The Federal Justice Department claims the Trenton Police Department and the City of Trenton engage in conduct that constitute ...

A coalition of voting and civil rights organizations can now move forward with its effort to enshrine new voting rights in ...

The coalition of voting and civil rights organizations backing the amendment hasn’t yet decided which election they’d like the proposed amendment to be placed before voters. “We’re ...

New Yorkers voted “yes” on an amendment that would expand statewide civil rights protections, the Associated Press declared Tuesday evening. According to the AP, with 33.5% of the expected ...

New Yorkers passed an Equal Rights Amendment, Prop 1, to defend abortion and LGBTQ+ rights in the state. Despite ...

The amendment would add language that says someone cannot be denied civil rights because of their national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression ...

New Yorkers on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to pass an Equal Rights Amendment to enshrine abortion rights and transgender ...

A coalition of groups called New Yorkers for Equal Rights is leading the campaign to pass the amendment. Its members include the New York Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood, the NAACP ...

Instead, the most liberal activists in the State Senate moved to make the amendment a grab bag of new civil rights, particularly on gender. The effort was considered too over the top to garner ...