(Associated Press) An affiliate of the North American Man-boy Love Association will lose its tax-exempt status under legislation signed yesterday by Gov. Pataki. 
     'This new law will make it more difficult for pedophiles to promote their reprehensible message and will help protect our vulnerable children from being victimized,' Pataki said. 
     The new law, which sailed through both houses of the Legislature, requires state officials to immediately dissolve Zymurgy, Inc. 
     The New York City-based organization was incorporated by Cuomo administration officials in 1994 as a not-for-profit corporation after stating it wanted to 'foster, promote and advance greater knowledge and understanding of human sexuality.' 
     State officials later learned Zymurgy was connected to NAMBLA. 
     The not-for-profit status allowed Zymurgy to obtain discounted postal rates, sale tax exemptions and gave it the right to solicit tax-deductible donations. 
     'This legislation will protect taxpayers from unwittingly subsidizing these organizations,' Pataki said. 
     'NAMBLA used Zymurgy as a front to gain not-for-profit status in New York,' said state Assemblywoman Naomi Matusow, a Westchester County Democrat who sponsored the measure. 
     Matusow said NAMBLA 'advocates the sexual abuse and exploitation of children. That's not charitable behavior, it's criminal behavior and perpetrators should be prosecuted, not rewarded.' 
     The Pataki administration had moved to revoke the organization's not-for-profit status last year by executive action, claiming the group misrepresented itself on its application. A state judge rejected that move on First Amendment grounds.

(Associated Press) An affiliate of the North American Man-Boy Love Association will lose its tax-exempt status under legislation signed Wednesday by New York Gov. George Pataki. 
     The new law, which sailed through both houses of the Legislature, requires state officials to immediately dissolve Zymurgy Inc. 
     The New York City-based organization was incorporated by Cuomo administration officials in 1994 as a not-for-profit corporation after stating it wanted to 'foster, promote and advance greater knowledge and understanding of human sexuality.'

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