Tag Archives: David Paterson

NY Gov. Paterson Bans Anti-Trans Discrimination In State Agencies

This morning NY Gov. David Paterson appeared at the NYC LGBT Community Center to sign an executive order banning discrimination against transgender citizens in all state agencies. This order affects public employees only as New York is not one of the 12 states with full transgender protections. The NGLTF thanks our always supportive governor: “New York and the rest of …

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NY Gov. Paterson To Announce “Major Transgender Rights Policy”

NY Gov. David Paterson will appear at the NYC LGBT Community Center on Wednesday morning to announce a “major transgender rights policy.” We’ve got a special treat for all of our friends in the New York City area. And we’re pretty sure that the rest of you will like it, too. On Wednesday, December 16, New York State Governor David …

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NY Gov. Paterson On Marriage Vote

I just came across this clip of Gov. Paterson’s great speech at the Union Square post-vote rally/protest on Thursday, in which he vowed to bring the NY Senate back for another vote “if I think the votes are there.” Paterson is probably the single greatest LGBT ally of any state governor – we owe him our vigorous support in his …

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NY Marriage Vote Reactions

NY Sen. Thomas Duane, via press release: Today’s vote against Marriage Equality makes me very angry. Promises made were not honored. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community, and all fair-minded New Yorkers have been betrayed. I am enraged, deeply disappointed and profoundly saddened by the vote today. In 2006, when the New York State Court of Appeals shamefully …

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NY Senate Live Stream: Marriage Equality Vote Imminent

Well, let’s play Lucy with the football. AGAIN. The NY Senate is convening any moment. Last night the state Assembly reapproved same-sex marriage for the third time, just in case and so Gov. Paterson can immediately sign the bill if the Senate, ya know, actually DOES anything. UPDATE: The Marriage Equality Act has passed the NY Senate Rules Committee. As …

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Will NY Senate Vote On Marriage Today?

Rumors are leaking out here and there that the New York Senate will vote on marriage equality today. A spokesperson for State Senator Dale Volker says the controversial same sex marriage bill could be voted on today in the senate. s for the battle to plug New York’s multi-billion dollar budget crisis, Governor David Paterson says negotiations with lawmakers are …

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Giuliani: No Run For NY Governor, May Challenge Gillibrand In Senate Instead

Insiders report that former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani plans to challenge Kristen Gillibrand for her Senate seat in 2010 rather than run for New York governor, as has been long rumored. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided against running for governor, but is strongly considering running for U.S. Senate instead, sources told the Daily News. The Republican heavyweight was considered …

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NY Court Upholds Marriage Recognition

Today the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund lost their challenge to New York’s recognition of same-sex marriages performed outside the state. The AP reports: New York’s top court has rejected a Christian legal group’s challenge to some government benefits provided to legally married same-sex couples living in New York. The court avoided declaring that same-sex couples are entitled to all the …

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NY Sen. Tom Duane: I Have The Votes For Marriage (But I Won’t Say Who They Are)

NY state Sen. Thomas Duane continues to vow that there are enough “yes” votes for the state Senate to pass marriage equality, but he won’t say who the equality-minded Republicans are. According to a WNYC-FM reporter, Duane says those Senators “have to come of out the closet on their own. Gov. Paterson has called the Senate back to Albany today. …

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Hillary Clinton: I Am Not Running For Governor Of New York

Hillary keeps trying squash a persistent rumor.

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NY Senate Promises Marriage Vote And Debate (Sometime This Year)

NY Gov. David Paterson appeared on the local news last night and with great gravitas announced that a major breakthrough had been made with the NY Senate regarding marriage equality. An agreement had been reached that the Senate would debate and vote on marriage equality at an unspecified date to occur before the end of the end. I was thinking, …

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Tuesday: NY State Senate Marriage Vote?

NY Gov. David Paterson is calling the state Senate back to Albany on Tuesday for a special session during which he will demand a vote on marriage equality. The Empire State Pride Agenda asks all New Yorkers to immediately contact their senators and demand their support. We now need to make sure that the State Senate takes action on the …

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Paterson Calls Special Session For Nov. 10th – Senate Marriage Vote Possible

Although he originally promised that it would occur this week, NY Gov. David Paterson has called the state legislature back for a special “unfinished business” session to be held on November 10th, during which same-sex marriage may finally be voted upon by the state Senate. Paterson wants what is technically called an extraordinary session on Nov. 10 that would address …

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Politicos, Activists, Stars Come Out For Pride Agenda’s Annual Dinner

Last night I attended the Empire State Pride Agenda’s annual dinner, a massive and swank affair held in sprawling ballroom where activists mingled with Gov. Paterson, Mayor Bloomberg, Sen. Chuck Schumer, emcee Margaret Cho, Alan Cumming, Cheyenne Jackson, and Anne Hathaway (who brought her openly gay brother and smokin’ hot father – who is an LGBT activist/ally in his own …

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NY Gov. Paterson To Ask State Senate To Vote On Marriage Next Week

According to his aides, New York Gov. David Paterson plans to ask state Senators to finally vote on same-sex marriage during a special session he’s called for next week. Democrats continue to hold a slim 32-30 majority in the Senate after Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D) somehow evaded a felony conviction last week for slashing his girlfriend in the face, which …

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Paterson: I’m Still Running

NY Gov. David Paterson says that despite being told by the White House that he should drop his 2010 election bid, he plans to continue to run.

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President Obama Tells NY Gov. Paterson: Get Out Of The 2010 Election

OMG. President Obama has sent a message to NY Gov. David Paterson telling him to drop his plans to run for governor in 2010. Former Lt. Gov. Paterson became governor in 2008 after Eliot Spitzer resigned in a prostitution scandal. President Obama has sent a request to Gov. David A. Paterson that he withdraw from the New York governor’s race, …

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New York Senate Marriage Equality Vote Could Come This Month

Our newly beardless governor has renewed his pledge to bring marriage equality to a vote in the New York Senate in a special session he plans to call over the state budget. “I am anticipating a special session and I am anticipating this is one of the issues that we will address,” Paterson told The Advocate Thursday night, shortly after …

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New York Stimulates Electronics

Early this week, local news stations around New York delivered many heartwarming stories of low-income families reacting to a $200 per child windfall posted to the bank accounts of families receiving food stamps or welfare. The money, intended to buy back-to-school supplies, was authorized by Gov. Paterson and came from federal stimulus funds. Billionaire progressive George Soros contributed $35M of …

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NY Gov. Paterson Pushes For September Vote On Marriage Equality

Gov. David Paterson will not relent on his demand that the NY Senate make a vote on marriage equality and now says he will push for that vote to be made during a special session in early September. A spokesman for the governor said on Friday that the State Senate is currently not in the right mindset to take up …

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