Criminal Justice Committee, Vivione Marshall (vivionemarshall@gmail.com) and Richard Rifkin (richardrifkin54@gmail.com), Co-Chairs During the recent budget negotiations, reform of certain parts of our criminal justice system became a central piece of the discussions between the governor and the legislative leaders. There were significant differences with regard to this subject, but in the end a compromise was...Continue Reading

Issues and Advocacy Sally Robinson, VP for Issues and Advocacy, Sally.s.robinson@gmail.com Erica Smitka, Deputy Director, Erica@lwvny.org 2022 State Budget Wins! The state budget officially passed on Saturday, April 9th. We are pleased that this year many of the League’s budget priorities were included in the final budget proposal. Through our lobbying efforts the League was...Continue Reading

Redistricting Update (as of April 25, 2022): The League was a strong supporter of the Constitutional amendment on redistricting that was approved by voters in 2014. That amendment established an Independent Redistricting Commission (“IRC”) and adopted a ban on partisan gerrymandering. The IRC initially submitted a set of maps that were rejected by the Legislature....Continue Reading

Proposed Positions Discussion April 26, 7:00 pm on Zoom   If you have been unable to attend your local League meeting on the proposed positions on election administration and voting while incarcerated, then join us on Zoom on April 26 and have your voice heard. Only members who have NOT or CANNOT attend their local...Continue Reading

Court Simplification: How Simplifying our Court System can Improve Equal Access for all People Wed, April 27, 7:00 by Zoom   Please join the League of Women Voters of NYS and the Fund for Modern Courts to learn about how court simplification will remove the barriers that impact litigants, families, victims, local government, small business,...Continue Reading

President’s Message Judie Gorenstein, judieL728@aol.com April 2022 was a very busy month for the LWVNYS On the first two Saturdays of the month, LWVNYS held our final two regional training workshops. At the training in Scarsdale during my opening remarks, I spoke of what two things the past year had taught all of us. We cannot...Continue Reading