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NY: Equality & Justice Day in Albany draws more than 2,000

by: Pam Spaulding

Thu Apr 30, 2009 at 08:00:00 AM EDT


Gay City News has a report on the events:
In Albany on Tuesday, Governor David Paterson lent his passion and willingness to frame LGBT equality as a question of civil rights to the cause of marriage equality. Senator Thomas Duane, an out gay Chelsea Democrat, displayed a jovial enthusiasm reminiscent of Senator Ted Kennedy when he's at the top of his game. And Upper West Side Democratic Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell, the Legislature's other out gay Irishman, presented an argument, backed by his success in steering marriage equality through his chamber and delivered with his trademark lawyerly precision, about how a winning majority can be cobbled together.

But as more than 2,000 grassroots activists, in Albany April 28 for the Empire State Pride Agenda's (ESPA) Equality & Justice Day lobbying effort, gathered at lunchtime on the lawn in front of the State Capitol, it was Teresa Sayward, an Assembly Republican from Willsboro in the "North Country," well upstate from the capital, who delivered the most telling case for just how marriage equality could be a winner this year. Looking out at the crowd, Sayward, whose son Glenn is gay, said, "What this makes me wonder is why we don't have more representatives speaking out from the Republican Party, because this is a Republican and a conservative issue. This is a civil rights issue. It's an issue of less government. To the greatest extent possible, government should stay out of your life and let you live it in quiet enjoyment."

...Asked by Gay City News Tuesday what she was hearing from her Republican colleagues, particularly on the Senate side, she said, "They have been listening. Have they come far enough? No, they haven't. Will they? I think they will. Especially when they look at my numbers." She explained that she ran unopposed in both 2006 and 2008, but won bigger after she took her marriage vote than before. The Conservative Party dumped her from their line, but on the Independence line she was the biggest vote-getter in the state.

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I was there E&J Day was not just about Marriage -
The spotlight was on GENDA (The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act), DASA (The Dignity for All Students Act) and MArriage Equality.  The press, however, seems to be fixated solely on marriage.

My local news coverage (The Journal News, a Gannett paper, as well as the Poughkeepsie Journal and other New York Gannett outlets), quoted me in heir coverage - I was talking about all three bills, but the reporter's/editor's spin made it seem as if I was talking solely about the prospects for marriage.

See:
http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs...

"This is the first year we have a realistic chance," said Joann Prinzivalli, a White Plains lawyer who is the director of the New York Transgender Rights Association.

The New York Transgender Rights Organization is one of the many groups, including Marriage Equality New York, which worked together with the Empire State Pride Agenda to make this event a success for all participants.

The New York State SenateInvestigations and Government Operations committee was scheduled to take up the GENDA bill during E&J Day, but the sponsor, Senator Duane, had the bill "held" because he did not think he had enough votes in the committee to get it through.

This committee has the "Reverend" State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. as a member, which means that in order to make up for his expected "NO" vote in committee, aat least one of the Republicans will have to be convinced to vote in favor. (A 4-4 tie would stop the bill's progress).

The sad thing is that we do have enough votes on the floor of the Senate to pass GENDA, and DASA.  Marriage is still just a few votes shy, but Senator Duane is confident that this bill, too, will pass. So am I.

Arcane Senate rules make it virtually impossible for Senator Duane to use a floor motion to discharge the bill from committee - technicalities make this presently a non-viable option.

The committee members are as follows:

New York State Senate
Investigations and Government Operations Committee

The chair and four other members are Democrats. Three members are Republicans.

Hon. Craig M.  Johnson
New York State Senator - 7th S.D.
District Office:
151 Herricks Road, Suite 202
Garden City Park, NY 11040
P: (516) 746-5923
F: (516) 746-5926

Albany Office:
604 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
P: (518) 455-2622
F: (518) 426-6894

Johnson@senate.state.ny.us

Hon. William T. Stachowski
New York State Senator - 58th S.D.
2030 Clinton Street
Buffalo, NY 14206
Tel:  (716) 826-3344
Fax:  (716) 823-6372

802 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
Tel:  (518) 455-2426
Fax:  (518) 426-6851

stachows@senate.state.ny.us

Hon. Ruben Diaz, Sr.
New York State Senator - 32nd S.D.
District Office
1733 East 172nd Street
Bronx, NY 10472
Tel:  (718) 991-3161
Fax:  (718) 991-0309

Albany Office
307 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
Tel:  (518) 455-2511
Fax:  (518) 426-6945

diaz@senate.state.ny.us

Hon. Jeffrey D. Klein
New York State Senator - 34th S.D.,
Deputy Majority Leader
Capitol Building
Room 427
Albany, New York 12247

District Office
3713 East Tremont Ave
Bronx, NY 10465

Telephone:
718-822-2049
518-455-3595
Toll Free - (800) 718-2039

Fax:
718-822-2321

jdklein@senate.state.ny.us

Hon. Pedro Espada, Jr.
New York State Senator - 33rd S.D.
State Capital, Room 420
Albany, NY 12247
Phone: 518-455-3395
Fax: 518-426-6858

espada@senate.state.ny.us

The following are the Republicans, who do not list e-mail addresses on their senate web pages:

Hon. George H. Winner, Jr.
New York State Senator - 53rd S.D.
Albany Office
Room 415
Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
Phone: (518) 455-2091
Fax: (518) 426-6976

Elmira District Office
228 Lake Street
Box 588
Elmira, NY 14902
Phone: (607) 732-2765
Fax: (607) 732-2832

Bath District Office
105 East Steuben Street
Bath, New York 14810
Phone: (607) 776-3201
Fax: (607) 776-5185

Hon. Martin J. Golden
New York State Senator - 22nd S.D.
504 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
(518) 455-2730
District Office              
7408-5th Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11209
(718) 238-6044              
(718) 238-6170 (fax)

Hon. Michael F. Nozzolio
New York State Senator - 54th S.D.
Albany Office
Room 413 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
(518)455-2366/Fax (518)426-6953
District Office
119 Fall Street
Seneca Falls, NY 13148
Toll-free 1-888-568-9816
Fax (315)568-2090



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