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We Need to Do More – Not Less – to Elect Women to Office – Gotham Gazette – August 16, 2017
Brooklyn DA Candidates Discuss Women’s Issues at Organized Forum – Brooklyn Daily Eagle – August 9, 2017
Mayor, women advocates endorse Moya in Council Race – The Long Island City/Astoria Journal – August 8, 2017
Coalition of Women and Politicians Endorses Francisco Moya for City Council 21 in Queens – QueensLatino – August 7, 2017
Governor Cuomo Launches First Ever New York State Council of Women and Girls – Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo – August 2, 2017
After Doing Time for Corruption, Hiram Monserrate is Back and Running for City Council – Village Voice – August 2, 2017
Bronx Giant Ruben Diaz Sr. Faces “Grassroots” Challenger for Council Seat – Village Voice – July 20, 2017
Accused Nassau Legislator Solages Backs Out of Community Event – Newsday – July 20, 2017
Mujeres latinas que aspiran llegar al Concejo Municipal – NY1 Noticias – July 19, 2017
NOW says Nassau PD should not allow Solages at Elmont event – Newsday – July 16, 2017
Thompson: New York May Have Banned Child Marriage, but Much of the U.S. is Still Stuck in the Past – The Daily Orange – July 15, 2017
Meet the Woman Who Has Made a Career Fighting for Gender Equality – The Coveteur – July 12
Gov. Cuomo Signs Law Outlawing Child Marriage in New York – Times Ledger – June 30, 2017
Child Marriage Banned in New York – Capital Tonight – June 27, 2017
Updates: Prosecution Vows to Retry Cosby After Jury Deadlock Prompts Mistrial – Buzzfeed – June 17, 2017
Why Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault Cases Remain Difficult To Prove – WNYC Radio – June 14, 2017 (also aired on National Public Radio)
After 16 hours, jury unable to reach verdict at Bill Cosby trial – The Phoenix – June 14, 2017
Bill Cosby jury quits for the night, no verdict – Newsworks – June 14, 2017
Jury Works Through Second Night at Bill Cobsy Trial – Times Herald – June 13, 2017
Sex Crimes Take Front Seat at Cosby Trial – NBC 10 Philadelphia – June 13, 2017
NY Moves to Ban ‘Child Marriages’ of Youths as Young as 14 – Newsday – June 10, 2017
OUR VIEW: Renew the Violence Against Women Act – The Daily Mail – June 9, 2017
Where is Child Marriage Still Legal? New York Just Banned It – Romper – June 9, 2017
Our View: Renew the Violence Against Women Act – The Daily Mail – June 9, 2017
New York Assembly Votes to Outlaw Child Marriage – The Cut – June 8, 2017
NY to Ban Marriages Under Age 17 – The Journal News – June 8, 2017
Raising Age of Marriage is Vital for New Yorkers – The Daily Star – June 8, 2017
State Assembly Gives Final Approval to Bill Banning Child Marriage – NY Daily News – June 8, 2017
Child Marriage is Sharply Curtailed by New York State Legislature – New York Times – June 8, 2017
Violence Against Women Act Focus of Faso Town Hall – New York 1 – June 5, 2017
Women’s Groups Fight for Funding for Victims of Violence – Registar Star – June 4, 2017
Town Hall Event to Discuss Women’s Issues on June 3rd at Hudson Area Library – Daily Freeman – May 25, 2017
National Organization for Women NYC Endorses Amanda Farias for 18th City Council District – The Bronx Chronicle – May 20, 2017
Mock Town Hall in Amityville Takes Aim at Rep. Peter King – Newsday – May 8, 2017
Exigen a congresista Peter King rendir cuentas – El Diario – May 7, 2017
Hundreds Gather at Town Hall, Invited Congressman a No-Show – News12 Long Island – May 7, 2017
NOW Issues Trump Report Card for First 100 Days – WINS Radio – April 28, 2017
