The deadline to submit applications for NYSREEF's new Next Generation Scholarship has been extended to Thursday, March 15. Please encourage your college-aged relatives to apply today! Click here to learn more.

Visit NYSAR.com to view minutes from the 2012 Mid-Winter Business Meetings held earlier this month at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Albany, NY. Additional minutes, including those from the Board of Directors meeting, will be posted in the near future. Click here for the NYSAR.com Meetings and Governance page.

A Quinnipiac poll released last week finds the governor is still enjoying a 69 percent approval rating. The Legislature, however, only garnered a 29 percent approval rating with 58 percent disapproving of the job the Legislature, as a whole, is doing. Click here to learn more.

National Association of REALTORS President Moe Veissi has issued a challenge to get 15,000 REALTORS to Washington, DC for a rally on Capitol Hill on Thursday, May 17, 2012. Click here to learn more.

The proposed fiscal year 2013 budget for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development includes a requirement to implement a 10-basis-point increase to annual premiums for all new FHA loans and other premium increases. Click here to learn more.

All New York brokers who enroll in the Broker Involvement Program between now and Friday, March 30, 2012, will be entered to win a $100 Visa gift card! Click here to learn more.

Click here to read the entire Government Affairs Weekly Report.

The Tuesday, March 6, NYSAR Radio show will uncover commonly misinterpreted real estate-related legal information. Tune in at 10 a.m. next Tuesday by clicking here. Click here for more information.

Please note that when you visit NYSAR.com and you are prompted to log in, you will need to click on "New User" to set up your account.

REALTOR Institute 401 – "Get It Listed...Get it Sold" – will be offered March 6-7 at the Jefferson-Lewis Board of REALTORS office in Watertown, NY. This course will teach you new methods of marketing and ways to integrate technology into your business to increase your listings, sales and profits. Click here for more information or to register.

The AREAA Global Real Estate Summit will be held April 1-3, 2012 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. NYSAR has negotiated a discounted rate of just $399 (a $200 discount). The program will show you how you can help international investors navigate the regulatory, tax and legal issues of purchasing property in the U.S. Click here to learn more.

NYSAR's compliance partner, PossibleNOW, makes DNC compliance easy. Individual accounts pay just $10 a month (a 50-percent savings) or cover unlimited agents in one office for $100 a month. Click here to learn more.

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of RPAC of NY by investing $40 in a limited edition anniversary pin. Click here to learn more.

The February RPAC silent auction item is a Brookstone iConvert Portable Document and Photo Scanner. Bids must be placed by February 29, at 11:59 p.m. Click here to learn more.