William Colton

Democratic · NY · New York State Assembly, District 47

Legislator and former public-school teacher with a law background. His priorities include public education and affordable housing.

Supports

Reduce Wealth Gap (3 records), Immigration (2 records), Housing Affordability (12 records),

Mixed record

Healthcare Affordability (20 support · 11 oppose), Environment and Public Health (42 support · 4 oppose), Labor Rights (41 support · 1 oppose),

Track record

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Healthcare Affordability · 20 support · 11 oppose

Voted for Medicaid enrollment assistance for eligible incarcerated people and release of their enrollment documents when leaving custody. The Assembly vote was 96–44.
June 2, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against requiring hospitals to disclose policy-based limits on care and the state to publish those limits; the governor vetoed the bill. The Assembly vote was 94–51.
June 11, 2025Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to require covered JFK and LaGuardia airport employers to pay minimum wages plus an hourly health-benefit supplement. The Assembly vote was 148–1.
March 10, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation requiring law-enforcement personnel to obtain reasonable medical and mental-health assistance for people in custody. The Assembly vote was 109–35.
June 9, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to expand expedited partner therapy beyond chlamydia to sexually transmitted infections covered by federal public-health recommendations. The Assembly vote was 132–14.
March 25, 2019Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for updating hospice palliative-care provisions for advanced, life-limiting illness in 2017, then voted against the same proposal in 2018 and 2019. The Assembly vote was 135–1.
February 26, 2019Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation making conversion therapy on minors professional misconduct for covered mental-health professionals. The Assembly vote was 141–7.
January 15, 2019Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to expand medical-cannabis eligibility to qualifying pain conditions as an opioid alternative and to substance-use disorders. The Assembly vote was 127–16.
June 20, 2018Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Supported nurse practitioners’ do-not-resuscitate authority in 2009, then opposed the same bill in 2010. Opposed the broader 2017 law with patient-consent and medical safeguards. Assembly tallies were 134–10, 128–14 and 105–39.
June 13, 2017Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Questioned state officials about higher retiree health-insurance costs and objected to changing benefits employees relied on for retirement planning.
January 25, 2017Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a state single-payer health plan covering all residents without deductibles or copays. It used graduated payroll and other-income assessments. The Assembly passed it, but it remained in the Senate. The Assembly vote was 86–53.
June 1, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against requiring comparable education and examination standards for out-of-state laboratory practitioners handling New York specimens. The Assembly vote was 99–45.
June 18, 2015Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation expediting medical-cannabis access for patients with progressive or degenerative conditions or a serious risk from delayed treatment. The Assembly vote was 130–18.
June 9, 2015Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Opposed medical-cannabis bills in 2012 and 2013, then backed revised 2014 versions, including the final regulated, non-smoking program. Assembly tallies were 91–52, 99–41, 94–36 and 117–13, in that order.
June 20, 2014Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to establish a pilot program providing peer, employment, transportation and case-management support during and after opioid treatment. The Assembly vote was 128–0.
June 19, 2014Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for an opioid-treatment pilot using short-term residential care and peer support as alternatives to emergency-room detoxification. The Assembly vote was 128–0.
June 19, 2014Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to require covered health plans to provide substance-use treatment benefits on parity with medical care and expedite inpatient coverage appeals. The Assembly vote was 128–0.
June 19, 2014Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to preserve access to school-based primary-care clinics outside Medicaid managed-care plans under applicable reimbursement rules. The Assembly vote was 129–1.
June 11, 2014Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Co-sponsored a bill letting qualified psychiatric nurse practitioners assess patients for voluntary or informal mental-hospital admission. It remained in committee.
June 18, 2013Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against expanding qualified podiatrists’ authority to treat ankle conditions and perform specified ankle surgeries. The Assembly vote was 130–12.
June 21, 2012Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation creating the Justice Center to investigate abuse and neglect of vulnerable people receiving state-regulated care. The Assembly vote was 140–0.
June 20, 2012Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against legal protections for clinicians providing pain relief within accepted standards and disciplinary action for inadequate pain treatment. The Assembly vote was 136–2.
February 7, 2012Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against defining terminal illness as about one year or less to live and allowing hospices to hire licensed health professionals. The Assembly vote was 141–1.
June 7, 2011Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against replacing midwives’ written physician-practice agreements with documented collaborative relationships for consultation and emergency care. The Assembly vote was 125–20.
June 28, 2010Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a state prescription-drug discount program in 2009, then against the same bill in 2010. The Assembly vote was 94–50.
March 10, 2010Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against legislation clarifying physician assistants’ authority to perform medical functions within their training and supervising physician’s practice. The Assembly vote was 121–24.
February 24, 2010Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Opposed a 2006 family health-care decision bill, then backed the revised 2010 law. It let relatives or close friends decide for incapacitated adults under patient-preference and safety rules. Assembly tallies were 126–15 and 137–5.
January 20, 2010Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for maintaining Medicaid eligibility during incarceration while generally suspending benefits until release. The Assembly vote was 136–11.
June 21, 2007Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to override a veto of emergency drug coverage during Medicare Part D’s rollout. It covered people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. The Assembly vote was 141–0.
February 6, 2006Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the Geriatric Mental Health Act, which established a grant program for older adults’ mental-health care and an interagency planning council. The Assembly vote was 141–1.
June 23, 2005Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against establishing and funding comprehensive eating-disorder care centers with coordinated treatment and covered-service insurance protections. The Assembly vote was 123–17.
June 7, 2004Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov

