Great News! Yesterday afternoon the NYC Council unanimously approved resolutions calling for the passage of the New York Fair Pay Act and comparable federal Pay Equity legislation! (details below) The Equal Pay Coalition NYC was a driving force in making this happen…and we’ve only just begun! We will be sending a Coalition letter, the Council’s Resolution, and the Gittell study to all NYS Senate in the next few days, and we are already working on NYC measures to remedy wage inequity. Congratulations to all!

Read the NYWA Equal Pay Coalition Press Release:

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NATIONAL WOMEN’S BUSINESS ORGANIZATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ENDORSES CONGRESSWOMAN NYDIA VALAZQUEZ

(New York, NY)—The National Association of Women Business Owners’ (NAWBO®) Political Action Committee (PAC) has endorsed Representative Nydia M. Velazquez for the 12th District of New York. The NAWBO PAC, assisted by members of NAWBO-NYC, presented a check to Ms. Velazquez’s campaign on October 23, 2006 at Angel Orensanz Center for the Arts in lower Manhattan.

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National Association for Women Business Owners – NYC Chapter Applauds Senator David A. Paterson’s Platform To Break Down Barriers to Business Opportunities For Minority and Women-Owned Businesses!

New York, NY (September 29, 2006) – NAWBO-NYC stood with candidate for Lieutenant Governor David A. Paterson at a press conference last week held at York College, in Queens, NY, when he unveiled a plan to “break down the barriers to opportunity” and significantly step up New York State’s investment in minority- and women-owned businesses.

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