Lieutenant governor, top Democrats promote Women’s Equality Party (NY)
Lieutenant governor, top Democrats promote Womens Equality Party
By Patricia Doxsey, Daily Freeman
Kingston, NY
08/12/14
KINGSTON >> Saying womens issues are everyones issues, Democratic elected officials, candidates and supporters gathered Tuesday to promote the Womens Equality Party and the creation of a Womens Equality line on the November ballot.
Weve got some problems and weve got issues that are unresolved, said Kathy Hochul, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor.
Hochul was at BSP on Wall Street in uptown Kingston with incumbent Democratic senators and assembly members from throughout the region. Notably absent from the event, was Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, D-Kingston.
In addition to stumping for the creation of the new party, Hochul and others blasted the state Senate for declining to take up the Womens Equality Act, saying the inaction was nothing short of an assault on womens rights....
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