Environment and Public Health · 42 support · 4 oppose

Co-sponsored a bill creating tax credits for farmers who stored carbon through certified land-management practices. It remained in committee.
October 21, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Held a press conference with Councilmember Susan Zhuang demanding an independent asbestos inspection at the proposed 86th Street homeless-shelter site.
April 15, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Sponsored a bill requiring MTA notices of bedbug infestations within 24 hours of discovery. It passed the Assembly and went to the Senate.
March 25, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Backed a horseshoe-crab harvest ban in 2025, then backed its 2026 revision delaying the full ban to 2029. The revision phased down commercial quotas. Assembly tallies were 100–45 and 104–37.
February 3, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for revised climate fund rules requiring major fossil fuel producers to pay for adaptation based on historical emissions. The Assembly vote was 97–48.
February 24, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Co-sponsored a bill funding treatment for PFAS contamination in private wells through installation grants and maintenance rebates. It remained in committee.
January 8, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored legislation requiring recycling collection in New York City parks and recreation areas, with state recycling aid. Both houses passed it, but the governor vetoed it.
December 22, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a bill setting a 2032 goal for 100% clean energy, with planning, worker-transition funding and enforcement lawsuits. It remained in committee.
January 20, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to authorize lawsuits over unreasonable helicopter noise and restrict certain sightseeing operators' access to Hudson River Park heliports. The Assembly vote was 100–44.
June 4, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to remove outside-assistance deductions from municipal recycling-project costs used for state funding. The Assembly vote was 145–0.
May 23, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a bill requiring New York City plans for litter control, bins and carry-out-your-trash signs. It passed the Assembly and remained in the Senate.
May 11, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to raise fines up to $1,000 for illegally loud exhaust modifications. The bill also strengthened penalties for repeated motorcycle-exhaust inspection failures. The Assembly vote was 143–6.
June 11, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for workplace rules requiring airborne-disease prevention plans and allowing covered employees to form safety committees. The Assembly vote was 120–29.
June 7, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Joined a letter urging federal regulators to reject a two-year permit extension for the Williams gas pipeline and favor renewable alternatives.
April 7, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: comptroller.nyc.gov
Arranged donated meals, masks and cleaning supplies for first responders, hospitals, senior housing and community organizations during COVID-19.
July 30, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted for the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, establishing statewide greenhouse-gas limits and renewable-electricity requirements. The Assembly vote was 111–35.
June 20, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against removing religious exemptions from school vaccination requirements. The Assembly vote was 84–61.
June 13, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to expand expedited partner therapy beyond chlamydia to sexually transmitted infections covered by federal public-health recommendations. The Assembly vote was 132–14.
March 25, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Questioned the environmental-conservation commissioner about renewable-energy progress and opposed treating waste incineration as renewable energy.
February 27, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov
Represented residents and environmental groups in an appeal challenging the Southwest Brooklyn transfer-station permit; the appellate court affirmed dismissal of the case.
September 21, 2016Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nycourts.gov
Sponsored a bill banning disposal of separated recyclables with ordinary waste and requiring local recycling laws. It reached the Assembly calendar without becoming law that session.
May 26, 2016Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Organized a construction-site watch and joined requests for federal environmental investigations at the Southwest Brooklyn waste-transfer station.
November 19, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted against requiring meningococcal vaccination for children entering seventh and twelfth grades, subject to existing exemptions. The Assembly vote was 111–29.
June 17, 2015Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a statewide opioid-awareness campaign covering addiction risks, treatment resources and overdose prevention. The Assembly vote was 128–0.
June 19, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Served as a pro bono lawyer in the community’s litigation against the Southwest Brooklyn incinerator before entering the Assembly.
May 8, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Sponsored a law extending specified New York law-enforcement powers to federal Environmental Protection Agency special agents.
September 27, 2013Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation requiring a SUNY public-health school to assess the health effects of horizontal gas drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing. The Assembly vote was 128–17.
June 20, 2012Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for I-STOP, creating a prescription-monitoring registry and requiring covered prescribers to check patients’ controlled-substance histories. The Assembly vote was 140–0.
June 11, 2012Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored legislation banning fracking and acceptance, disposal or processing of fracking fluids and drill cuttings in New York. It remained in committee.
May 7, 2012Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against limited prosecution protections for people seeking emergency overdose care, including witnesses, when drug-possession or underage-alcohol evidence resulted from the request. The Assembly vote was 140–2.
June 20, 2011Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to pause new fracking permits during state review of health and environmental effects. The governor vetoed the bill. The Assembly vote was 93–43.
November 29, 2010Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to bar denial of standing in environmental-review lawsuits solely because the alleged injury was shared by the public. The Assembly vote was 93–42.
June 17, 2010Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the law making electronics manufacturers fund collection and recycling, with free service for most consumers. The Assembly passed it 86–47.
May 28, 2010Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for electronic controlled-substance prescriptions and interstate prescription-data sharing in 2009, then against the same bill in 2010. The Assembly vote was 136–3.
March 8, 2010Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Submitted comments urging a gas-drilling ban in New York City’s watershed. Also sought independent drilling-fluid tests and stronger wastewater oversight.
October 20, 2009Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted for legislation requiring covered retail stores to collect plastic carryout bags for recycling and offer reusable bags. The Assembly vote was 136–7.
June 24, 2008Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against changing oil-and-gas well-spacing rules to accommodate horizontal shale drilling. The Assembly vote was 135–7.
June 23, 2008Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Joined environmental groups challenging permits for the Southwest Brooklyn marine waste-transfer station. The administrative judge denied participation after finding no issues requiring a hearing.
January 13, 2008Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: extapps.dec.ny.gov
Sponsored the phone-recycling law requiring retailers to accept up to ten used phones free or provide free recycling-program shipping.
September 13, 2006Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored the law phasing out mercury-added components in new motor vehicles and giving state agencies a preference for mercury-free vehicles.
August 16, 2006Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a bill creating electronics recycling and banning cathode-ray tubes in ordinary waste. It passed the Assembly and remained in the Senate.
January 24, 2006Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Requested a bill using waste-tire fees to repay state petroleum-cleanup and damage costs from tire fires. The Assembly passed it and sent it to the Senate.
June 21, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Asked the governor to withdraw support for trade agreements limiting green purchasing, local preferences and labor safeguards. Joined other Assembly members’ request.
May 20, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to condition landfill and municipal-waste incinerator permits on protecting local recycling programs and reviewing excess disposal capacity. The Assembly vote was 137–2.
March 17, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a waste-tire bill using new-tire fees for stockpile cleanup and recycling. It reached Assembly Rules without passing that session.
June 26, 2002Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation creating a working group to assess climate change’s effects on health, property and liability insurance risks. The Assembly vote was 146–0.
March 11, 2002Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov

Reduce Wealth Gap · 3 support

Voted for a revenue budget cutting lower income-tax rates while extending higher top rates through 2032. It also added inflation-refund credits and temporarily raised child tax credits. The Assembly vote was 103–46.
May 8, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: nyassembly.gov
Joined a multi-sponsor request that secured a $650,000 state allocation for Brooklyn Alliance business and employment programs.
December 19, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: esd.ny.gov
Voted to create tax-advantaged first-home savings accounts in 2017 and against repealing the program in 2018. The Assembly vote was 94–40.
May 30, 2018Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: nyassembly.gov

