Now is the time to advance women's rights and opportunities, so that all women can live with dignity, safety and equal opportunity.
About NOW
NOW New York State (NOW-NYS) is the umbrella organization that ensures communication between Chapters of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in New York State.
As the grassroots arm of the women’s movement, the National Organization for Women is dedicated to its multi-issue and multi-strategy approach to women’s rights, and is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States. NOW has hundreds of chapters and hundreds of thousands of members and activists in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since our founding in 1966, NOW’s purpose is to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life.
About NOW-NYS
The purpose of NOW-NYS is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men.
This includes, but is not limited to: equal rights and responsibilities in all aspects of citizenship, public service, employment, education, and family life. This includes freedom from discrimination because of sex, age, gender, gender expression, ethnicity, race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or parenthood, so that women and men can create a society in which every individual can live with self-confidence, dignity, security and pleasure.
What's the Latest?
Join us at the NOW-NYS Annual Convention!
The NOW-NYS Annual Convention is scheduled for Saturday, November 14, 2026, on Zoom.
All Active Members of New York State NOW Chapters and all NOW members residing in New York State are welcome.
To get the Zoom link, register by November 12. The link will be sent closer to the Convention date.
Sign the Equal Rights Amendment Petition
It’s time! Turn up the pressure on the new Congress coming in January.
We need 1 million signatures to make Congress listen.
NOW’s Endorsed Candidates, November 2026
NOW endorses candidates who we know will support NOW’s mission and goals.
Since 1977, NOW PAC has worked to elect more uncompromising feminists to the White House and Congress. NOW PAC’s aggressive grassroots organizing and early support for feminist candidates have been changing the faces of those elected to federal office.
What’s the Latest Status of the ERA?
The ERA has met all its Constitutional requirements, but of course that’s not enough for this administration.
VICTORY! The New York State Equal Rights Amendment Is Now Law!
We won! The New York Equal Rights Amendment to the New York State Constitution was approved by the voters as Proposal 1 in November 2024 and officially took effect on January 1, 2025.
You did it!
Get Engaged!
Please contact and join the Chapter nearest you!
Orange County NOW
Endorsements
If you are a political candidate seeking an endorsement, please contact the Chapter nearest you.