Richard Gottfried’s Health-Care Crusade Is Paying Off
Two posters hang on the door of New York State Assembly member Richard Gottfried’s Albany office. One has a picture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., underneath a quote: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” The other says “Healthcare is a Human Right!” and urges the reader to “Pass the New York Health Act.”
First elected at age 23, Gottfried is now 71 and one of the longest-serving legislators in New York history. He has sponsored the New …