Today In History: Trump Holds His First NY Rally; Social Security Law Signed Into Law

April 7, 2017, is the 97th day of the year, with 268 days remaining. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase, with illumination at 86 percent.

Trump reschedules California trip to campaign in New York

Building upon the proverbial praises sung at his 2016 rally at Grumman Studios in Long Island’s Nassau County the previous evening, his first address in his home state, Donald Trump decidedly rescheduled the California trip that his campaign had planned in lieu of focusing on his continued campaigning in New York. The announcement came from Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks.

“The trip to California has been rescheduled. We look forward to campaigning in New York and returning to California in the weeks ahead,” Hicks said in a statement.

The Trump campaign team had originally scheduled a press conference at his golf club in Rancho Palos Verdes. California’s primary took place June 7, with the New York primary on April 19. Trump ultimately took the New York primary by a landslide with 60 percent of votes against John Katich’s 25 percent and Ted Cruz’s 15 percent. Hillary Clinton won for Democrats with 58 percent of votes against Bernie Sanders’ 42 percent.

President Clinton signs Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act

Signed into law in 2000, the Senior Citizens’ Freedom to Work Act was erected by President Bill Clinton’s hands. The legislation outlined a number of stipulations, including — but not limited to — the following:

It eliminated the Social Security requirement earnings test in and after the month in which a citizen attains full retirement age (65).

The retired worker is permitted to earn a delayed retirement credit for any month for which said retiree requests that benefits not be paid despite the individual being on the benefit rolls. This begins with the month in which the beneficiary reaches full retirement age and ends with the month prior to reaching the age of 70.

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Photo credit: Michael Vadon (Trump image), Gage Skidmore (Clinton image) — via Wikimedia Commons