4/29/2025 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to oppose cuts to Medicaid to help prevent medical debt. April 29, 2025 Dear Members of Congress: On behalf of 183 state and national advocates concerned about the medical debt crisis in our country, we write to express our...Continue Reading

Concurrence Zoom Meeting: Members ONLY LWV PWM has Adopted a short-form of LWV Vermont’s position on Privatization During a zoom consensus meeting, members came to consensus Zoom Registration Link (click on word “link“) See the Education Presentation on PWM YouTube Channel (and deck here) Read the Proposed Position and the Participant Guide Agenda: 15-30 min Education on...Continue Reading

The League of Women Voters of the US Urges Congress to Act in New Letter Feb 14, 2025 WASHINGTON — Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States and League chapters from all 50 states and the District of Columbia sent a letter to congressional leaders expressing strong concern over abandoning its duties and...Continue Reading

LWV Condemns Trump Administration’s Weaponization of Government Against Americans Feb 6, 2025 WASHINGTON — Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Celina Stewart issued the following statement in response to actions taken by the new administration and the impact on voters. “In the first 17 days of the Trump administration, we’ve witnessed nothing...Continue Reading

Jan 25, 2025, Karen Moskowitz provides this final update on the 2020 redistricting of the Nassau County Legislature — after the census, controversial competing redistricting committee maps, lawsuits (with the PWM League  as one of the plaintiffs, among others), court rulings, and appeals. We thank Karen for her four years of tireless work keeping Nassau...Continue Reading

Concurrence Zoom Meeting: Members ONLY LWV PWM has Adopted a short-form of LWV Vermont’s position on Privatization During a zoom consensus meeting, members came to consensus Zoom Registration Link (click on word “link“) See the Education Presentation on PWM YouTube Channel (and deck here) Read the Proposed Position and the Participant Guide Agenda: 15-30 min Education on...Continue Reading

Congratulations, NYS!  The ERA Passed 2:1! Final Language for NY Ballot Proposal on NYS EQUAL  RIGHTS AMENDMENT The NYS Board of Elections has posted the language for Ballot Proposal #1 (Flip your ballot over to vote on this Proposal) Here is what will be on your ballot (from NYS Board of Elections) Here is an...Continue Reading

Bigger Better Bottle Bill Medical Aid in Dying NY Is NOT Disposable (plastics)   Bigger Better Bottle Bill Over 6 million tons of waste is sent to NY landfills every year. That’s over 11 tons of trash every minute and that doesn’t even account for the waste that isn’t reaching our landfills and is thrown...Continue Reading

Per LWV of NYS Even the State of the State isn’t Impervious to Taylor Swift The Governor gave her State of the State speech on Tuesday. Dressed in an aisle-crossing maroon, she quoted Taylor Swift as she reminded us that we are all New Yorkers. The Governor primarily addressed mental health reforms, combatting retail theft,...Continue Reading

Laura Ladd Bierman, Executive Director, League of Women Voters of New York State said, “The League of Women Voters of New York State applauds the Senate for taking meaningful action on bills to protect our democracy. As the 2024 election approaches, it is critical that we safeguard our election system and ensure that every New Yorker...Continue Reading