Under threat of lawsuit and with the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans on their hands, Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, announced that it has slashed its staff by 100 people and will no longer market the drug to physicians. The damage, however,...

New York, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) today announced that her bill to help reunite people with their lost cat or dog was signed into law. The legislation will require animal shelters, rescue groups and any other organizations...

New York, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan), Chair of the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, today announced that her bill to extend the protections of New York State’s Clean Indoor Air Act to include e-cigarettes has become...

New York, NY- Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) today announced that her bill to allow pets to board public transportation with their owners during natural disasters in order to evacuate to safety was signed into law. “Pets are...

New York, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal announced that she will be introducing legislation to ban any company doing business in New York from receiving city or state tax credits or other benefits if the company, its parent, any of its subsidiaries...

New York, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) commends the State Commission on Correction for publishing a rule today requiring menstrual hygiene products be provided free in local lockups, and looks forward to passing her legislation,...

New York, NY – In response to an alarming increase in rodent activity in parks across the Upper West Side, Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) conferred with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) as it expedites...

“My constituents and I are dismayed by the MTA’s plan to cut service on three bus lines that serve the Upper West Side: the M72, the M66 and the M10. With unreliable subway service, bus transportation is more critical than ever to my constituents...

New York, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal today announced that her bill to ban e-cigarettes on school grounds was signed into law by the Governor. "Schoolyards should be full of learning and the laughter of healthy children, not e-cigarette...

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) and State Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF-Glenville) today announced that their bill, A.1839-B/S.4570-A, to help reunite people with their lost cat or dog heads to the Governor’s desk...

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) and State Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF-Glenville) today announced that their bill, A.1839-B/S.4570-A, to help reunite people with their lost cat or dog heads to the Governor’s desk...

New York, NY – In response to New York State's overdose epidemic, Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) introduced legislation authorizing safer consumption spaces as an emergency public health tool to combat overdose deaths. Safer consumption...

New York, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal today announced the Assembly's passage of the Child Victims Act, A.5885-A, which would help get dangerous pedophiles off the street and deliver long awaited justice to survivors of childhood sexual assault....

New York, NY – New York State Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) today announced passage of her bill, A.516-A, which would extend the protections of New York State’s Clean Indoor Air Act to include e-cigarettes. The Clean Indoor Air...

New York, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) today, during Pride Week, announced passage of her bill to designate as gender-neutral all restrooms in all state-owned and operated facilities. "Across the country, states are moving...

Albany, NY – A bill sponsored by Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) to provide free feminine hygiene products in prisons in New York State passed the Assembly Monday, 142-1. “Tampons are fundamental health necessities, and women...

New York, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) today announced that legislation she is working on with Whoopi Goldberg to allow medical marijuana to be prescribed for dysmenorrhea, or painful menstrual cramps, passed out of the Assembly...

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) was joined in Albany by a class of environmental science students from the West End Secondary School (WESS), a public middle school in her Assembly district, and advocates from the Billion...

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) announced the introduction of three bills (A.347, A.585, A.588) to provide feminine hygiene products at no cost for menstruating individuals in schools, homeless shelters and state & local...

New York, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) appeared with Animal Planet star Jackson Galaxy this weekend at Cat Camp, a two-day conference and cat adoption event, to raise awareness of her bill in the State Legislature to ban the...