Bill Text: NY K00246 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 2, 2019, as Equal Pay Day in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-04-08 - adopted [K00246 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00246-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 246

BY: M. of A. Walker

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        April  2, 2019, as Equal Pay Day in the State of New
        York

  WHEREAS, One of our State's guiding principles is to  provide  equal
opportunities for every New Yorker; and

  WHEREAS,  Since  the  passage  of the federal Equal Pay Act in 1963,
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, and New York's Equal Pay  Act
in  1966,  women,  especially  minority  women,  continue  to suffer the
consequences of unequal pay; and

  WHEREAS, Women make up more than half of the nation's workforce with
74.4 million women employed or seeking employment in 2016, a significant
increase from 18.4 million in 1950; and

  WHEREAS, According to the U.S. Census Bureau,  the  national  annual
salary  for  women working full time in 2016 was 82% of what men earned,
highlighting the vast inequities which still exist today; and

  WHEREAS, Comparing similar job titles for  men  and  women,  today's
wage disparity would cost a woman and her family in New York a salary of
$230,640  over  a 40-year career, impacting Social Security benefits and
pensions; and

  WHEREAS, For New York women of color, over a 40-year career, today's
wage disparity is even greater as an  African  American  woman's  salary
would  be  $857,480 less, a Latina's salary would be $1,094,680 less, an
Asian American woman's salary would  be  $426,520  less,  and  a  Native
American  woman's  salary would be $965,720 less compared to a Caucasian
man; and

  WHEREAS, Nearly four in 10 mothers are primary breadwinners in their
households, and nearly two-thirds are primary  or  significant  earners,
making pay equity critical to families' economic security; and

  WHEREAS,  Fair  pay  strengthens  the security of families today and
eases future retirement costs, while enhancing New York's economy; and

  WHEREAS, Tuesday, April 2, 2019, symbolizes the time in the new year
in which the full time wages paid to American women catch up to the full
time wages paid to men from the previous year; and

  WHEREAS, Fair pay equity policies should be implemented in both  the
public and private sectors; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 2, 2019, as Equal
Pay Day in the State of New York, recognizing the full value of  women's
skills  and significant contributions to the labor force, and to further
encourage businesses to conduct an internal  pay  evaluation  to  ensure
women are being paid fairly; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the  State  of
New York.