Labor Rights · 41 support · 1 oppose

Voted for a budget requiring paid milk-expression breaks and funding abortion-care grants. It added eviction protections for covered rentals. It also created housing tax breaks for qualifying conversions and construction, with affordability and labor conditions. It allowed larger, permanent rent increases for qualifying apartment improvements, with documentation and oversight. The Assembly vote was 93–53.
April 20, 2024Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a budget adding 20 hours of paid prenatal health-care leave. It also added retail-worker assault and stolen-goods offenses and allowed related retail thefts to be combined. The Assembly vote was 120–29.
April 18, 2024Supports Labor Rights
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Voted for treating wage theft as larceny and combining unpaid wages across workers for prosecution. The Assembly vote was 140–4.
June 20, 2023Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to prohibit non-compete agreements for covered workers; the governor vetoed the bill. The Assembly vote was 95–52.
June 20, 2023Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a bill setting a 2032 goal for 100% clean energy, with planning, worker-transition funding and enforcement lawsuits. It remained in committee.
January 20, 2023Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to require covered employers to disclose pay or pay ranges in job, promotion and transfer advertisements. The Assembly vote was 96–48.
June 3, 2022Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to extend paid family leave to care for siblings. The Assembly vote was 113–35.
June 9, 2021Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for workplace rules requiring airborne-disease prevention plans and allowing covered employees to form safety committees. The Assembly vote was 120–29.
June 7, 2021Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for explicit liability for unpaid wages, benefits and wage supplements under state wage-payment law. The Assembly vote was 138–10.
June 2, 2021Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to require covered JFK and LaGuardia airport employers to pay minimum wages plus an hourly health-benefit supplement. The Assembly vote was 148–1.
March 10, 2021Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to protect health-care employees from retaliation for good-faith complaints about unsafe workplaces, including disclosures to news outlets and public social media. The Assembly vote was 125–19.
May 27, 2020Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act, extending collective bargaining, overtime pay and weekly rest protections to covered farmworkers. The Assembly vote was 94–54.
June 19, 2019Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Supported workplace protections for reproductive-health decisions in 2017, opposed the same bill in 2018, then backed the 2019 law. Assembly tallies were 103–39, 102–34 and 105–33, respectively.
January 22, 2019Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a budget package requiring sexual-harassment prevention policies and annual workplace training, protecting contractors, and restricting mandatory arbitration and confidentiality clauses. The Assembly vote was 106–26.
March 30, 2018Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Questioned state officials about higher retiree health-insurance costs and objected to changing benefits employees relied on for retirement planning.
January 25, 2017Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation establishing paid family leave and phased increases in the minimum wage toward $15 an hour. The Assembly vote was 104–39.
April 1, 2016Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to require reasonable workplace accommodations for pregnancy-related conditions. The Assembly vote was 144–0.
May 5, 2015Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to strengthen wage-theft penalties and make an LLC’s ten largest owners personally liable for unpaid employee compensation. The Assembly vote was 124–11.
June 19, 2014Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against the Women’s Equality Act package combining pay, discrimination, trafficking-victim, domestic-violence and abortion changes. It stalled in the Senate. The Assembly vote was 88–43.
January 27, 2014Opposes Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to extend World Trade Center disability and death-benefit protections for qualifying NYC education retirees and vested members, and reopen compensation claims. The Assembly vote was 127–0.
June 21, 2013Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against a pension overhaul setting contributions at 3%–6% of income and a standard retirement age of 63 for covered new employees. The Assembly vote was 92–46.
March 15, 2012Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the Wage Theft Prevention Act, strengthening wage notices, repayment remedies and retaliation protections. The Assembly passed it 89–42.
November 30, 2010Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights, extending overtime pay, rest days and protections against harassment to covered domestic workers. The Assembly vote was 104–39.
July 1, 2010Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a representation process allowing home-based child-care providers to discuss pay, benefits and working conditions with state agencies. The Assembly vote was 110–35.
June 29, 2010Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to extend second-degree assault protections to registered and practical nurses performing their duties. The Assembly vote was 136–1.
June 17, 2010Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Co-sponsored a bill allowing workers to sue over malicious workplace abuse causing physical or mental harm. It required notice and failure to stop the abuse, with employer defenses. It remained in committee.
March 3, 2010Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a law strengthening apparel-industry oversight with ownership disclosures, labor-law penalties and confiscation from repeat violators.
August 16, 2006Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to grant qualifying military spouses up to ten days of unpaid leave during their deployed spouse's leave. The Assembly vote was 133–0.
June 22, 2006Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored the law allowing partners in limited-liability partnerships and members of limited-liability companies to elect workers’ compensation coverage for themselves.
June 13, 2006Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to let employees use accrued sick leave for family, household-member and domestic-partner care. The Assembly vote was 99–33.
February 28, 2006Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation extending state minimum-wage protections to state and local government employees. The Assembly vote was 134–1.
February 28, 2006Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a bill extending 25-year retirement eligibility to New York City police and medical-examiner evidence and property-control specialists. Both chambers passed it, but the governor vetoed it.
December 15, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation requiring employment agencies to give domestic workers written descriptions of their jobs and notices of their employment rights. The Assembly vote was 148–0.
August 11, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a bill raising the state minimum wage through scheduled increases to $7.25 an hour. The Assembly vote was 130–19.
June 22, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Asked the governor to withdraw support for trade agreements limiting green purchasing, local preferences and labor safeguards. Joined other Assembly members’ request.
May 20, 2004Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation including limited liability companies among employers covered by wage-payment and minimum-wage laws. The Assembly vote was 145–0.
June 20, 2002Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation increasing penalties for employers’ willful or repeated failures to correct public-employee workplace-safety violations. The Assembly vote was 146–0.
February 25, 2002Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation requiring farm employers to give workers written agreements stating their working conditions. The Assembly vote was 117–31.
June 13, 2000Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation raising New York’s hourly minimum wage to $5.15 and extending the same minimum to farmworkers. The Assembly vote was 118–16.
December 16, 1999Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored an enacted expansion of retirement-credit protection for New York City transit and bridge-and-tunnel employees receiving workers’ compensation.
July 27, 1999Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Introduced a bill adding misdemeanor penalties for child-employment law violations. It reached the Assembly calendar without passing that session.
March 1, 1999Supports Labor Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored the 1998 law reducing the service credit required to vest in covered public-employee pensions from 10 years to 5 years.
December 31, 1998Supports Labor Rights
Source: assembly.state.ny.us

Anti-Corruption · 12 support · 7 oppose

Opposed encrypted police-radio access bills in 2025 and 2026. The later bill covered agencies with at least 25 officers and qualified journalists and emergency-service staff, with sensitive-information exceptions. Assembly tallies were 84–61 and 78–62. The 2025 bill was vetoed.
June 3, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to extend open-meetings requirements to qualifying bodies performing necessary decision-making functions. The Assembly vote was 145–0.
January 31, 2022Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against allowing courts to disclose grand-jury materials in specified cases that ended without a felony indictment, with witness and safety protections. The Assembly vote was 88–59.
June 2, 2021Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to preserve confidential medical and psychiatric record access for New York City's jail oversight board. The Assembly vote was 150–0.
February 1, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Supported a prosecutorial-conduct commission in 2018, opposed its 2019 revision and supported a 2021 law sending recommendations to attorney grievance committees. The Assembly vote was 135–15.
February 1, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against creating an attorney-general office to investigate deaths caused by police and specified peace officers, and prosecute warranted cases. The Assembly vote was 97–47.
June 10, 2020Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against legislation creating a state law-enforcement misconduct office and requiring referrals after repeated complaints against an officer. The Assembly vote was 100–44.
June 10, 2020Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to repeal section 50-a and make law-enforcement disciplinary records available under public-records law, with specified privacy redactions. The Assembly vote was 101–43.
June 9, 2020Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against the Police STAT Act, requiring publication of misdemeanor and violation data and reporting of arrest-related deaths. The Assembly vote was 100–44.
June 8, 2020Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against broader congressional tax-return disclosure and for a narrower measure covering specified officials and related businesses. The Assembly vote was 91–51.
May 22, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to require cost comparisons and public business plans for major state consulting contracts. The Assembly passed it 118–20.
June 18, 2018Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against public access to grand-jury legal instructions in cases involving deaths linked to police or peace officers. The Assembly vote was 97–50.
June 16, 2015Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Co-sponsored a bill requiring quarterly public disclosure of donations over $100 to funds controlled by elected officials. It remained in committee.
January 14, 2011Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to require separate-day MTA hearings in affected counties before fare or service changes. The Assembly passed it 142–0.
May 18, 2010Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to protect photography, recording and webcasting of public meetings under reasonable, posted meeting rules. The Assembly vote was 139–0.
March 17, 2010Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against requiring drug and alcohol tests for New York City police officers in specified shooting or impairment cases. The Assembly vote was 82–62.
June 10, 2009Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Co-sponsored a bill creating a nonpartisan state budget office to publish fiscal analyses and revenue forecasts. It remained in committee.
February 23, 2009Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against raising the ceiling for emergency public-construction contracts exempt from competitive bidding from $200,000 to $300,000. The Assembly vote was 141–5.
June 11, 2007Supports Anti-Corruption
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Voted for legislation granting the attorney general authority to investigate and prosecute criminal misconduct by police officers. The Assembly vote was 86–57.
June 6, 2000Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov

Government Efficiency · 4 support · 1 oppose

Voted to require county social-services districts to accept electronic public-assistance applications and paperwork. The Assembly vote was 101–44.
May 5, 2022Supports Government Efficiency
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Voted for allowing public-assistance applicants and recipients to request phone or digital interviews and screenings. The Assembly vote was 104–44.
June 9, 2021Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to require cost comparisons and public business plans for major state consulting contracts. The Assembly passed it 118–20.
June 18, 2018Supports Government Efficiency
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Voted to submit a constitutional amendment allowing electronic bill copies to satisfy legislators' desk-copy requirements. The Assembly vote was 140–1.
June 18, 2013Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against requiring public authorities with at least 25 employees to establish cost-effective teleworking programs. The Assembly vote was 95–44.
May 13, 2009Opposes Government Efficiency
Source: nyassembly.gov

Immigration · 2 support

Voted for the Green Light Law, allowing qualified applicants to obtain noncommercial driver’s licenses without proving lawful U.S. immigration status. The Assembly vote was 87–61.
June 12, 2019Supports Immigration
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the state DREAM Act, opening state college financial-aid programs to eligible students without lawful immigration status. The Assembly vote was 97–42.
January 23, 2019Supports Immigration
Source: nyassembly.gov

Government Spending Reduction · 8 support · 33 oppose

Co-sponsored a bill providing state aid to local governments hosting residential SUNY colleges for public safety and property-tax relief. It remained in committee.
October 21, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a 2026 budget allowing senior and disability rent-freeze income ceilings to reach $75,000 and requiring tenant eligibility notices. The Assembly vote was 91–52.
May 27, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for New York's annual state-operations budget. It passed the Assembly 102–40.
May 27, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a 2026 budget renewing and expanding rehabilitation tax abatements for eligible New York City apartment buildings. The Assembly vote was 119–25.
May 20, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Introduced legislation for chip-enabled public-benefit cards and state reimbursement of benefits stolen from magnetic-stripe cards before their replacement.
December 19, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a budget funding free school meals and community-college scholarships for qualifying adults in high-demand fields. It restricted students’ internet-enabled devices during the school day, with exceptions. It limited first-time late-pay damages, strengthened wage collection and raised child-labor penalties. It shortened the strike-related unemployment-benefit suspension to one week and increased maximum benefits, subject to funding conditions. It also narrowed criminal discovery and protected prosecutors’ good-faith compliance certificates, with deadlines and exceptions for challenges. The Assembly vote was 112–37.
May 8, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Challenged Mayor Adams over shelter expansion at a budget hearing, criticizing costs and conditions. Called for services addressing homelessness and mental illness.
February 4, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored legislation creating a fund for protective vests, equipment, purchasing, and training for state and municipal police dogs; it remained in committee.
January 17, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Co-sponsored a bill funding treatment for PFAS contamination in private wells through installation grants and maintenance rebates. It remained in committee.
January 8, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Joined a multi-sponsor request that secured a $650,000 state allocation for Brooklyn Alliance business and employment programs.
December 19, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: esd.ny.gov
Voted for a budget requiring paid milk-expression breaks and funding abortion-care grants. It added eviction protections for covered rentals. It also created housing tax breaks for qualifying conversions and construction, with affordability and labor conditions. It allowed larger, permanent rent increases for qualifying apartment improvements, with documentation and oversight. The Assembly vote was 93–53.
April 20, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a budget adding 20 hours of paid prenatal health-care leave. It also added retail-worker assault and stolen-goods offenses and allowed related retail thefts to be combined. The Assembly vote was 120–29.
April 18, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored legislation requiring recycling collection in New York City parks and recreation areas, with state recycling aid. Both houses passed it, but the governor vetoed it.
December 22, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a bill setting a 2032 goal for 100% clean energy, with planning, worker-transition funding and enforcement lawsuits. It remained in committee.
January 20, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to remove outside-assistance deductions from municipal recycling-project costs used for state funding. The Assembly vote was 145–0.
May 23, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a 2021 budget allocating $2.4 billion in federal child-care funds for provider stabilization, expanded subsidies and lower family copays. The Assembly vote was 109–40.
April 7, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a budget package that raised the maximum standard tuition-assistance award from $5,165 to $5,665 and required discounted low-income broadband plans. The Assembly vote was 127–22.
April 7, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Publicly opposed cuts to NYPD funding after an attack on an elderly Bensonhurst woman.
July 31, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: politicsny.com
Voted against a budget limiting cash bail to specified charges and requiring release or nonmonetary conditions for other charges. The Assembly vote was 89–59.
April 1, 2019Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a budget package requiring sexual-harassment prevention policies and annual workplace training, protecting contractors, and restricting mandatory arbitration and confidentiality clauses. The Assembly vote was 106–26.
March 30, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a capital budget with $250 million for NYCHA repairs addressing heating, mold, lead and other health and safety problems. The Assembly vote was 123–5.
March 30, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against extending local taxes and raising Hornell and Corning’s yearly revenue-sharing payments from $765,000 to $780,000 each. The Assembly vote was 107–33.
May 22, 2017Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Opposed a standalone youth-justice bill in February 2017, then supported a budget shifting 16- and 17-year-olds into youth-court procedures. The budget kept felony exceptions. The Assembly vote was 98–33.
April 8, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a state single-payer health plan covering all residents without deductibles or copays. It used graduated payroll and other-income assessments. The Assembly passed it, but it remained in the Senate. The Assembly vote was 86–53.
June 1, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a budget with $340 million yearly for full-day prekindergarten in both 2014–15 and 2015–16. New York City received $300 million of that each year. The Assembly vote was 131–7.
March 31, 2014Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a 2014 budget allowing the senior rent-freeze income ceiling to rise from $29,000 to $50,000, with state reimbursement to NYC. The Assembly vote was 115–22.
March 31, 2014Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to extend World Trade Center disability and death-benefit protections for qualifying NYC education retirees and vested members, and reopen compensation claims. The Assembly vote was 127–0.
June 21, 2013Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against a pension overhaul setting contributions at 3%–6% of income and a standard retirement age of 63 for covered new employees. The Assembly vote was 92–46.
March 15, 2012Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against a law allowing yearly SUNY and CUNY resident-undergraduate tuition increases up to $300 for five years. It also funded university-center construction. The Assembly vote was 113–21.
June 24, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Organized a petition drive opposing cuts to free student MetroCards and collected more than 5,000 signatures.
July 20, 2010Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted to override a veto of emergency drug coverage during Medicare Part D’s rollout. It covered people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. The Assembly vote was 141–0.
February 6, 2006Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against a bill combining a reproductive-cloning ban with a state stem-cell research institute funded through the tobacco-control and insurance pool. The Assembly vote was 96–35.
January 10, 2006Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the Geriatric Mental Health Act, which established a grant program for older adults’ mental-health care and an interagency planning council. The Assembly vote was 141–1.
June 23, 2005Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against an Akwesasne Mohawk land-claim settlement package with land-purchase rights, tax agreements, local reimbursements and tuition waivers. The Assembly vote was 94–46.
June 21, 2005Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against New York’s 2005 debt-service appropriations for bond payments, lease purchases and related contractual obligations. The Assembly vote was 104–40.
March 7, 2005Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Delivered petitions from District 21 school families urging Governor Pataki to drop the school-funding lawsuit appeal and increase education aid.
February 15, 2005Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Sponsored a bill extending 25-year retirement eligibility to New York City police and medical-examiner evidence and property-control specialists. Both chambers passed it, but the governor vetoed it.
December 15, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against establishing and funding comprehensive eating-disorder care centers with coordinated treatment and covered-service insurance protections. The Assembly vote was 123–17.
June 7, 2004Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a waste-tire bill using new-tire fees for stockpile cleanup and recycling. It reached Assembly Rules without passing that session.
June 26, 2002Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored an enacted expansion of retirement-credit protection for New York City transit and bridge-and-tunnel employees receiving workers’ compensation.
July 27, 1999Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored the 1998 law reducing the service credit required to vest in covered public-employee pensions from 10 years to 5 years.
December 31, 1998Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: assembly.state.ny.us