Long Island Girl Continues Quest To Join Boy Scouts, National Organization For Women Lends Support – Southampton Patch – May 4, 2017
Boy Scout Leaders to Discuss Offering More Opportunities for Girls – NBC News – May 4, 2017
Fox News Co-President Bill Shine Resigns – CBS New York – May 1, 2017
Fox News Host Dana Falzone Sues Network Over Gender, Disability Discrimination – Newsweek – May 1, 2017
Meet The Teenage Girl Who Wants to Be A Boy Scout – WNYC – April 29, 2017
Where’s Lee? Zeldin Tours District – The Independent – April 24, 2017
NYPD Says “Inconsistencies” Prevent Them Making Arrests in Greenpoint Rape Case – Village Voice – April 26, 2017
More Fox News Staffers Join Racial Discrimination Suit – The Grio – April 23, 2017
Power Failure: The Cost of Harassment – The Star – April 23, 2017
It’s Not Just Fox: What Every Woman Knows About Sexual Harassment – The Washington Post – April 21, 2017
The Real O’Reilly Factor, Swinish Entitlement, Endures – The Kansas City Star, April 21, 2017
NOW Protest at Fox – Timesunion – April 20, 2017
Women’s Groups: O’Reilly May Be Out, But Story Far From Over – CBS New York – April 20, 2017
Sexual Harassment Needs to Be a Firing Offense – Boston Globe – April 20, 2017
Without O’Reilly, Fox News Faces Its Toughest Test – Associated Press – April 20, 2017
O’Reilly Scandal Leaves Women Wondering: When Will It Stop? – Yahoo – April 20, 2017
Protesters Demand Fox Fire Host Bill O’Reilly – Fortune – April 18, 2017
Fox is Preparing to Cut Ties with Bill O’Reilly – Wall Street Journal – April 18, 2017
New Bill O’Reilly Sex-Harassment Accuser Announced as Protesters Hit Fox News HQ – NBC News – April 18, 2017
Sexual Assault Survivors Gather Outside Fox News to Demand Bill O’Reilly Be Fired – Huffington Post – April 18, 2017
Protestors Call on Fox News to Fire Bill O’Reilly – Variety – April 18, 2017
If You Want Bill O’Reilly To Be Fired, You’ll Love These 14 Tweets from Today’s Protest – Upworthy – April 18, 2017
Watch Protesters Outside Fox News Demand, “Fire Bill O’Reilly” – NewsHounds – April 18, 2017
Sex Trafficking Victim Spearheads Legislation To Post Indicators of Human Trafficking – Gothamist – April 17, 2017
We Must Act to Save the Vital Programs of the Violence Against Women Act – Huffington Post – April 14, 2017
Women for Cuomo Event Packed with Power Players – New York Post Page Six – April 14, 2017
NOW Hosts Brooklyn Town Hall to Fight Trump’s Anti-Women Agenda – Kings County Politics – April 14, 2017
NOW Holds Women’s Town Hall in Boerum Hill – News 12 Brooklyn – April 13, 2017
They Can’t Drive or Buy Beer, but in New York State 14-Year Olds Can Get Married – Syracuse.com – March 22, 2017
Bill to End ‘Child Marriage’ Pushed by Cuomo, NOW – Newsday – March 22, 2017
Cuomo Administration and NOW-NY Pushing to End Child Marriage in NY – WIBX Radio – March 22, 2017
State Leaders and NOW Working to End Child Marriage in NY – NBC 18 – March 22, 2017
NOW Members Gather Calling to Raise Age of Consent to Marry – NBC 10 – March 22, 2017
Cuomo Administration and NOW-NY Working to End Child Marriage in NY – ABC 10 – March 22, 2017
Cuomo and Advocates Want to End Child Marriage in New York – WNYT – March 22, 2017
Advocates Try to Change Old State Law Allowing Underage Marriage – WNYT – March 22, 2017
NOW-NY Fights Trump’s Plan to Cut Funds For Violence Against Women Act – Metro – March 21, 2017
Luchan por evitar recortes a fondos para víctimas de abuso sexual – El Diario – March 20, 2017
Advocates Launch Anti-Rape Campaign – NY1 – March 20, 2017
