Assemblymember Amy Paulin

On this week’s 51%, we speak with professors Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill about their new book, Confidence Culture, examining the prominence of confidence and self-help discourse in modern-day marketing, workplaces, relationships — and well, everywhere else. We also discuss a bill in the New York legislature that would give adult survivors of sexual assault the opportunity to look back and sue their abusers.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. On Thursday, New York state lawmakers joined survivors in Westchester County to call attention to a bill that would give some adult survivors the opportunity to sue their abusers in court.

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A New York state assemblymember will be introducing two measures to close loopholes pertaining to ammunition purchases. She is doing so prompted by…

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A New York state Senate committee will hold public hearing on limo and bus safety Thursday — nearly seven months after a limo crash in Schoharie killed 20…

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Two New York state assemblymembers from Westchester County are fighting back against the new federal tax law with legislation of their own. As for tax…

A New York State assemblymember from Westchester County says a bill she sponsored could save municipalities some money.Democratic Westchester…