LWV of New York has Adopted PWM’s short-form of LWV Vermont’s Update position to the LWV US Privatization position At Convention 2025, delegates voted overwhelmingly: YES! Next steps: Begin using the position for advocacy on NYS legislation next spring Begin mobilizing Leagues across the country to support getting this Update on the agenda of the...Continue Reading

Our Country Is in a Constitutional Crisis. It’s Time to Take Our Democracy Back   May 13, 2025 from LWV of US Rise & Resist by Lily McGhee On April 17, LWV CEO Celina Stewart and President Dianna Wynn released the following statement: “It has now been 87 days since the start of the Trump...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

How NYS Counties Voted     Thank you to the Daily Gazette for the graphics! And Reporter Tyler A. McNeil. To learn about the NY ERA, see earlier blog posts. Results: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

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

More than 100 years after some women gained the right to vote, people in the United States are still not constitutionally guaranteed equality on the basis of sex. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) will update the US Constitution to protect the equality of rights under the law regardless of sex. The ERA has met all...Continue Reading