Maritza Davila
Democratic · NY · New York State Assemblymember, District 53
New York State Assemblymember for District 53 and Social Services Committee chair with a background in community organizing, education, and affordable-housing advocacy.
Where Maritza Davila stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (3 records), Environment and Public Health (4 records), Reduce Wealth Gap (2 records),
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 3 support
Co-sponsored A136, enacted as Chapter 714, establishing New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act for qualifying terminally ill adults.
February 6, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined local officials, United Revival Mennonite Church, and Somos Community Care to announce Bushwick's first COVID-19 testing site.
May 9, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of her prime-sponsored A9021D, which authorized refinancing of outstanding indebtedness for certain nonprofit hospitals.
November 21, 2014Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 4 support
Introduced A1057 to authorize schools to keep and administer FDA-approved opioid-reversal agents during emergencies.
January 8, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Introduced A988 to require state mental-health forums and listening sessions in communities and populations with elevated suicide risk.
January 8, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Co-sponsored A7536A, enacted as Chapter 784, making falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records a crime.
December 22, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined local officials, United Revival Mennonite Church, and Somos Community Care to announce Bushwick's first COVID-19 testing site.
May 9, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 2 support
Advanced her prime-sponsored A10143 from the Social Services Committee to Ways and Means; the bill would establish a task force to study benefit cliffs in public-assistance programs.
February 25, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won passage in both legislative chambers for her A2497 fiscal-cliff task-force bill; the governor later vetoed the measure.
December 5, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Co-sponsored A7536A, enacted as Chapter 784, making falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records a crime.
December 22, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Received a 2021 New York State Legislator of the Year award from the American Red Cross for Hurricane Maria relief and disaster-preparedness work in Brooklyn.
March 26, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Convened the family of Sade Sanchez, local officials, residents, and community partners for a Bushwick gathering addressing domestic violence and gun violence.
October 18, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Introduced A989 to regulate landlord buyout offers for rent-regulated apartments and penalize harassment in the buyout process.
January 8, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 5 support
Advanced her prime-sponsored A10143 from the Social Services Committee to Ways and Means; the bill would establish a task force to study benefit cliffs in public-assistance programs.
February 25, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won passage in both legislative chambers for her A2497 fiscal-cliff task-force bill; the governor later vetoed the measure.
December 5, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Advanced her prime-sponsored A2538A to the Assembly third-reading calendar; the measure would bar finger imaging as a SNAP eligibility requirement.
May 1, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Advanced her prime-sponsored A2500 from the Social Services Committee to Ways and Means; the bill would expand resource exemptions for public-assistance applicants.
February 25, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Chaired a North Brooklyn coalition that organized distribution of more than 1,000 holiday food boxes, PPE, and health information to residents during the COVID-19 emergency.
December 22, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Introduced A1057 to authorize schools to keep and administer FDA-approved opioid-reversal agents during emergencies.
January 8, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support
Convened the family of Sade Sanchez, local officials, residents, and community partners for a Bushwick gathering addressing domestic violence and gun violence.
October 18, 2018Supports Gun Control
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 3 support
Co-sponsored A136, enacted as Chapter 714, establishing New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act for qualifying terminally ill adults.
February 6, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Advanced her prime-sponsored A2538A to the Assembly third-reading calendar; the measure would bar finger imaging as a SNAP eligibility requirement.
May 1, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Helped organize and served as godmother of the first annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick.
June 9, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Introduced A989 to regulate landlord buyout offers for rent-regulated apartments and penalize harassment in the buyout process.
January 8, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Co-sponsored A74, enacted as Chapter 672, establishing a full real-property-tax exemption for the primary residences of veterans with a 100 percent service-connected disability.
December 19, 2025
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Race Maritza Davila is in:
- Member of the Assembly, District 53 · November 3, 2026 · Assembly District 53; New York · incumbent
Profile last researched September 12, 2026.