NOW-NY Campaign Against Trump’s Anti-Woman Agenda – WCBS Radio – March 20, 2017
NOW Rips Trump on Domestic Violence Funding in Manhattan – Observer – March 20, 2017
The Shocking Law in America That Forces Teen Bridges to Stay Married for 4 Years – Seventeen – March 15, 2017
Abortion Standoff Could Prevent New Yorkers From Receiving Tax Credits – Crain’s NY Business – March 14, 2017
A Push to Restrict Child Marriages in New York – New York Times – March 13, 2017
The State of Women 2017 – Above the Law – March 8, 2017
‘Feminism Is About Equality:’ Emma Watson Fires Back At Critics Over Photoshoot – CBS New York – March 6, 2017
Brooklyn Councilwoman Proposes Training for NYPD For Sex Assault Cases – CBS New York – March 1, 2017
City Bill Would Require NYPD to Get Sensitivity Training for Rape Cases – DNA Info – February 28, 2017
Examining the “State of Women”: Women’s Leadership Forum Looking Ahead – Thomson Reuters – March 2, 2017
City Bill Would Require NYPD to Get Sensitivity Training for Rape Cases – DNA Info – February 28, 2017
NYPD Still Arresting Sex Workers Despite Pledge To Target Traffickers – Gothamist – February 25, 2017
Bill Will Outlaw Child Marriage In New York – Metro – February 14, 2017
Preventing Child Marriage – Capital Tonight – February 14, 2017
In New York, Children as Young as 14 Can Marry – Human Rights Watch – February 14, 2017
Boy Scouts face renewed push to let girls join the ranks – KOAA News – February 9, 2017
N.Y. to hire 26 scientists to test rape kits – Democrat & Chronicle – February 3, 2017
New York Today: A Groundhog Has Her Day – New York Times – February 2, 2017
Cuomo’s Move to Protect Abortion Rights Isn’t Speedy Enough Advocates Say – DNA Info – February 1, 2017
NYPD to Retrain Amid Controversy Over Handling of Rapes, Women’s Group Told – DNA Info – February, 1 2017
NY Women’s Group Talks With NYPD About Officer’s Rape Comments – Williamsburg Patch – January 31, 2017
O’Neill Backs Women’s Group, Vows to Change Handling of Sex Assault Crimes – Daily News – January 31, 2017
Cuomo Wants to Amend New York’s Constitution to Protect Abortion Rights – CBS New York – January 30, 2017
This Woman’s Daughter Inspired Her to March on Washington – Huffington Post – January 21, 2017
Live Updates of the Women’s March on Washington – Huffington Post – January 21, 2017
What Women Need to Hear, and See, From the NYPD – Daily News – January 20, 2017
Women By the Thousands Plan to March on Washington this Weekend – Long Island Press – January 17, 2017
NYC Police Boss: All Rape Serious, Captain was Insensitive – Greenpoint News – January 12, 2017
Women’s Groups Demand NYPD Reopen Date Rape Cases – The Village Voice – January 11, 2017
Women’s group shows up on steps of NYPD precinct over rape comments – Pix 11 – January 11, 2017
Protestan por comentarios de comandante del NYPD sobre violaciones – El Diario – 11 Enero 2017
Protestors Tell the NYPD: ‘Rape is a real Crime, Rapists Should do Real Time’ – Bust – January 11, 2017
Protestan contra el capitán de NYPD en Brooklyn por sus comentarios sobre las violaciones – Univision – January 11, 2017
5 Ways to Take Action if You Can’t Make the Women’s March on Washington – The Daily Dot- January 11, 2017
Date Rape Comments by Brooklyn Police Captain are Condemned – The New York Times – January 11, 2017
Raising Funds or Fists: D.C. Nonprofits Embrace Inauguration Day – Washington Business Journal – January 10, 2017
News Clip – Fox 5 NY – January 10, 2017
Protestors Call on NYPD to Do More Than Apologize for Rape Comments – WNYC – January 10, 2017
