Sentences with phrase «legislative year of the women»

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She is a past recipient of the prestigious Walter T. Brown Memorial award for excellence in journalism, from the Legislative Correspondents Association, and was named Media Person of the Year for 2009 by the Women's Press Club of New York State.

In the past year, state legislative elections in New Jersey and Virginia, as well as special elections and appointments, have led to a net increase of 10 black women state legislators across the country.

That leaves state legislative and gubernatorial races as the few battlegrounds where donors could contribute and see an immediate reward after 2018 — an important opportunity for victory for a group of men and women who saw little payoff for their spending last year.

For decades, the final details and compromises in New York's annual budget have been decided by the so - called «three men in the room,» or the leaders of the two legislative houses and the governor, but with workplace sexual harassment at the forefront this year, it seems that at least one woman will be included in parts of the closed - door

Nothing passed period - because of her intransigence, along with the woman's activist group NARAL, which Addie cow - tailed to the whole time during that legislative session two years ago.

«Cuomo seems to prefer using these issues as campaign fodder for the election campaign instead of championing them during the legislative session when they could have begun helping women now, not next year maybe,» Hawkins said.

Barbara Bartoletti, the legislative director of the League of Women Voters of New York State, said she's not optimistic that meaningful ethics reform will pass this year in Albany.

The successful campaign ran on Berman's platform of years of legislative work on education, environmental issues and women's rights.

But a year after Governor Andrew Cuomo made it a focal point of his re-election campaign, the majority of a women's equality - centric legislative package that proved hugely controversial in last year's session sailed through.

But under the radar this year, as lawmakers tussled over issues like rent regulations, mayoral control of city schools and the ouster of the legislative leaders of both houses, all but one of the Women's Equality Act bills quietly passed the Legislature.

For the 12th year, on the eve of Injured Workers» Day, the Women of Inspiration are holding an overnight vigil outside the Legislative Assembly:» Injured Workers are not sleeping at night!

A candidate for the State House of Representatives in previous years, Van Horsen now seeks to represent the newly drawn Legislative District 21 — which includes the areas of El Mirage, Sun City, and Peoria — in part to help combat the legislature's recent war on reproductive rights, women, and health care.