Making New York a Model of Equality for Women
Banning the "Pink Tax"
Gender-based pricing discrimination for substantially similar or like kind goods and services has been prohibited by law.
2018 Women's Opportunity Agenda
The FY 2019 Budget includes items from Governor Cuomo's bold women's agenda to help women succeed in every area: work, health safety, education and family life.
Women's Equality Agenda
New laws help achieve pay equity, strengthen human trafficking laws and protections for domestic violence victims, and end pregnancy discrimination.
Securing Access to Reproductive Health Services in New York
Contraceptive Drugs and Devices
Provide coverage for all contraceptive drugs and devices and cover at least one form of contraception without co-pays, coinsurance, or deductibles.
Coverage for Contraceptives
Provide coverage for the dispensing of contraceptives in amounts exceeding one month’s supply at a time.
Abortion Services
Provide coverage for abortion services that are medically necessary without co-pays, coinsurance, or deductibles.
Making New York a Model of Equality for Women
Expanding Health Insurance Access to Pregnant NY'ers
Governor Cuomo signed legislation making NY the first state to allow pregnant women to enroll in the state health insurance exchange at any time.
Preventing Discrimination Against Pregnant & Postpartum Women
Insurers cannot refuse to issue, renew, or cancel any policy because of past treatment for a mental disability, including maternal depression.
Mandating Fertility Treatment Coverage
New guidelines require health insurers to provide coverage for infertility treatment to all covered New Yorkers, regardless of sexual orientation or marital status.
Eliminating the Wage Gap and Furthering NY’s Efforts to Protect Women’s Rights
Governor Cuomo signs two executive orders to put New York on the fast track to eliminate the wage gap. The executive orders will strengthen equal pay protections in New York and will require state contractors to disclose data on the gender, race and ethnicity of employees.
New York Stands Tall with All Women
MWBE Utilization Rate Increases
The utilization rate for Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises on State contracts increased to 29.13% for the 2018-19 Fiscal Year - the highest in the nation.
The "Women's Building"
New York's first-ever "Women's Building" is being developed to unite more than a dozen women-focused organizations, empowering generations to come.
Commemorating Women's Suffrage 100th Anniversary
Celebrating the women who set out on a path for equality, and ultimately changed the course of history, not only in NY but across the nation.