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Stewart-Cousins on Vito Lopez case: “I would have handled it differently”
Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s handling of sexual harassment complaints last year was “not good,” but said she had no opinion on whether he should remain the head of the Legislature’s lower chamber. “As the 5/22/13 from Politics on the Hudson Read more »
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Statement from Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins on the Assembly’s Passage of the NYS Dream Act
“New York’s immigrant population has always been critical to our social, economic, and cultural fabric. Students of good character who, through no fault of their own have resided here for years, deserve an opportunity to achieve and contribute to the Ameri from New York Senate Read more »
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Statement from Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins Regarding the Murder Of Mark Carson
“As community leaders, legislators and civil rights advocates gather and prepare to stand together and march against hate, I wish to express my outrage at the brutal murder of Mark Carson. No one should feel threatened or live in fear because of their race from New York Senate Read more »
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Skelos Says Gosnell Conviction Is Reason Not To Adopt Reproductive Health Act
the case that lawmakers in New York should reject the Reproductive Health Act. Democrats, especially bill-sponsor Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, have argued that the legislation would simply write into New York State law the abortion protections guaranteed by from New York Daily News Read more »
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Federal probe into state legislature raises race question
and Hispanic leaders.” But in years past, the federal investigation largely ensnared whites. Senate Democratic leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the first black woman to run a New York state legislative conference, argues that corruption is cyclical, not racial. from The Troy Record Read more »
