On May 11, with only six legislative session weeks remaining, over 85 organizations, including NASW-NYS, signed onto and released a letter to Governor Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver at a press conference, urging them to take swift legislative action to establish New York’s insurance exchange as prescribed in ACA. In addition, we have joined HCFANY’s Children, Youth, and Families Task Force, a group dedicated to addressing the issue of uninsured children in New York, and to ensuring that the state adopts children and family friendly policies during the implementation of ACA. NASW-NYS will continue to work with stakeholders to shepherd in affordable high quality healthcare for all.