(New York, NY, Tuesday, March 1, 2022) – In light of recent media reports that some pregnant women in New York State have been discouraged from receiving or outright refused Covid-19 vaccines from the earliest days the vaccine was available and presently, WBASNY calls on Governor Kathy Hochul and all state and local health commissioners to clarify and enforce the NYS policy that ALL New Yorkers ... Read More
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- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
WBASNY Applauds Governor Hochul’s Signing Into Law Legislation Raising the Age of Juvenile Delinquency Jurisdiction from Seven (7) to Twelve (12) Years Old
(New York, NY, Monday, January 3, 2022) – The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) applauds New York State Governor Kathy Hochul’s signing into law legislation relating to raising the age of juvenile delinquency from seven (7) to twelve (12) years of age. The new law also establishes differential response programs for children under the age of twelve whose behavior, but for ... Read More
WBASNY Applauds the Nomination of Hon. Shirley Troutman
(New York, NY, Tuesday, December 7, 2021) – The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) applauds Governor Kathy Hochul ‘s nomination of Hon. Shirley Troutman to fill the vacancy in the New York State Court of Appeals due to the retirement of Justice Eugene M. Fahey. Justice Troutman has served as an Associate Justice for the Appellate Division, Fourth Department since 2016. ... Read More
WBASNY Announces It’s 2021-2022 Legislative Priorities
(New York, NY, Wednesday, November 26, 2021) – The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY“) has adopted the following Legislative Priorities for 2021- 2022: Legislation related to Collateral Consequences of COVID 19, including but not limited to gender, health, housing and labor New York State Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Human Trafficking Reproductive Rights Access ... Read More
WBASNY Releases Ratings for Vacancy on the New York Court of Appeals
(New York, NY, Wednesday, November 10, 2021) – Dawn Reid-Green, President of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”), released WBASNY’s ratings of the seven candidates nominated by the New York State Commission on Judicial Nominations to fill the Associate Justice seat on the New York State Court of Appeals vacated by the Hon. Eugene M. Fahey. WBASNY’s Judiciary/Courts ... Read More
WBASNY Thanks Governor Kathy Hochul for Reappointing Hon. Ellen Gesmer, Hon. David Friedman, Hon. Sheri S. Roman, and Hon. Joseph J. Maltese to the Appellate Division
(New York, NY, Wednesday, October 27, 2021) – The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) thanks Governor Kathy Hochul for reappointing Hon. Ellen Gesmer and Hon. David Friedman to the Appellate Division, First Department; and Hon. Sheri S. Roman and Hon. Joseph J. Maltese to the Appellate Division, Second Department. The Justices were among forty-six (46) Judges over age ... Read More