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Legislative advocacy is a critical part of the NYCLU's interdisciplinary approach to protecting civil liberties, which also includes litigation, community organizing, and communications.
As part of its work to affect legislation the NYCLU distributes dozens of legislative memoranda each year. Legislative memoranda are position papers that the NYCLU distributes to the governor's office and to state legislators and their staffs laying out our views on bills under deliberation or on issues that we feel the Legislature needs to address.
At this historic moment of reckoning with harassment’s continuing harms, we commend New York State for leading the way with “best practices” to eradicate it. The elimination of workplace sexual harassment is essential to achieving equality for all New Yorkers.
This legislation, A.10346A/S.8907, will establish a maternal mortality review board that is charged with conducting a review of maternal deaths; based on this review, the board will propose evidence-based recommendations that address the actual causes of deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth.
April 15, 1998
Subject: S 751/Volker, et al. A 8441/Katz, Sweeney
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to retention of sexually violent predators.
Position: OPPOSED
AN ACT to amend the education law in relation to improving school safety.
AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to the age of runaway children and persons in need of supervision.
April 28, 2000
Subject: A.4697/Brennan et al. S.2091/Libous et al.
