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Today at 8:27 AM  A senior Cuomo administration official says Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders struck a late night deal to authorize four upstate casinos and to allow votes on 10 separate women's rights bills including an abortion proposal that appeared to have been blocked in the Senate.

Yesterday at 3:29 PM  As lawmakers in Albany discuss Governor Cuomo's Women's Equality Bill, advocates in Central New York say they want to see something done by the end of this week's legislative session.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be talking about his newly released women's rights proposal at two upstate New York locations that played key roles in the development of women's rights and higher education for women.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013  Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a bill Tuesday that details of his women's rights proposal for the first time since he announced the initiative six months ago.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A coalition of physicians says Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed abortion rights bill will hurt women, forcing many into lifetime bouts with depression and guilt while making late-term abortions more common and more dangerous.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Local women's rights activists discuss significane of the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision which made abortions legal in the U.S.

Wednesday, November 09, 2011  Proponents of the so-called personhood initiative shot down in Mississippi have their sights set on other states, including New York.