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New York, Connecticut governors lift bans on state-funded travel to Indiana
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy on Saturday lifted their bans on some state-funded travel to Indiana, citing changes made to a religious-objections law that had spurred concern about anti-gay discrimination.
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N.Y. governor Andrew Cuomo bans all non-essential, state‑funded travel to Indiana
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has banned all non-essential, state-funded travel to Indiana after that state adopted a religious freedom law that critics say opens the door to discrimination against gays and lesbians.
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Governor Andrew Cuomo urges civil rights law for transgender New Yorkers
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says in his state of the state speech Wednesday that the Legislature should pass a bill to add “gender identity or expression” as a protected class.
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New York officials propose coverage for transgender healthcare under Medicaid
Proposed regulations would cover hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery for low-income New Yorkers under the state’s Medicaid program.
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Cuomo calls on N.Y. legislature to outlaw gender identity discrimination
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling on the state to outlaw discrimination against transgender people, saying gender identity and expression should be included in the state’s civil rights law alongside race, religion and disability. In a letter to the Empire State Pride Agenda dated Tuesday, Cuomo said transgender people face significant …
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N.Y. governor Andrew Cuomo unveils plan to end AIDS epidemic
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state can end its three-decade HIV crisis by the year 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday as he announced an ambitious plan to deliver a knockout blow to the epidemic by boosting testing, reducing new infections and expanding treatment. The governor said the state is aiming to reduce new HIV diagnoses to 750 by the end…
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Cuomo gives GOP senator who voted for N.Y. marriage equality $90K job
ALBANY, N.Y. — Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has given a former Republican senator who was a key to the legalization of gay marriage a $90,000-a-year job in a move a religious conservative group called payback for the critical vote.
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N.Y. to issue refunds to married same-sex spouses forced to pay estate tax
ALBANY, N.Y. — Same-sex spouses forced to pay high New York estate taxes upon the death of their partner will get refunds from the state.
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GOP lawmaker who supported gay marriage defeated in New York primary
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State Sen. Roy McDonald, one of four GOP lawmakers who voted to legalize same-sex marriage last year, was narrowly defeated in his primary race, and said he won’t campaign as an Independent in the general election, and will instead back his former primary opponent.
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Opponents of same-sex marriage file suit to overturn NY marriage equality law
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, N.Y. — A so-called christian family values group has filed a legal challenge seeking to overturn New York’s same-sex marriage law less than twenty four hours after it took effect yesterday. The group — New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, led by Reverend Jason J. McGuire — claimed in the court documents filed this […]