Public Safety and Crime Control · 37 support · 6 oppose

Co-sponsored a bill providing state aid to local governments hosting residential SUNY colleges for public safety and property-tax relief. It remained in committee.
October 21, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Co-sponsored a bill letting judges consider protective-order requests alongside petitions to temporarily remove firearms from people posing serious risks. It remained in committee.
October 21, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to extend identity-theft protections to medical and health-insurance information. The Assembly vote was 145–0.
January 28, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored legislation creating a fund for protective vests, equipment, purchasing, and training for state and municipal police dogs; it remained in committee.
January 17, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a budget adding 20 hours of paid prenatal health-care leave. It also added retail-worker assault and stolen-goods offenses and allowed related retail thefts to be combined. The Assembly vote was 120–29.
April 18, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against legislation requiring state and local police to identify and protect children at risk when their parent or caregiver was arrested. The Assembly vote was 85–63.
April 3, 2024Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for treating wage theft as larceny and combining unpaid wages across workers for prosecution. The Assembly vote was 140–4.
June 20, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against letting cyclists treat stop signs as yield signs and proceed through red lights after stopping and yielding. The Assembly vote was 84–64.
June 7, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a bill allowing discretionary bail or detention for every charged hate crime, including misdemeanors. It remained in committee.
January 20, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored the law raising the minimum unreported injury-crash fine from $500 to $750. It raised the maximum repeat-offense fine from $2,500 to $3,000.
August 12, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to raise fines up to $1,000 for illegally loud exhaust modifications. The bill also strengthened penalties for repeated motorcycle-exhaust inspection failures. The Assembly vote was 143–6.
June 11, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Publicly opposed cuts to NYPD funding after an attack on an elderly Bensonhurst woman.
July 31, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: politicsny.com
Voted against creating an attorney-general office to investigate deaths caused by police and specified peace officers, and prosecute warranted cases. The Assembly vote was 97–47.
June 10, 2020Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against legislation creating a state law-enforcement misconduct office and requiring referrals after repeated complaints against an officer. The Assembly vote was 100–44.
June 10, 2020Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act, making specified police restraints that cause serious injury or death a felony. The Assembly vote was 139–5.
June 8, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Opposed rear-seat belt requirements in 2011, then supported the same bill in 2012 and the enacted 2020 version. It required belts for passengers aged 16 and older. Assembly tallies were 108–36, 111–28 and 105–39.
February 12, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored the law requiring DMV website information on vehicle, child-seat and tire recalls, with a prominent federal recall-page link.
October 4, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored the law penalizing manufacture or commercial shipment of undetectable knives, and possession with intent to use them unlawfully against others.
August 6, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against expanding and extending New York City’s bus-lane camera-enforcement program. The Assembly vote was 79–60.
June 24, 2015Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to create a misdemeanor covering controlled-drug prescription fraud and intentionally hiding prescriptions obtained from another practitioner. The Assembly vote was 134–0.
June 19, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to make unlawful controlled-drug sales by practitioners or pharmacists a felony when they acted outside good-faith professional practice. The Assembly vote was 134–0.
June 19, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a law extending specified New York law-enforcement powers to federal Environmental Protection Agency special agents.
September 27, 2013Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to add specified identity-theft, larceny and coercion cases to family-court jurisdiction and authorize return of victims’ identification and financial documents. The Assembly vote was 143–0.
June 19, 2013Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to place specified synthetic cannabinoid classes on the state's Schedule I controlled-substance list. The Assembly vote was 143–0.
June 19, 2013Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation creating the Justice Center to investigate abuse and neglect of vulnerable people receiving state-regulated care. The Assembly vote was 140–0.
June 20, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation establishing a felony for specified repeat domestic offenses and a domestic-violence fatality-review team. The Assembly vote was 141–0.
June 12, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation expanding DNA collection from convicted offenders and access to DNA testing to challenge convictions. The Assembly vote was 135–4.
March 15, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored the law adding the type and duration of a sex offender’s assigned supervision to the state registry.
September 23, 2011Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to extend second-degree assault protections to registered and practical nurses performing their duties. The Assembly vote was 136–1.
June 17, 2010Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against child front-seat restrictions in 2008 and 2009, then voted for an under-eight restriction in 2010. The Assembly vote was 128–11.
March 3, 2010Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against requiring drug and alcohol tests for New York City police officers in specified shooting or impairment cases. The Assembly vote was 82–62.
June 10, 2009Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against authorizing a Suffolk County red-light camera pilot at up to 50 intersections, with civil owner fines and privacy safeguards. The Assembly vote was 99–35.
April 6, 2009Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for E-STOP, requiring registered sex offenders to report online identifiers and restricting specified offenders’ use of social-networking services. The Assembly vote was 142–0.
April 14, 2008Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation making schemes to defraud multiple vulnerable elderly people a felony. The Assembly vote was 144–0.
March 3, 2008Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to add unauthorized noose displays used for racist intimidation to first-degree aggravated harassment. The Assembly vote was 140–1.
January 28, 2008Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to extend school-zone drug-sale offenses and enhanced minimum sentences to sales on school buses. The Assembly vote was 116–0.
June 23, 2006Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored the law making unauthorized swastika markings and public cross burnings felony harassment when used to harass, threaten or alarm. It required discriminatory intent.
June 7, 2006Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Urged stronger building-code enforcement, more inspectors and parking requirements as part of efforts to limit overdevelopment in southern Brooklyn.
March 15, 2005Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Sent city education and police officials a letter requesting stronger security measures at Lafayette High School.
December 23, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Led a public effort to divide Lafayette High School into three smaller facilities amid reported violence and racial harassment.
June 5, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: brooklynpaper.com
Voted to apply public-school bus-driver safety training requirements to private and parochial school drivers. The Assembly vote was 139–2.
June 4, 2003Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation granting the attorney general authority to investigate and prosecute criminal misconduct by police officers. The Assembly vote was 86–57.
June 6, 2000Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation prohibiting force, threats, obstruction and property damage intended to interfere with access to reproductive-health services. The Assembly vote was 117–32.
January 25, 1999Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov

Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 18 support · 28 oppose

Co-sponsored a bill protecting people from civil arrest at polling places without a judicial warrant, with specified exceptions. It did not pass.
October 21, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against expanding plea bargains that allowed judges and prosecutors, by mutual agreement, to waive certain plea and repeat-offender sentencing restrictions. The Assembly vote was 105–36.
June 4, 2026Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Opposed encrypted police-radio access bills in 2025 and 2026. The later bill covered agencies with at least 25 officers and qualified journalists and emergency-service staff, with sensitive-information exceptions. Assembly tallies were 84–61 and 78–62. The 2025 bill was vetoed.
June 3, 2026Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a bill dismissing parking tickets with missing, wrong or illegible required information. The Assembly passed it and sent it to the Senate.
April 28, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against requiring verified translations for criminal complaints and supporting statements originally given in a language other than English. The Assembly vote was 83–53.
April 28, 2026Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against giving criminal defendants prompt hearings and higher-court review to challenge temporary protection orders. The Assembly vote was 90–50.
June 11, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against mandatory legal consultation for juveniles before custodial interrogation. The Assembly vote was 89–57.
May 27, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a budget funding free school meals and community-college scholarships for qualifying adults in high-demand fields. It restricted students’ internet-enabled devices during the school day, with exceptions. It limited first-time late-pay damages, strengthened wage collection and raised child-labor penalties. It shortened the strike-related unemployment-benefit suspension to one week and increased maximum benefits, subject to funding conditions. It also narrowed criminal discovery and protected prosecutors’ good-faith compliance certificates, with deadlines and exceptions for challenges. The Assembly vote was 112–37.
May 8, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against requiring relief from certain conviction-related legal restrictions for eligible people meeting rehabilitation and public-interest tests. The Assembly vote was 96–48.
May 16, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for automatically sealing eligible convictions after waiting periods, while preserving law-enforcement and specified background-check access. The Assembly vote was 82–65.
June 9, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a bill allowing discretionary bail or detention for every charged hate crime, including misdemeanors. It remained in committee.
January 20, 2023Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against revising pretrial mental-health treatment rules to permit hospital assessments and prohibit revoking release solely for treatment noncompliance. The Assembly vote was 96–53.
June 3, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against raising property-damage thresholds for felony criminal-mischief charges from $250 to $1,000 and from $1,500 to $3,000. The Assembly vote was 97–49.
April 6, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against expanding court-supervised substance-use treatment diversion to certain conspiracy, auto-stripping and identity-theft charges. The Assembly vote was 100–49.
June 11, 2021Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against broader relief setting aside convictions resulting from trafficking or forced prostitution and keeping related court papers confidential. The Assembly vote was 111–36.
May 5, 2021Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against legislation legalizing adult-use cannabis and establishing a regulated cannabis market in New York. The Assembly vote was 94–56.
March 30, 2021Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to preserve confidential medical and psychiatric record access for New York City's jail oversight board. The Assembly vote was 150–0.
February 1, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Supported a prosecutorial-conduct commission in 2018, opposed its 2019 revision and supported a 2021 law sending recommendations to attorney grievance committees. The Assembly vote was 135–15.
February 1, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against creating an attorney-general office to investigate deaths caused by police and specified peace officers, and prosecute warranted cases. The Assembly vote was 97–47.
June 10, 2020Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against legislation creating a state law-enforcement misconduct office and requiring referrals after repeated complaints against an officer. The Assembly vote was 100–44.
June 10, 2020Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to repeal section 50-a and make law-enforcement disciplinary records available under public-records law, with specified privacy redactions. The Assembly vote was 101–43.
June 9, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation requiring law-enforcement personnel to obtain reasonable medical and mental-health assistance for people in custody. The Assembly vote was 109–35.
June 9, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act, making specified police restraints that cause serious injury or death a felony. The Assembly vote was 139–5.
June 8, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against the Police STAT Act, requiring publication of misdemeanor and violation data and reporting of arrest-related deaths. The Assembly vote was 100–44.
June 8, 2020Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Cast alternating votes on childhood sexual-abuse filing bills: no in 2006, yes in 2007 and no in 2008. Voted yes in 2017, then no on the same bill in 2018. Backed the 2019 law allowing civil claims until the 55th birthday and reopening old claims. Backed another year for reopened claims in 2020. Assembly tallies were 137–2, 140–1, 120–22, 139–7, 130–10, 142–3 and 134–10, in that year order.
May 27, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against a budget limiting cash bail to specified charges and requiring release or nonmonetary conditions for other charges. The Assembly vote was 89–59.
April 1, 2019Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against bills allowing reduced sentences for eligible domestic-abuse survivors in 2016 and 2017, then supported versions in 2018 and 2019. The Assembly vote was 103–40.
March 4, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Opposed a standalone youth-justice bill in February 2017, then supported a budget shifting 16- and 17-year-olds into youth-court procedures. The budget kept felony exceptions. The Assembly vote was 98–33.
April 8, 2017Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against public access to grand-jury legal instructions in cases involving deaths linked to police or peace officers. The Assembly vote was 97–50.
June 16, 2015Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for narrowing the use of past convictions to deny jobs or licenses in 2013, then against the same bill in 2014. The Assembly vote was 80–53.
June 16, 2014Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to add specified identity-theft, larceny and coercion cases to family-court jurisdiction and authorize return of victims’ identification and financial documents. The Assembly vote was 143–0.
June 19, 2013Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against reducing penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana in public view. The bill kept misdemeanor penalties for public burning. The Assembly vote was 80–60.
May 29, 2013Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against limited prosecution protections for people seeking emergency overdose care, including witnesses, when drug-possession or underage-alcohol evidence resulted from the request. The Assembly vote was 140–2.
June 20, 2011Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to adopt an interstate juvenile compact with shared supervision and return rules, court-appearance deadlines and access to counsel. The Assembly vote was 137–0.
May 16, 2011Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against exempting legally obtained syringes and their residual drug traces from specified criminal-possession charges. The Assembly vote was 93–52.
June 29, 2010Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against a ban on electronically storing identities after New York City police stops ending without further legal action. The Assembly vote was 85–55.
June 29, 2010Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to bar denial of standing in environmental-review lawsuits solely because the alleged injury was shared by the public. The Assembly vote was 93–42.
June 17, 2010Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to protect photography, recording and webcasting of public meetings under reasonable, posted meeting rules. The Assembly vote was 139–0.
March 17, 2010Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against requiring drug and alcohol tests for New York City police officers in specified shooting or impairment cases. The Assembly vote was 82–62.
June 10, 2009Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against legislation allowing earlier release of eligible prisoners on the condition of prompt deportation. The Assembly vote was 89–52.
March 27, 2007Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to extend school-zone drug-sale offenses and enhanced minimum sentences to sales on school buses. The Assembly vote was 116–0.
June 23, 2006Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a bill guaranteeing at least six years to challenge New York City water and sewer charges. It passed the Assembly and remained in the Senate.
March 8, 2004Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Opposed temporary-release eligibility for specified imprisoned abuse survivors in 2000 and 2002. The bills required substantial abuse by the crime victim to have contributed to the assault or homicide. The later law covered family-member or co-parent victims with safeguards. Assembly tallies were 83–66 and 80–66.
June 19, 2002Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against a criminal-justice package renewing temporary-release and medical-parole provisions and changing investigation commissioners’ terms and pay. The Assembly vote was 88–53.
June 26, 2001Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to adopt uniform interstate child-custody jurisdiction and enforcement rules with emergency protection and safeguards for domestic-violence survivors. The Assembly vote was 149–0.
April 23, 2001Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation granting the attorney general authority to investigate and prosecute criminal misconduct by police officers. The Assembly vote was 86–57.
June 6, 2000Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: nyassembly.gov