NYC Police Boss: All Rapes Serious, Captain was insensitive – Bluefield Daily Telegraph- January 10, 2017
Commissioner O’Neill Sounds Off On NYPD Captain’s Rape Comments – CBS New York – January 10, 2017
Women demand NYPD precinct boss ‘take rape seriously’ after rape comments – Daily News – January 10, 2017
Women’s Group Wants NYPD to Reopen 10 Unsolved Rape Cases – Newsweek – January 10, 2017
NYPD Captain Apologizes for Controversial Comments About Rape – New York Magazine – January 10, 2017
NYC police boss: All rapes serious, captain was insensitive – Omaha World Herald – January 10, 2017
Protest Against Rape Comments By NYPD Officer In Greenpoint – Williamsburg Patch – January 10, 2017
NYPD Chief: All Rapes Are Serious, Captain’s Comments Were Insensitive – NBC 4 – January 10, 2017
NYPD Captain Apologizes for Controversial Comments on Rape – NBC News – January 10, 2017
Activists Protest NYPD Captain’s Dismissive Comments on Acquaintance Rape: Video – Metro – January 10, 2017
NOW Will Protest Outside Precinct Where Captain Downplayed Date Rape – Gothamist – January 8, 2017
Is This Really What the NYPD Thinks About Rape? – Refinery29 – January 7, 2017
NYPD Captain Suggests “True Stranger Rapes” Are More Serious Than Others – The Guardian – January 7, 2017
Calls for NYPD Captain to be fired after he belittles rise in date rape – Daily Mail – January 7, 2017
Sex Attacks Up 62 Percent in Greenpoint as Most Cases Remain Unsolved – DNAInfo – January 6, 2017
NYPD Only Focusing on Investigating Rapes Committed by Strangers – New York Magazine – January 6, 2017
NYPD Captain Pretty Sure Only “Total Abomination Rapes” Count – Jezebel – January 6, 2017
This NYPD Captain’s Statement on Rape is Woefully, Dangerously Misinformed – Mic – January 6, 2017
NYPD Captain Not “Too Worried” About Spikes in Rapes – RawStory – January 6, 2017
NYPD Captain Says Department Is Focused on Rape by Strangers, Not Acquaintances – The Root – January 6, 2017
What This NYPD Captain Said About Rape Exposes a Dangerous Myth – ATTN – January 6, 2017
Press Releases
NOW-NYC Endorses 22 Pro-Women’s Rights Candidates – August 21, 2017
National Organization for Women-New York Celebrates Statewide Child Marriage Ban, Effective Today – June 20, 2017
NOW Rallies in Support of Survivors at Bill Cosby Trial – June 13, 2017
We Just Banned Child Marriage in New York – June 8, 2017
Representative Faso A No-Show at Hudson Women’s Town Hall – June 4, 2017
Hundreds of Long Island Residents Demand Answers From No-Show Rep. Peter King – May 7, 2017
Statement of NOW New York President Sonia Ossorio on Exit of Bill Shine – May 1, 2017
NOW New York Leads Rally to Mark Trump’s 100 Days – April 28, 2017
Statement of NOW New York President Sonia Ossorio on Bill O’Reilly’s Departure From FOX – April 20, 2017
National Organization of Women – New York Rallies to End Child Marriage in the State, Calling On Lawmakers to Act With Urgency – March 22, 2017
NOW-NYC Announces Campaign to Combat Trump’s Anti-Women Agenda – March 20, 2017
NOW-NYC Launches Campaign to Protect Threatened VAWA – March 17, 2017
Statement of NOW New York President Sonia Ossorio on Governor’s Proposal to End Child Marriage in New York – February 28, 2017
NOW New York Pushes to End Child Marriage in New York State – February 14, 2017
NOW Calls on Boy Scouts of American to Let Girls Join – February 3, 2017
NOW-NYC: Take Every Rape Seriously – January 10, 2017
NOW-NYC Denounces NYPD Captain’s Comments Trivializing Rape – January 9, 2017
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