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),
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Past race Maritza Davila ran in:
- Member of the Assembly, District 53 · November 3, 2026 · Assembly District 53; New York · incumbent