The 2025-26 State Budget May 21, 2025 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...
Assembly Announces Enacted $254.3 Billion SFY 2025-26 Budget Puts Money Back into the Pockets of Hardworking New Yorkers and Invests in New York Families May 8, 2025 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...
Assemblywoman Amy Paulin Announces Passage of Her Key Reproductive Health Bills in State Budget May 7, 2025 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...
Jacobson Supports Doctor and Ulster County Clerk in Abortion Battle Mar 28, 2025 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...
Women's Movements Throughout U.S. History: A timeline of persevering, breaking down barriers and shattering glass ceilings Mar 4, 2025
Women's Movements Throughout U.S. History: A timeline of persevering, breaking down barriers and shattering glass ceilings Feb 24, 2025
Assemblywoman Amy Paulin’s Legislation Expanding Abortion Medication Access is the Path to Protect New York’s Doctors and Provide Abortion Access Around the Country Feb 3, 2025 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...
Statement of Assemblywoman Amy Paulin on the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Jan 22, 2025 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...
Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal Announces Passage of Landmark Health Data Privacy Legislation on 52nd Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Jan 22, 2025 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...
Submitted Testimonies: Public Hearing on Ensuring Consumer Protection & Safety Relating to the Use of Artificial Intelligence Oct 7, 2024