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Unsealed January 15, 2020
Access Status: Unsealed
We have updated our New York State Page to reflect the big changes in 2020. The page has now been divided into this front page and four other pages for easier reading.
Front Page (General Information, Access, NYS Adoption History, History, Links – 2007-2017 [2]
A2019 Action Alerts, Testimony, Statements, and Media [3]
Media, Photo, Video Gallery – 2019 Campaign [4]
Signing/Enactment to 2019-January 14, 2020 [5]
New York Opening and Beyond — January 15, 2020 – current [6]
Media, Photo, Video Gallery – Opening Day [7]– January 15, 2020
Photo Gallery: Beyond Opening Day [8]
New York Adoptee Rights Coalition Post-Opening FAQs, How-to Posts, Updates on Processing , etc. [9]
Access:
[10]Unrestricted access for all adoptees 18 years and over, deceased adoptee’s direct descendant, and legal representative of adoptee.
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IMPORTANT: How to apply for OBC
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Born outside the 5 boroughs: See here [11]
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Born in the 5 boroughs: See here [12]
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Born outside of NYS, but adopted in the state: Born Outside, Adopted In [13], NYARC
Send us a picture of you and your OBC: maddogmarley@att.net or directly to the BN Social FB page [14] with a note to post it here. Feel free to add a line or two about how you feel about it. We will post it to our Photo Gallery: Beyond Opening Day page. [8]
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Through a special arrangement with the Adoptee Rights Law Center [15], Bastard Nation is linking our individual state pages to ARLC state access law links and summaries. In addition. our state pages include information specific to Bastard Nation actions and activities in each state and about current OBC access.
Read about current OBC access legislation with links to current and past years bills at our”Keep Informed” legislative pages (middle sidebar.)
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- 2022 Legislation: [19] A5141 (OBC though state is already free)
- 2021 Legislation: [20] A5141(OBC, though state is already free)
- 2019 Legislation [21]
- A2691
- S2222
- S24492
- S2494
- S3419
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Historical Documents
compiled by Toff Philippo
New York Open Birth Certificate (OBC) Tour
- Joint Public Hearing: Sealed Adoption Records and the Search for Identity [27], Albany, New York, April 28, 1976 (includes testimony by Lorraine Dusky and B J Lifton)
- New York State Department of Social Services – Adoption Option Concept Paper – January 1992 [28]by Toff Philippo
- Legislative Committee Hearings on Adoptee Rights in New York State in 1976 and 2014 [29] by Toff Philippo (ebook and hardcopy)
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New York Greens Include Adoptee Rights in its Platform [32]
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Links 2007-2017
- Cuomo vetoes bill that would’ve paved path for adopted kids to get their birth certificates [33]. New York Daily News, December 29, 2017
- Governor Cuomo vetoes discriminatory New York State adoption bill [34], Donaldson Adoption Institute, December 29, 2017
- Veto Memo, AB5036b [35], Andrew Cuomo, December 29, 2017
- Cuomo faces Saturday deadline on birthparent bill, [36] WWNY-TV. Watertown, New York, December 28, 2017
- Donaldson Letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo [37]re: A05036A/S04851-B [37], Donaldson Adoption Institute, December 22, 2017
- Veto New York’s Bad Bill, [35]July 6, 2017 (joint letter to Gov Cuomo from 45 adoptee rights/adoption reform organizations including Bastard Nation
- Adoption Institute Facebook statement, [38] August 16, 2017
- Another Voice: Cuomo must veto flawed adoptee bill. [39] Doris Michol Sippel, Buffalo News, July 14,
- Rise with Us [40] (video) by Greg Luce, July 11, 2017
- Give adopted people unencumbered access to origins, [41] April Dunwoodie, CEO Donaldson Adoption Institute, Albany Times-Union, July 10, 2017
- Adoptees; b [42]id for access to birth certificate stirs debate [42], Associated Press, July 8, 2017 (national and international syndication)
- Governor should sign adoption bill [43], Watertown Daily Times, June 30, 2017
- Bastard Nation Action Alert: URGENT: New York A5036B: Join the voices of adoptees and allies across the country. Please sign letter to Andrew Cuomo to veto bill, [44]June 29, 2017
- Let’s do some New York Math [45], Greg Luce, Adoptee Rights Blog, June 28, 2017
- Donaldson Adoption Institute Letter to Gov. Cuomo urging [46]veto, June 27, 2017. (signatories: DAI, North Amerian Council of Adoptable Children, Voice for Adoption, Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York, Childhood League of America.
- Secrets and Lies New York Style. [47] June 26, 2017
- Gov. Cuomo facing a crucial decision on bill that makes it easier for adoptees to obtain birth records, [48] New York Daily News, June 26, 2017
- Profiles in Courage: Thank 2 NY assembly members who stood up publicly for adoptee rights, [49] June 25, 201
- Bastard Nation Action Alert, Write Gov Cuomo Today. Veto A5036/S4845, [50] June 22, 2017
- Bastard Nation Action Alert, [51] NY A5036b/S4845b. Emergency. Contact Senate today Vote scheduled for tomorrow. Kill the bill! [51], June 20, 2017
- Bastard Nation.NYAE Action Secondary Alert [52], June 19, 2017
- Bastard Nation/NYSAE Action Alert Vote No on A5036b/S4845b [53], June 15, 2017
- Bastard Nation/NYAE Action Alert–Kill the Bill [54], May 17, 2017
- The Nutso World of New York Adoptee R [55]ights [55], Greg Luce, Adoptee Rights Law Blog, May 12, 2017
- Bastard Nation Statement in Opposition to NY5036. The Same Old Same Old [56], February 28, 2017
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- Letter to New York General Assembly: Vote No AB2901C [57], by Marley Greiner, Exe, Chair Bastard Nation, Daily Bastarette, June 3, 2016
- Bastard Nation Action Alert: NY A2901C: Redactions, CIs, parental consent–and more! Vote [58]NO . March 5, 2016
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- New York: S5964: Bastard Nation Letter to Acting Rules Chair Sen. John J Flanagan. Do not take up and consider. [59] June 25, 2015
- NEW YORK: URGENT: Do Not Take Up and Consider NY S5964 [60], June 23, 2015
- Action Alert: New York clean bills amended to redact birthparent names. Let the bills die. Contact NY Leg today [61], June 19, 2015
- NEW YORK Bastard Nation Letter to NY Health Committee Chair Richard Gottfried: Return A2901A to Health [62], June 18, 2015
- NEW YORK: Bastard Nation Action Alert to NY Senate. Vote NO on S5964-2015 [63], June 17, 2015
- NEW YORK: Bastard Nation’s Letter to the New York Assembly, Do Not Pass A2901A-2015 [64], June 16, 2015
- NEW YORK: Bastard Natio [65]n Action Alert. Vote No on A2901A-2015! [65], June 16, 2015
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- Welcome to the Battle! New York Green Party Adoption Reform, [58] Daily Bastadette, March 18, 2014
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- James Lane for New York City Advocate: Vote for one of us. This is how we win [66]. Daily Bastardette. November 3, 2013
- Our Future is in Our Hands. A Message from Ron Morgan [67]. Daily Bastardette, September 12, 2013
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- “Anonymity” the new confidentiality [58], Daily Bastardette, November 19. 2007
Updated: January 10, 2022