Housing Affordability · 12 support

Voted for a 2026 budget allowing senior and disability rent-freeze income ceilings to reach $75,000 and requiring tenant eligibility notices. The Assembly vote was 91–52.
May 27, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a 2026 budget renewing and expanding rehabilitation tax abatements for eligible New York City apartment buildings. The Assembly vote was 119–25.
May 20, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Led a march with Councilmember Susan Zhuang opposing the proposed 86th Street shelter. Advocated permanent affordable housing and support services instead.
March 16, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted to require state-regulated lenders and mortgage servicers to offer mortgage forbearance and repayment options to qualifying homeowners facing COVID-19 financial hardship. The Assembly vote was 111–33.
May 27, 2020Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to protect distressed residential tenants from eviction over rent accrued during the COVID-19 emergency. Landlords retained unpaid-rent judgments. The Assembly vote was 94–50.
May 27, 2020Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to keep covered apartments under rent regulation after vacancies and limit renewal increases for tenants paying below the legal rent ceiling. The Assembly vote was 95–46.
June 14, 2019Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Urged repeal of vacancy decontrol and preferential-rent practices at a housing hearing. Also questioned rent-overcharge handling and verification of claimed improvements.
February 4, 2019Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to create tax-advantaged first-home savings accounts in 2017 and against repealing the program in 2018. The Assembly vote was 94–40.
May 30, 2018Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a capital budget with $250 million for NYCHA repairs addressing heating, mold, lead and other health and safety problems. The Assembly vote was 123–5.
March 30, 2018Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a 2016 package requiring qualifying mortgage servicers to maintain abandoned homes, register them and follow strengthened foreclosure protections. The Assembly vote was 92–24.
June 18, 2016Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a 2014 budget allowing the senior rent-freeze income ceiling to rise from $29,000 to $50,000, with state reimbursement to NYC. The Assembly vote was 115–22.
March 31, 2014Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to replace maximum-base-rent adjustments with annual rent-board rates and repair-violation conditions for covered rent-controlled homes. The Assembly vote was 91–51.
June 13, 2012Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov

Social Programs and Welfare · 26 support

Hosted twice-monthly food distributions with nonprofit partners to provide groceries to district residents.
August 6, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted for Medicaid enrollment assistance for eligible incarcerated people and release of their enrollment documents when leaving custody. The Assembly vote was 96–44.
June 2, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a 2026 budget allowing senior and disability rent-freeze income ceilings to reach $75,000 and requiring tenant eligibility notices. The Assembly vote was 91–52.
May 27, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Introduced legislation for chip-enabled public-benefit cards and state reimbursement of benefits stolen from magnetic-stripe cards before their replacement.
December 19, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Introduced three bills providing free MTA bus fares for full-time undergraduates, New York City high-school students and qualifying seniors.
December 19, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a budget funding free school meals and community-college scholarships for qualifying adults in high-demand fields. It restricted students’ internet-enabled devices during the school day, with exceptions. It limited first-time late-pay damages, strengthened wage collection and raised child-labor penalties. It shortened the strike-related unemployment-benefit suspension to one week and increased maximum benefits, subject to funding conditions. It also narrowed criminal discovery and protected prosecutors’ good-faith compliance certificates, with deadlines and exceptions for challenges. The Assembly vote was 112–37.
May 8, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Challenged Mayor Adams over shelter expansion at a budget hearing, criticizing costs and conditions. Called for services addressing homelessness and mental illness.
February 4, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to remove minimum-earnings requirements for otherwise eligible parents seeking child-care assistance; the governor vetoed the bill. The Assembly vote was 146–0.
June 5, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Led a march with Councilmember Susan Zhuang opposing the proposed 86th Street shelter. Advocated permanent affordable housing and support services instead.
March 16, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted to extend free menstrual-product requirements to nonpublic schools serving grades six through twelve. The Assembly vote was 132–13.
June 8, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to require county social-services districts to accept electronic public-assistance applications and paperwork. The Assembly vote was 101–44.
May 5, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to create a utility-credit donation pool for low-income households. The Assembly vote was 142–2.
April 27, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for allowing public-assistance applicants and recipients to request phone or digital interviews and screenings. The Assembly vote was 104–44.
June 9, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a 2021 budget allocating $2.4 billion in federal child-care funds for provider stabilization, expanded subsidies and lower family copays. The Assembly vote was 109–40.
April 7, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a budget package that raised the maximum standard tuition-assistance award from $5,165 to $5,665 and required discounted low-income broadband plans. The Assembly vote was 127–22.
April 7, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Collected emergency supplies through his office and helped deliver them for shipment to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
November 21, 2017Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted to establish a pilot program providing peer, employment, transportation and case-management support during and after opioid treatment. The Assembly vote was 128–0.
June 19, 2014Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a 2014 budget allowing the senior rent-freeze income ceiling to rise from $29,000 to $50,000, with state reimbursement to NYC. The Assembly vote was 115–22.
March 31, 2014Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to extend World Trade Center disability and death-benefit protections for qualifying NYC education retirees and vested members, and reopen compensation claims. The Assembly vote was 127–0.
June 21, 2013Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Organized a bipartisan request to waive replacement-vehicle registration fees for Hurricane Sandy victims. Separately urged Congress to cover co-ops in disaster aid.
May 16, 2013Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted to count qualifying four-year postsecondary education toward public-assistance work requirements. The Assembly vote was 114–31.
February 12, 2013Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation creating the Justice Center to investigate abuse and neglect of vulnerable people receiving state-regulated care. The Assembly vote was 140–0.
June 20, 2012Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Organized a petition drive opposing cuts to free student MetroCards and collected more than 5,000 signatures.
July 20, 2010Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted for maintaining Medicaid eligibility during incarceration while generally suspending benefits until release. The Assembly vote was 136–11.
June 21, 2007Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to override a veto of emergency drug coverage during Medicare Part D’s rollout. It covered people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. The Assembly vote was 141–0.
February 6, 2006Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the Geriatric Mental Health Act, which established a grant program for older adults’ mental-health care and an interagency planning council. The Assembly vote was 141–1.
June 23, 2005Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov

Public Education Quality · 16 support · 1 oppose

Voted for a budget funding free school meals and community-college scholarships for qualifying adults in high-demand fields. It restricted students’ internet-enabled devices during the school day, with exceptions. It limited first-time late-pay damages, strengthened wage collection and raised child-labor penalties. It shortened the strike-related unemployment-benefit suspension to one week and increased maximum benefits, subject to funding conditions. It also narrowed criminal discovery and protected prosecutors’ good-faith compliance certificates, with deadlines and exceptions for challenges. The Assembly vote was 112–37.
May 8, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a bill requiring gifted classes at larger New York City schools and gifted programs in every district. It used merit-based class entry and district admission exams, with automatic middle-school entry for existing participants. It remained in committee.
January 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nyassembly.gov
Wrote New York City’s schools chancellor urging prompt, equitable distribution of supplemental funding to afterschool programs that had lost state grants.
September 23, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Co-sponsored a bill limiting school suspensions and requiring support services and continued instruction. It remained in committee.
May 31, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nyassembly.gov
Publicly pressed New York City to make more public-school buildings accessible to students with disabilities.
January 31, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted for legislation requiring New York City public schools to phase in smaller class-size caps. The Assembly vote was 147–2.
June 3, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a budget package that raised the maximum standard tuition-assistance award from $5,165 to $5,665 and required discounted low-income broadband plans. The Assembly vote was 127–22.
April 7, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the state DREAM Act, opening state college financial-aid programs to eligible students without lawful immigration status. The Assembly vote was 97–42.
January 23, 2019Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nyassembly.gov
Helped establish the South Brooklyn Coalition for Quality Education, which organized to preserve specialized-school admissions tests and expand gifted education.
August 8, 2018Supports Public Education Quality
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted against a state monitor overseeing East Ramapo’s schools with power to override its school board. The bill stalled in the Senate. The Assembly vote was 80–60.
June 11, 2015Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: nyassembly.gov
Spoke against tying school funding to changes in teacher evaluations at a meeting with District 21 educators.
March 4, 2015Supports Public Education Quality
Source: chalkbeat.org
Voted for a budget with $340 million yearly for full-day prekindergarten in both 2014–15 and 2015–16. New York City received $300 million of that each year. The Assembly vote was 131–7.
March 31, 2014Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to count qualifying four-year postsecondary education toward public-assistance work requirements. The Assembly vote was 114–31.
February 12, 2013Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation extending school anti-bullying protections to electronic harassment and requiring prompt reporting and investigation of bullying complaints. The Assembly vote was 141–0.
June 18, 2012Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the Dignity for All Students Act, requiring schools to prevent and address discrimination and harassment. It covered sexual orientation and gender identity. The Assembly vote was 138–4.
May 17, 2010Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nyassembly.gov
Delivered petitions from District 21 school families urging Governor Pataki to drop the school-funding lawsuit appeal and increase education aid.
February 15, 2005Supports Public Education Quality
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Led a public effort to divide Lafayette High School into three smaller facilities amid reported violence and racial harassment.
June 5, 2004Supports Public Education Quality
Source: brooklynpaper.com

