Position Statement S.534 (Kaplan) / A.4598 (Sillitti) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) strongly supports S.534/ A.4598, and urges passage of this legislation, which would amend the public health law to assure that pregnant women receive important and accurate information regarding the rates of maternal deaths and severe maternal morbidity with a racial ... Read More
WBASNY Legislation
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2021 – S.672 / A.3186
Position Statement S.672 (Sanders) / A.3186 (Hevesi) Support Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports S.672, introduced by Senator Sanders, with companion bill A.3186, introduced by Assemblyperson Hevesi, relating to a civil cause of action for human trafficking. This bill will amend the Social Services Law and the Civil Practice Law and Rules by allowing a civil ... Read More
2021 – A.1481 / S.2903
Position Statement A.1481 (Rodriguez) /S.2903 (Kavanagh) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports A.1481/S.2903 requiring that non-citizens of the United States be provided with notice by Courts, prior to accepting a plea to a misdemeanor or violation in Criminal Court, that acceptance of that plea could result in automatic deportation, removal from the ... Read More
2021 – S.81A / A.1961
Position Statement S.81A (Hoylman) /A.1961 (Cruz) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) supports S.81A/A.1961, which will establish the right to legal counsel in immigration court proceedings and provides for the administration thereof. This Access to Representation would: (1) establish a universal right to counsel for indigent New Yorkers who are subject to ... Read More
2021 – S.1115 / A.1472
Position Statement S.1115 (Liu) / A.1472 (Perry) Support WBASNY supports this bill, which seeks to prevent unfair findings of educational neglect against parents under certain circumstances related to the Covid-19 pandemic. This bill prohibits a finding of educational neglect based solely on absence from school during the Covid-19 State of Emergency if the child has not been provided with the ... Read More
2021 – S.3184 / A.5180
Position Statement S.3184 (Mayer) / A.5180 (Benedetto) Support WBASNY supports the E-LEARN ACT (S.3184/A.5180). This bill was introduced by more than 25 Senators and is an extensive proposal to ensure that children throughout New York State have access to technology through high quality broadband internet connectivity. This bill’s purpose is to ensure that children who did not formerly have access ... Read More
2018 – S.7886A
Position Statement -2018 S.7886A Duration of Orders of Protection in Child Abuse and Neglect Proceedings and in Permanency Planning Hearings in Family Court Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”), supports the enactment of legislation lengthening the duration of Orders of Protection intended to shield children in abuse and neglect proceedings arising under the ... Read More
2021 – S.6040 / A.7069
Position Statement S6040 (Krueger) / A7069 (Hunter) Support Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York Supports the Sex Trade Survivors Justice & Equality Act – The Equality Model in New York State “I believe the role of progressive government is to champion those with less power against systems of exploitation that seek to take advantage of their marginalization.”[1] “It is ... Read More