New York State Assembly

Today Assembly Labor Chair Harry Bronson (AD-138) stood with advocates from Planned Parenthood of CWNY, New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), AFLCIO, National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), NEW Pride Agenda, and MOCHA Center to urge Governor...

Albany, New York – As hospitals nationwide face increasing pressure to eliminate essential health services without public notice, the New York State Legislature has once again passed the Hospital Transparency Act (A3862/S3486). Sponsored by Assemblywoman...

ALBANY, NY – On Wednesday, Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas celebrated the Assembly passage of the A2581B/S3285B, which establishes the Department of Health Education and Outreach Program on reproductive health services. The program is designed...

The budget finally passed on May 8th, after several prolonged weeks of negotiation.While we did not get everything we were fighting for, there are some very big wins in this budget, including Universal School Meals and paying off our entire federal COVID...

Speaker Carl Heastie and Ways and Means Committee Chair J. Gary Pretlow today announced that the $254.3 billion Enacted State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26 Budget puts money back into the pockets of hardworking New Yorkers and makes investments in critical...

Albany, NY – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-Westchester) today announced the successful passage of two major reproductive health protections she authored, A.1165/S.2165 (May) and A.4023/S.3172 (Hinchey), both of which were included in the New York State...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) is throwing his support behind a New Paltz doctor and the Ulster County Clerk, following a stand-off across state lines meant to challenge abortion care. Acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck refused to file...

Albany, NY – Today, Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas, Chair of the Task Force on Women’s Issues was joined by Task Force members Assembly Members Sarah Clark, Grace Lee, Claire Valdez, Gabriella Romero, Emily Gallagher, Larinda Hooks, and Anna...

Albany, NY – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin has reintroduced legislation A.1172/S.2533 to expand abortion access by allowing pharmacists to dispense abortion medication with the use of non-patient specific prescriptions. Her bill would allow abortion medication...

Today is the anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, which gave women a federal Constitutional right to an abortion. January 22nd now stands as a day of both celebration and loss. In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe. This...

Albany, NY – On the 52nd anniversary of Roe w. Wade, Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Housing, passed her groundbreaking legislation, the New York Health Information Privacy Act (A.2141-A), which...

Today is the anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, which gave women a federal Constitutional right to an abortion. January 22nd now stands as a day of both celebration and loss.In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe. This...