Twenty states are poised to ban abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned, says a new report. This means over 25 million women, more than a third of women of reproductive age in America, could lose access to safe, legal abortion. Read More »
Manhattan, NY – July 31st, 2018 – Last week, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D – Texas) introduced the reauthorization of the landmark Violence Against Women Act (H.R. 6545). The historically bipartisan legislation was first introduced more than two decades ago and Read More »
Manhattan, NY – July 17, 2018 – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and all 31 members of the Senate Democratic Conference led by Andrea Stewart-Cousins today called on Senate Republicans to return to Albany to vote to codify Roe v. Wade into Read More »
Manhattan, NY – JUNE 5, 2018 — Harvey Weinstein, appearing in court on Tuesday morning in Manhattan, pleaded not guilty to the sexual assault charges lodged against him last month. He was charged with one count of first-degree rape, one count of third-degree Read More »
New York, NY – April 26, 2018 – Today, a jury in Norristown, PA made a decision that will reverberate for survivors of sexual assault across the country. In the first high profile criminal trial following the breakout of the Read More »
DATE: April 9, 2018 Submitted on behalf of Jane Manning Director of Advocacy, NOW-NYC & Women’s Justice NOW Contact: 212-627-9895 Testimony before the New York City Council on Behalf of Women’s Justice NOW and NOW-NYC My name is Jane Manning, and Read More »
After decades of drugging and raping women, Bill Cosby was found guilty in a court of law and held accountable for his crimes – a true victory for survivors everywhere! Despite being disparaged as greedy liars, the 6 women who Read More »
As the nation keeps returning to the debate over gun control in light of the recent tragedy, there is a bill that has been quietly moving through the Capitol that should concern us greatly, because things are potentially about to Read More »
NOW-NY is calling on women and men throughout the state who currently are – or have previously been – subjected to sexual harassment or assault while on the job to speak out about their personal experiences through our new hotline at 518-362-7857 Read More »
NOW-NYC proudly co-sponsored and led more than one hundred activists to the Women’s March NYC on January 20th to show the Trump administration that we are still resisting and persisting, joining hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, and millions across Read More »
The G.O.P. is a Boys’ Club. Representative @EliseStefanik is trying to change that. https://t.co/XKfQ8o8Ieh
about 17 hours agoNew York’s abortion laws are archaic. We are excited that @NIRHAction is launching a $500,000 media campaign to pro… https://t.co/bQzll16TWM
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