As the initial action in its campaign for health care relief, the Coalition sent letters last week to the Hon. Neil D. Breslin, Senate Insurance Committee Chair the Hon. Richard Gottfried, Assembly Health Committee Chair the Hon. Gustavo Rivera, Senate Health Committee Chair and the chairs of eight other committees, including Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, the Chair of the New York State Assembly Insurance Committee.
- 2/24/2021
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lawmakers in New York are considering a bill that, if passed, would decriminalize prostitution across the entire state.
The Stop Violence In the Sex Trades Act, introduced to the New York state legislature Monday, would “decriminalize & decarcerate the sex trades in NY” as well as be “the first statewide bill [decriminalizing prostitution] in the nation,” tweeted DecrimNY, one of the advocacy groups behind the bill.
“The bill upholds laws concerning trafficking, rape (including statutory rape), assault, battery, and sexual harassment. The bill amends statutes so that consenting adults who trade sex, collaborate...
The Stop Violence In the Sex Trades Act, introduced to the New York state legislature Monday, would “decriminalize & decarcerate the sex trades in NY” as well as be “the first statewide bill [decriminalizing prostitution] in the nation,” tweeted DecrimNY, one of the advocacy groups behind the bill.
“The bill upholds laws concerning trafficking, rape (including statutory rape), assault, battery, and sexual harassment. The bill amends statutes so that consenting adults who trade sex, collaborate...
- 6/10/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Updated: On Monday, Don Lemon appeared on Cuomo Prime Time to talk to his CNN colleague Chris Cuomo about two black shoppers that were shot in Kentucky last week which has since been deemed a hate crime. While discussing the news with Cuomo, Lemon made a comment that sparked controversy.
“I keep trying to point out to people not to demonize any one group or any one ethnicity, but we keep thinking that the biggest terror threat is something else,” Lemon said, adding, “we have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them.”
He pointed out that there is no travel ban on white men like there is with Muslim ban and that there is no “white guy ban” in general. “What do we do about that?...
“I keep trying to point out to people not to demonize any one group or any one ethnicity, but we keep thinking that the biggest terror threat is something else,” Lemon said, adding, “we have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them.”
He pointed out that there is no travel ban on white men like there is with Muslim ban and that there is no “white guy ban” in general. “What do we do about that?...
- 11/1/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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