Changes

===Gay rights===

===Gay rights===

Cuomo has tried to deny homosexuals access to [[medical]] service by attempting to ban therapeutic choices.<ref>https://www.therapeuticchoice.com/why-therapeutic-choice-matters</ref>  Cuomo's executive order purports to prohibit health insurers in New York from reimbursing for "[[conversion therapy]] services provided to an insured under the age of 18 years" and "to require behavioral health providers to certify that they will not provide conversion therapy to minors or seek reimbursement from the insurer for such services."  In addition, the executive order purports to make it "unlawful for any mental health facility licensed, funded or operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health to provide conversion therapy to minors" such that "[f]ailure to comply with these new regulations could result in the revocation of license and/or funding for any entity found to have engaged in these practices."  [[Medicaid]] was also prohibited from reimbursing for it in New York.<ref>[https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-executive-actions-banning-coverage-conversion-therapy Feb. 6, 2016 executive order]</ref>

On June 24, 2011, Cuomo signed the "Marriage Equality" Act, which legalized [[gay marriage]] in New York statewide. Cuomo has tried to deny homosexuals access to [[medical]] service by attempting to ban therapeutic choices.<ref>https://www.therapeuticchoice.com/why-therapeutic-choice-matters</ref>  Cuomo's executive order purports to prohibit health insurers in New York from reimbursing for "[[conversion therapy]] services provided to an insured under the age of 18 years" and "to require behavioral health providers to certify that they will not provide conversion therapy to minors or seek reimbursement from the insurer for such services."  In addition, the executive order purports to make it "unlawful for any mental health facility licensed, funded or operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health to provide conversion therapy to minors" such that "[f]ailure to comply with these new regulations could result in the revocation of license and/or funding for any entity found to have engaged in these practices."  [[Medicaid]] was also prohibited from reimbursing for it in New York.<ref>[https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-executive-actions-banning-coverage-conversion-therapy Feb. 6, 2016 executive order]</ref>

===Climate agenda===

===Climate agenda===