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Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Votes for the Reproductive Health Act in the Spirit of Roe v. Wade

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Albany, NY – Today, the New York State Legislature passed a series of initiatives to ensure women's reproductive rights. One of these initiatives, The Reproductive Health Act, has already been signed into law. This comes concurrently with the 46th...

Statement From Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C-Canandaigua)

“Abortion has been legal in New York State since 1970, even when it was illegal at the federal level. Today’s passage of the Reproductive Health Act came under the false narratives that the legality of women’s rights are being jeopardized,...

Manktelow Votes Against Abortion, Encourages Adoption

“Today I voted against the Reproductive Health Act because I believe there is always another option. I know two women who chose not to abort their children, and though I have never met them, I see them each and every day in my two eldest children...

Assemblymember Glick Lauds Reproductive Health Act Legislation

Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick, 66th Assembly District, Manhattan, announces Assembly passage of her legislation, A.21, which protects a woman’s right to an abortion by updating New York’s outdated laws. “New York women deserve to have their own...

Assemblymember Steck Passes Legislation to Bolster Women’s Reproductive Rights

Assemblymember Phil Steck (D-Colonie) announced that he helped pass legislation to reaffirm women’s reproductive rights in New York State. After years of failing to even come up for a vote in the state Senate, these measures are expected to be passed...

Assembly Health Committee Update: Protecting Access to Reproductive Care

The Assembly Health Committee favorably reported 12 bills at its first meeting of the 2019 legislative session on January 15. The Committee reported bills guaranteeing a woman’s right to choose; requiring feminine hygiene products to be offered for...

Assemblywoman Hyndman: Transgender Rights are Human Rights!

Member of New York State Assembly Alicia Hyndman (D-Queens) helped pass the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) as part of the Assembly’s continued efforts to protect transgender rights in New York (A.747). “Discrimination, hate...

Life and Lies in New York 2019

“I am appalled by the governor’s repeated assault on life in this state. His focus on abortion in the third trimester, up to and including 9 months, is outrageous when we have so much more to work on. He’s stuffing even more leftist oppression...

News from Assemblymember John T. McDonald III - Winter 2019

Community Update: Friday, January 11, 2019

Neighborhood Update - Winter 2018

Legislative Agenda for 2019

News from Assemblymember John T. McDonald III - 2018 108th District Constituent Survey

Neighborhood Update - Summer 2018

Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon’s Statement on the Trump Administration’s Proposed “Gag” Rule

Brooklyn, NY – Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon released the following statement today, along with a letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, on the Trump’s Administration’s proposed rule to limit a woman’s access to abortion and...

Assembly Member Seawright’s Comment Regarding Title IX Rule Change

Protecting Family Planning

Dear Friends, Today I submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), strongly opposing Federal rule changes that will limit women's access to comprehensive family planning. I urge you to do the same. You have until...

Community Update: Friday, July 20, 2018

State Senate Jeopardizing the Safety of New York Women and Children

New York, NY – Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Borough President Gale Brewer and advocates Transportation Alternatives, Planned Parenthood demand Senate Majority Leader Flanagan call the State Senate back to Albany immediately...

Community Update: Friday, July 13, 2018

Glick Calls on Senate to Vote on Bills to Protect New Yorkers

Justice Kennedy's announced retirement is a painful blow to the already precarious balance on the Supreme Court. While generally conservative, Justice Kennedy often delivered the deciding vote on cases that upheld the constitutional rights to liberty...

Glick and Hoylman Respond to Crisis Pregnancy Center Supreme Court Ruling

New York, NY – Today June 26, 2018, Assemblymember Deborah Glick and Senator Brad Hoylman issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling on National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, which deemed California's...

Community Update: Friday, March 16, 2018

Assemblyman Stirpe Helps Pass Legislation to Strengthen Women’s Health Rights

Assemblyman Al Stirpe (D-Cicero) announced that he helped pass a women’s health rights legislative package. “Women’s rights are human rights, and this legislative package clearly demonstrates the Assembly’s continued commitment...

Assembly Announces Passage of Legislation to Protect Women's Reproductive Rights and Ensure Access to Options for Family Planning

New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblymembers Deborah Glick, Kevin Cahill, Ellen Jaffee and Rebecca A. Seawright today announced passage of three bills that would protect reproductive rights for women and ensure New Yorkers have access...

Hawley Reacts to Percoco Verdict

“Today’s guilty verdict of Joe Percoco, someone the governor once called a ‘brother,’ shows that corruption and private influence has permeated even the most prominent in our government. “True leaders take responsibility when their house...

Assemblymember Phil Steck Passes Legislation to Protect Women’s Access to Health Care

Assemblymember Phil Steck (D-Colonie) announced that he helped pass numerous pieces of legislation to protect the rights of women to make their own reproductive health decisions. The bills include a measure that he co-sponsored to prevent employees from...

The People’s Budget - Budget Equity XXVI

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Assemblyman Stirpe: Nominate CNY Women Making a Difference for the 2018 Women of Distinction Awards

There is no shortage of extraordinary women doing incredible work across New York State, especially here in Central New York. They are doctors, tending to our wounds and getting us back on our feet. They are police officers, upholding the...

Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal Reports to the People of the 67th Assembly District - Winter 2017