“I have always been supportive of passing women’s equality measures. Now is the time to set aside the political posturing and bring these common sense items to the Assembly floor for a vote like the Senate did today. The Senate is voting on nine important women’s equality bills as we speak. I join Gov. Cuomo and Senator Ritchie in supporting the following women’s equality issues, each of which deserve their own up-or-down vote:

1. Pay equity;
2. Sexual harassment;
3. Attorneys fees in discrimination cases;
4. Discrimination of family status;
5. Domestic violence victims housing discrimination;
6. Protection orders;
7. Electronic filing of petitions for temporary orders of protection;
8. Trafficking victims protection and justice act; and
9. Pregnancy discrimination protections.

“We cannot let women’s equality fall by the wayside. We must deliver equality to the women of New York.”