Sara Ziff

Founder and Executive Director @ModelAllianceNY.

[Sara Ziff @saraziff]

Today, NY passed the #FashionWorkersAct!

Thank you, @bradhoylman & @karinesreyes87 for being our champions, my colleague @syddgio, team @JessSchafroth @AmandaLCav @agrenell @beckytalksfast, our @modelallianceny Worker Council & everyone else who made this possible. We did it!

[Model Alliance @ModelAllianceNY]

A note from our Founder & Executive Director @saraziff 🧵

I'm overjoyed to share that today, for the first time, the New York Assembly and Senate both passed the #FashionWorkersAct! Now, the bill heads to @GovKathyHochul's desk to sign it into law.

[Model Alliance @ModelAllianceNY]

We did it! 🎉 @GovKathyHochul has signed the #FashionWorkersAct into law. Read reflections from our executive director @saraziff
https://t.co/z7GgCgrU3l

[Sara Ziff @saraziff]

Cuomo's defamation suit against Charlotte Bennett is nothing more than a tactic to deflect public attention from the fact that he's wasted more than 16M in taxpayer money to legally harass the women whose rights he violated under the laws he signed.

[Sara Ziff @saraziff]

The #FashionWorkersAct “can help prove that we don’t have to choose between technological innovation and worker power; technological progress and worker protections can coexist.”

Thank you, Shereen Wu and @FastCompany! @GovKathyHochul

[Fast Company @FastCompany]

New York’s Fashion Workers Act would create basic labor protections for models—including around digital replicas and AI-generated content. https://t.co/YObNnhL3H2

[Model Alliance @ModelAllianceNY]

Thank you @bof for highlighting our open letter to @GovKathyHochul urging her to sign the #FashionWorkersAct ahead of the 12/24 deadline. “Candidly, many of us have risked our livelihoods to campaign for this bill, and we simply cannot wait any longer.” https://t.co/3IBoe90lqu

[Model Alliance @ModelAllianceNY]

We’re proud to stand with @CTurlington, @AngelAlessandra, @ambervalletta and 200 other models urging @GovKathyHochul to sign the #FashionWorkersAct into law immediately. https://t.co/rKZ5Wxue19

[Model Alliance @ModelAllianceNY]

.@GovKathyHochul it's time to pass the #FashionWorkersAct as championed through the legislature by @bradhoylman & @KarinesReyes87

[Sara Ziff @saraziff]

.@GovKathyHochul, we stood with you when you signed the #AdultSurvivorsAct into law. You know how vulnerable fashion workers are to exploitation and sexual abuse in the industry. We look forward to cheering you on again. Please sign the #FashionWorkerAct into law today.

[Model Alliance @ModelAllianceNY]

.@GovKathyHochul has called up the #FashionWorkersAct, which will protect models – mostly young, immigrant women – from a notoriously predatory industry. It's time to meaningfully regulate model management companies and give models labor rights. @bradhoylman @karinesreyes87

[Sara Ziff @saraziff]

While Trump promises to elevate alleged sexual predators to cabinet positions and throw away basically all national labor standards and enforcement, @GovKathyHochul must sign the #FashionWorkersAct into law ASAP. My op-ed in today’s @NYDailyNews: https://t.co/YumXgmA1ia

[Jessica González-Rojas (votejgr.bsky.social) @votejgr]

Human trafficking is a heinous crime that we must do more to curb.

That's why the Fashion Workers Act must be signed into law. The bill would establish overdue labor protections for models to create an environment of accountability in NY's fashion industry. The time is now.

[Model Alliance @ModelAllianceNY]

We commend all the brave men who have come forward about their experiences of sex trafficking under the guise of modeling opportunities for #Abercrombie.

@GovKathyHochul, you can prevent this abuse by signing the #FashionWorkersAct into law in NY.

[Sara Ziff @saraziff]

It’s time for @GovKathyHochul to sign the #FashionWorkersAct into law.

Young people who aspire to work in New York’s modeling industry should not be so vulnerable to sex trafficking.

[Model Alliance @ModelAllianceNY]

Former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries and his two associates were arrested today in connection with a federal sex-trafficking and interstate prostitution case. https://t.co/jlu272LdG4

[Model Alliance @ModelAllianceNY]

The highly aspirational nature of modeling, coupled with the industry’s lack of regulation, creates a breeding ground for abuse. We urge @govkathyhochul to sign the #FashionWorkersAct into law as soon as possible so that we can prevent such abuse from happening in the future.

[Model Alliance @ModelAllianceNY]

We stand with the thousands of women workers across South and Southeast Asia who are organizing for equality and living wages in @Nike's supply chain. @global_labor @AsiaFloorWage06

[Freelancers Union @freelancersu]

Congratulations to all the winners of our Freelance Awards! We are so excited to present our honorees with these awards at our celebration and fundraiser event tomorrow night at @RobertasPizza !

[Sara Ziff @saraziff]

Yesterday I had the honor of meeting @POTUS at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act. It meant so much to thank him, join survivors and advocates from across the country, and see @modelallianceny’s work in the context of this historic fight.

[Model Alliance @ModelAllianceNY]

We stood outside @govkathyhochul’s Manhattan office during New York Fashion Week and urged her to sign the #FashionWorkersAct into law. It's time that the faces of #NYFW, which generates close to $600 million annually, are afforded basic rights and protections as workers!

[Model Alliance @ModelAllianceNY]

This #NYFW, our ED @saraziff participated in the UN Fashion & Lifestyle Network’s discussion, "Fashion with Integrity: The Imperative of Fair Labor Practices," with @jasminchua, Emily Stochl @remakeourworld, Roopa Pemmaraju from Refugee Atelier, and Delphine Williot @Fash_Rev

[Ai-jen Poo @aijenpoo]

FRIENDS! VP @KamalaHarris & Gov @Tim_Walz are champions who know that our families & our economy rely on care. And when they win, care wins.

53 million family caregivers
9 million care workers
33 million parents of young children
11 million in the sandwich generation

That’s a lot of power. Join me @YNB @Therealbrandee @NikemaWilliams @CoryBooker @GlennonDoyle @AbbyWambach @Sethrogen @IamLaurenMiller @FGossGraves @dhuckelbridge @SEIUPres @LizShuler @lisaling @rowefinkbeiner and more….
Let’s do this. RSVP now for tomorrow’s
#CaregiversForHarris launch!

[Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt]

Quite a photo of Tim Walz

And here's a story on Why Harris's Choice of Tim Walz Is So Good for America's Workers and Unions
https://t.co/yuLsH6JFdB

[Model Alliance @ModelAllianceNY]

Thank you Senator @bradhoylman for speaking with @NY1 about how the #FashionWorkersAct will protect models working in New York's fashion industry. We urge @GovKathyHochul to sign this important and timely bill into law as soon as possible

https://t.co/jqpmgGP4mJ