http://www.nycourts.gov Transcript – April20-Message-ChiefJudge ... Read More
WBASNY Responds to Governor Cuomos Budget Proposal to the Legislature
March 31, 2020 Re: NY State Fiscal Year 2020-21 Executive Budget Proposal In usual years, the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) publishes and circulates its positions to members and legislators on the New York State budget legislation. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are not operating as usual. The normal process of getting to a final budget ... Read More
COVID-19 Executive Order 202.3 “Essential Business”
GUIDANCE FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IS SUBJECT TO A WORKFORCE REDUCTION UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 202.6 (enacted to address the COVID-19 Outbreak)If your question is not answered below, please contact ESD at our website at: https://esd.ny.gov/covid-19-help Requests by businesses to be designated an essential function as described below, should only be made if they are ... Read More
A Message from Chief Judge Janet DiFiore
Please click on the link below for an important message from Chief Judge Janet DiFiore – http://wowza.nycourts.gov/vod/WowzaPlayer.php?source=ucs&video=20200320-DiFiore-COVID19Speech-1.mp4 ... Read More
WBASNY Supports the Equal Rights Amendment Concurrent Proposal, Elimination of the “Pink Tax” and Paid Sick Leave
March 6, 2020, New York, NY The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports the following proposals included in the Governor’s FY 2021 budget: • Equal Rights Amendment Concurrent Resolution, • Elimination of gender pricing discrimination (“the Pink Tax” – Part S of A.9508-A / S.7508-A); and • Guaranteed Paid Sick ... Read More
New Notification System for Court Closings and Other Emergencies
New York Courts Emergency Alert Portal ... Read More