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3 days ago

Maloney leads rally at City Hall Park calling for Congress to pass Equal Rights Amendment | amNewYork

NYC Council Women's Caucus rallied at City Hall to urge Congress to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, seeking to extend the ratification deadline and make it the 28th constitutional amendment.
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3 months ago

Court rejects claims by trio of judges that New York's judicial age limit is unconstitutional | amNewYork

In his ruling to deny the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction to bar the state court system from enforcing the retirement mandates, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank said that, for New York's new equal rights amendment to apply to their case, the judges would need to show that the age limits violate a civil right of theirs. The judges have not shown, nor is the Court aware of, a civil right consisting of the ability to remain a judge, Frank wrote.
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Women
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6 months ago

Julie Gedro on the end of remote work, and where it leaves women workers

Declining remote jobs reduce workplace flexibility and disproportionately harm women, while mentorship programs and ERA debates influence women's economic and legal opportunities.
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