New York State Has No More 2-1-1 Service... Yet (Washington, DC) - At a press conference today on Capitol Hill with United Way, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) announced that she has reintroduced legislation along with Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) to bring 2-1-1 service nationwide. The service provides individuals and families who need non-emergency assistance with a link to appropriate non-profit and government agencies to find and give help without disrupting emergency phone lines. "We learned first-hand after 9/11 and in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita how critical 2-1-1 is to helping people in crisis find and connect to needed services. Too often people who need help accessing services don't know where to turn. The 2-1-1 system provides an easy-to-remember and universally available phone number that links individuals and families in need and should be made available in all fifty states," said Senator Clinton. The Calling for 2-1-1 Act helps peop...