New Yorkers voted “yes” on an amendment that would expand statewide civil rights protections, the Associated Press declared Tuesday evening.
According to the AP, with 33.5% of the expected vote calculated, “Yes” had 72.1% of the vote and “No” had 27.9% of the vote as of 9:53 p.m. Tuesday.
Ballot Proposal 1 sought to alter the New York State Constitution’s Bill of Rights by adding additional protections against discrimination based on ethnicity, origin, age, disability and sex — including sexual orientation, and gender identity and pregnancy.
The proposal’s goal was to add those already existing rights to the state Constitution, making them harder to limit or remove.