"What we're seeing happening right now as it pertains to the rise in white supremacist ideology and the growing hostility in the courts … we have to empower the community to think about the solutions that we need,” said Lurie Daniel-Favors, CLSJ Executive Director.
Governor Hochul today, at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, signed the landmark John. R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York (S.1046-E/A.6678-E) into law cementing New York State's place as a national leader on voting rights and fulfilling a key part of the Governor's 2022 State of the State agenda.
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The New York State Senate passed the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York among additional measures to establish the strongest state protections of an individual's right to vote in the nation. Named after civil rights activist and American statesman Rep. John R. Lewis, the NYVRA and other voter protections will prohibit deceptive and suppressive voter practices, establish a voting and elections database, and make electronic election interference a misdemeanor crime. Read the Senate Majority Press Release.
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said, “The John R.