Position Statement – 2019 2019 A.5494 (Weprin) / S.3419 (Montgomery) Access to Identifying Information of Birth Parents Oppose This legislation would allow adult adoptees to receive a certified copy of their original long form birth certificate if 18 years of age or older. WBASNY opposes this legislation in its entirety because it mandates the disclosure of identifying information of birth ... Read More
WBASNY Legislation
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2019 – A.1071-C / S.2071-B
Position Statement -2019 A.1071-C (Paulin) / S.2071-B (Hoylman) Child Parent Security Act Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) supports the New York Child Parent Security Act (“The Act”). In considering support or opposition to compensated surrogacy agreements, WBASNY members weighed the benefits of this legislation against the ... Read More
2019 – S.3249 / A.271
Position Statement -2019 S.3249 (Salazar) / A.271 (Seawright) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) supports and strongly encourages the passage of A.5777/S.3754, which would prohibit employers from requiring an employee or person seeking employment to waive, arbitrate or otherwise diminish any existing or future claim, right or benefit to which the employee ... Read More
2019 – A.5308 -A / S.3692-A
Position Statement -2019 A.5308 -A (Crespo) / S.3692-A (Carlucci) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) supports this legislation, which would amend the Labor Law, to prohibit an employer from inquiring about a potential employee’s salary history before making an offer of employment. In addition, the legislation would prohibit an employer from requesting ... Read More
2019 – A.654 / S.2253
Position Statement -2019 A.654 (Paulin) / S.2253 (Hoylman) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) supports A.654/S.2253, which would repeal Penal Law Section 240.37, relating to loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense. Currently, Section 240.37 causes irreparable harm to a vulnerable population. The repeal of this section of law would ... Read More
2019 – A.2665-A / S.4657-S
Position Statement -2019 A.2665-A (Lavine) / S.4657-S (Holyman) Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) supports this legislation, which would establish the right of tenants to call for police or emergency assistance without fear of losing their housing as a result of landlord actions or local nuisance laws. This legislation is particularly important to ... Read More
A.5621 / S.4686
Position Statement – 2019 A.5621 / S.4686 Oppose WBASNY strongly opposes those portions of A.5621/S-4686 that provide for release of forensic reports, notes and raw data to the parties, including pro se litigants. We are particularly concerned about the great potential for the irreparable harm that will result from intentional or unintentional dissemination of the contents of forensic ... Read More
2018 – H.R. 6545
Position Statement -2018 H.R. 6545 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 Support The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”), an association of more than 4,300 members, urges federal legislators to support H.R. 6545, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 (the “Act” or “VAWA”), sponsored by ... Read More