Legislative Advocacy

NELA/NY Legislative Advocacy
 
The Legislative Committee promotes NELA/NY's legislative agenda in protecting and improving the New York State Human Rights Laws and protecting low wage workers. The Legislative Committee also monitors federal and state employment and civil rights related legislation and issues legal memoranda of support where bills would advance NELA/NY's goals of a fair workplace.
 
To view NELA/NY’s Legislative Agenda for 2026, click here.
 
To view NELA/NY in the news, click here.
 
Here's what you can do to help support New York's workers:

1. Get involved with NELA/NY's Legislative Committee by emailing one the chairs: Hugh Baran (baran@katzbanks.com), Julia Elmaleh-Sachs (juliaes@kclaborlaw.com) and/or Christopher Marlborough (Chris@marlboroughlawfirm.com)
2. Call and email your state representatives to advocate for causes you care about: (find your rep).
3. Attend a hearing in support of legislation or find a local event.