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We work to restore the right of adult adoptees in New York to obtain their original birth certificates without conditions or restrictions.

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A5494

We Did It!

June 20, 2019 By New York Adoptee Rights Coalition

We made history by reversing more than eight decades of discrimination against New York adopted people.

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: A5494, S3419

We Have the Votes: Pass A5494

June 10, 2019 By New York Adoptee Rights Coalition

Montage of 78 New York Assembly Members with the words I Support A5494

Let the people of New York speak. A supermajority of legislators support the Weprin/Montgomery Bill. Pass A5494 today.

Filed Under: Action Alert, Latest News Tagged With: A5494, Carl Heastie, Governor Cuomo

Speaker Heastie: Let’s Move A5494 Forward

May 27, 2019 By New York Adoptee Rights Coalition

It will take the leadership of Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie to get A5494 out of committee and to the Assembly floor for a vote.

Filed Under: Action Alert, Latest News Tagged With: A5494, Carl Heastie

Ending Eight Decades of Secrecy

April 30, 2019 By New York Adoptee Rights Coalition

The New York Assembly Health Committee recommended passage today of A5494, a bill that would end 83 years of iron-clad secrecy over birth certificates of adopted persons.

Filed Under: Latest News, Legislation Tagged With: A5494, Health Commitee

Open Letter to New York State Adoption Equality

February 22, 2019 By New York Adoptee Rights Coalition

Request for NYSAE to join and unite around the Weprin/Montgomery Bill

Open letter to New York State Adoption Equality, a former NYARC core partner and the only New York advocacy group that has yet to unite with advocates to work toward enactment of the Weprin/Montgomery Bill.

Filed Under: Latest News, Legislation Tagged With: A5494, NYSAE, S3419, Weprin/Montgomery Bill

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