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New York Tampon Tax Class Action

Full Name: Margot Seibert et al. v. New York State Department of Taxation and Finance

The Firm’s work on behalf of five women to challenge the state taxation of tampons as discriminatory on the basis of gender, led directly to legislation to end the illegal tax.

Press Coverage

Five months after five women filed a groundbreaking class-action suit to end the Tampon Tax in New York, Governor Cuomo has signed legislation ending the illegal tax.

Times Union

“One state down, thirty-nine to go. This is a tremendous victory for women and for all New Yorkers. It will save women tens of millions of dollars. This lawsuit jumpstarted Albany into action. It’s the beginning of the end of the Tampon Tax in this country.”

Ilann M. Maazel, ECBAWM Partner, in a press statement

“New York has finally stopped taxing women for being women. Now the governor should make sure that New York women who paid this sexist tax for years — especially those women who could least afford it — are compensated and reimbursed”

Interview with Zoe Salzman, New York Attorney Challenging the “Tampon Tax”

“From the time I entered law school 25 years ago, I’ve known that the tampon tax violated state and federal law. It’s a remnant of a time when all-male legislatures made decisions that devalued women’s interests. That New York State has finally ended this injustice is great cause for celebration”

Laura Strausfeld, lawyer

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