Military Defunding Bill Gets Rolling At Gay Fundraiser

2010-06-12T12:05:59Z

A bill that would withhold the cost of implementing the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy is expected to be announced tonight

A bill that would withhold the cost of implementing the “don't ask, don't tell” policy is expected to be announced tonight by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand at a gay fundr...

NY Governor Paterson Signs Transgender Protections Order

2010-06-12T08:33:32Z

New York Governor David Paterson signed an executive order Wednesday protecting transgender state employees from workplace discrimination.

Flanked by gay rights activists, Paterson signed the order at a press event at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in Greenwich Village.

“For generations,

NY Governor Paterson To Protect Transgender State Employees

2010-06-12T08:33:32Z

Paterson to sign an executive order protecting transgender state employees on Wednesday

New York Governor David Paterson is expected to sign an executive order protecting transgender state employees from discrimination on Wednesday.

A group with direct knowledge of the governor's plans, the Transgender Legal Defense &amp; Education Fund (TLDEF), called the order an important ste...

New York state lawmakers reject gay marriage bill

2010-06-12T12:06:08Z

New York state lawmakers reject gay marriage bill, but advocates say fight goes on

New York lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have made their state the sixth to allow gay marriage, stunning advocates who suffered a similar decision by Maine voters just last month.

The New York measure needed 32 votes to pass and failed by a wider-than-expected margin, fa...

Gay Pride Parade marks 40 years after NYC uprising

2010-06-12T00:46:17Z

Gay Pride Parade marks 40th anniversary of NYC Stonewall uprisings

Decades after a riot at a Greenwich Village bar sparked a movement for equal rights, gay New Yorkers celebrated their gains at Sunday's gay pride parade and lamented the state has not legalized same-sex marriage.

The annual march down Fifth Avenue commemorated the Stonew...

The Case for Danny O'Donnell, As He Made It

2010-06-25T23:25:07Z

ALBANY—Danny O'Donnell's last successful job interview was in 1987, to work for the Legal Aid Society as a public defender in Brooklyn. It was very different than his meeting with David Paterson yesterday, where O'Donnell spent 40 m...

Mothers Behind Bars

2010-10-20T22:05:27Z

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2009 file photo, the Correctional Association of New York's Women in Prison Project, New York Civil Liberties Union, and Women on the Rise Telling Her Story (WORTH), hold a protest in front of Gov. David Paterson's offic...

Food Stamps Sugary Drinks

2010-10-08T09:20:15Z

In this photo provided by the Mayor's office, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, and New York Gov. David Paterson, center, attend a news conference to unveil an initiative excluding sugar-sweetened beverages from food stamp purchases Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010, in the

Attacks Redevelopment

2010-09-07T15:00:24Z

Developer Larry Silverstein, left, and Gov. David Paterson, center, listen as Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks to the media about the progress of construction at ground zero in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Indian Cigarettes

2010-08-31T13:02:05Z

In this Aug. 23, 2010 photo, signs are posted on a bridge on the Tonawanda Seneca Nation in New York. Tensions are rising as the state nears the Sept. 1 start date to collect taxes on cigarettes sold by Indian tribes. The photo at left depicts New York Gov. David Pa...

NY Governor Tickets

2010-08-27T01:45:32Z

FILE - New York Gov. David Paterson, center, arrives at his midtown office, in this March 5, 2010 file photo taken in New York. In a report Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 former state Chief Judge Judith Kaye noted four of five of Paterson's tickets to the World Series opening game between the Yankees and the

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