File #: Res 0360-2026    Version: * Name: Establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Type: Resolution Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Women and Gender Equity
On agenda: 3/10/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution calling upon the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, H.J.Res.80/S.J.Res.38, establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment
Sponsors: Virginia Maloney , Gale A. Brewer, Alexa Avilés, Crystal Hudson, Amanda C. Farías, Lynn C. Schulman
Council Member Sponsors: 6
Attachments: 1. Res. No. 360, 2. March 10, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Res. No. 360

 

Resolution calling upon the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, H.J.Res.80/S.J.Res.38, establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

 

By Council Members Maloney, Brewer, Avilés, Hudson, Farías and Schulman

 

Whereas, The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution intended to guarantee equal rights regardless of sex; and

Whereas, The ERA was first introduced in 1923 and passed by both houses of Congress in 1972 after which it was sent to the states for ratification; and

Whereas, The ERA required ratification by three-fourths of states or 38 states in order to be adopted; and

Whereas, Congress set an initial seven-year deadline for ratification and later extended it to 1982, but by 1982 only 35 states had ratified the amendment; and

Whereas, Since then, additional states have voted to ratify the ERA, and in 2020 the ERA reached the 38-state threshold; and

Whereas, Issues have been raised about the unique ratification process, and the Archivist of the United States has not yet taken the final step of publishing the ERA in the Federal Register with certification of its ratification as the 28th Amendment; and

Whereas, In March 2025, Senator Lisa Murkowski, Senator Mazie Hirono, and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressly reintroduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to eliminate the deadline set by Congress in 1972, intending to pave the way for the ERA to become the 28th Amendment of the United States Constitution; and

 

Whereas, As women and people across the gender spectrum in New York City and around the country are increasingly facing mounting attacks on their rights and autonomy, the ERA is an important tool in establishing gender equality; and

Whereas, It has been argued by legal scholars that the ERA could provide the foundation to implement gender equity principles through legislation and help create a social framework to formally acknowledge systemic biases that permeate and often limit women’s daily experiences; and

Whereas, Scholars also argued it would create consistency to address the patchwork ways gender and economic inequity are often addressed in our current laws; now, therefore, be it;

Resolved, That the Council of the City of New York calls on the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, H.J.Res.80/S.J.Res.38, establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

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2/25/2026 10:10am