New York lawmakers could finally vote on transgender non-discrimination bill
by Michael K. Lavers
National News Editor
Friday Jun 4, 2010
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=106503Even though New York lawmakers continue to grapple over the state's fiscal crisis, LGBT activists remain optimistic they finally have enough votes to secure passage of a bill that would ban discrimination based on a person's gender identity or expression.
The Village Voice reported on May 26 state Sen. William Stachowski [D-Lake View] had announced he would support the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act. This endorsement would make Stachowski the 32nd senator to back the measure, which would ensure passage if lawmakers were to actually vote on it. Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr. [D-Bronx,] and state Sens. Joseph Addabbo [D-Queens,] Shirley Huntley [D-Queens,] George Onorato [D-Queens] and Diane Savino [D-Staten Island] are among those who have said they would vote for GENDA, but dozens of Housing Works activists from Amsterdam, Syracuse and the five boroughs traveled to Albany on Tuesday, June 1, to lobby undecided legislators.
