
about 2 months ago • 7 min read