Gun Control · 6 support

Co-sponsored a bill letting judges consider protective-order requests alongside petitions to temporarily remove firearms from people posing serious risks. It remained in committee.
October 21, 2026Supports Gun Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation expanding concealed-carry licensing requirements and restricting firearms in designated sensitive locations. The Assembly vote was 90–52.
July 1, 2022Supports Gun Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to require a license to purchase or take possession of semiautomatic rifles. The Assembly vote was 102–47.
June 2, 2022Supports Gun Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Co-sponsored a bill requiring firearm-shipment manifests, police notices and delivery holds for checks on legal possession. It remained in committee.
January 24, 2013Supports Gun Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the NY SAFE Act, tightening assault-weapon and ammunition-magazine restrictions and expanding background checks for firearm transfers. The Assembly vote was 104–43.
January 15, 2013Supports Gun Control
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against allowing 14- and 15-year-olds to hunt deer and bear with guns under licensed adult supervision and safety conditions. The Assembly vote was 123–15.
June 19, 2008Supports Gun Control
Source: nyassembly.gov

Women's Reproductive Rights · 5 support · 4 oppose

Voted against legislation preserving New York authorization for medication-abortion drugs despite specified federal regulatory changes. The Assembly vote was 94–48.
January 28, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation strengthening New York protections against out-of-state legal actions targeting lawful reproductive or gender-affirming health care. The Assembly vote was 94–50.
June 16, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against allowing medication-abortion prescription labels to substitute health-care practice names or addresses for individual provider names, with patient notification. The Assembly vote was 96–51.
March 5, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a budget requiring paid milk-expression breaks and funding abortion-care grants. It added eviction protections for covered rentals. It also created housing tax breaks for qualifying conversions and construction, with affordability and labor conditions. It allowed larger, permanent rent increases for qualifying apartment improvements, with documentation and oversight. The Assembly vote was 93–53.
April 20, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to advance constitutional protections against discrimination based on sex, reproductive health, sexual orientation, gender identity and other characteristics. The Assembly vote was 95–45.
July 1, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against moving abortion regulation into public-health law. The bill allowed later abortions when fetal viability was absent or the patient’s life or health was at risk. The Assembly vote was 95–49.
January 22, 2019Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Supported workplace protections for reproductive-health decisions in 2017, opposed the same bill in 2018, then backed the 2019 law. Assembly tallies were 103–39, 102–34 and 105–33, respectively.
January 22, 2019Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against the Women’s Equality Act package combining pay, discrimination, trafficking-victim, domestic-violence and abortion changes. It stalled in the Senate. The Assembly vote was 88–43.
January 27, 2014Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation prohibiting force, threats, obstruction and property damage intended to interfere with access to reproductive-health services. The Assembly vote was 117–32.
January 25, 1999Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov

Election Integrity · 1 support

Opposed letting courts order new elections after proven vote-altering fraud or errors in 2007, then supported the same bill in 2008. The Assembly vote was 122–14.
May 21, 2008Supports Election Integrity
Source: nyassembly.gov

Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose

Voted to create tax-advantaged first-home savings accounts in 2017 and against repealing the program in 2018. The Assembly vote was 94–40.
May 30, 2018Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against legislation exempting New York State residents from New York City’s commuter earnings tax. The Assembly vote was 92–49.
May 17, 1999Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: nyassembly.gov

Data Privacy · 4 support · 4 oppose

Introduced legislation for chip-enabled public-benefit cards and state reimbursement of benefits stolen from magnetic-stripe cards before their replacement.
December 19, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to extend identity-theft protections to medical and health-insurance information. The Assembly vote was 145–0.
January 28, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for I-STOP, creating a prescription-monitoring registry and requiring covered prescribers to check patients’ controlled-substance histories. The Assembly vote was 140–0.
June 11, 2012Opposes Data Privacy
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation expanding DNA collection from convicted offenders and access to DNA testing to challenge convictions. The Assembly vote was 135–4.
March 15, 2012Opposes Data Privacy
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against a ban on electronically storing identities after New York City police stops ending without further legal action. The Assembly vote was 85–55.
June 29, 2010Opposes Data Privacy
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for electronic controlled-substance prescriptions and interstate prescription-data sharing in 2009, then against the same bill in 2010. The Assembly vote was 136–3.
March 8, 2010Supports Data Privacy
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for E-STOP, requiring registered sex offenders to report online identifiers and restricting specified offenders’ use of social-networking services. The Assembly vote was 142–0.
April 14, 2008Opposes Data Privacy
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to establish state-agency internet privacy notices, consent rules and access to users' personal information. The Assembly vote was 140–0.
June 21, 2001Supports Data Privacy
Source: nyassembly.gov

Civil Rights · 25 support · 7 oppose

Co-sponsored a bill protecting people from civil arrest at polling places without a judicial warrant, with specified exceptions. It did not pass.
October 21, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Launched a petition campaign with other local leaders urging the MTA to install more subway elevators in southwest Brooklyn.
September 14, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: bkreader.com
Voted against broader attorney-general civil-rights enforcement, access to crime-gun data and confidentiality for civil-investigation information. The Assembly vote was 88–47.
June 17, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation strengthening New York protections against out-of-state legal actions targeting lawful reproductive or gender-affirming health care. The Assembly vote was 94–50.
June 16, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against requiring a gender-neutral shared bathroom in state-owned buildings when no single-occupancy bathroom was available. The Assembly vote was 89–60.
March 26, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a bill requiring Russian interpreters at qualifying New York City polling sites with five-percent Russian-speaking populations. It remained in committee.
January 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against requiring municipalities to offer a gender “X” option when collecting gender or sex information. The Assembly vote was 97–48.
June 3, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Publicly pressed New York City to make more public-school buildings accessible to students with disabilities.
January 31, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Submitted comments urging preservation of Assembly District 47 boundaries, citing neighborhood ties and risks to Asian voters’ representation.
March 6, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyirc.gov
Voted to advance constitutional protections against discrimination based on sex, reproductive health, sexual orientation, gender identity and other characteristics. The Assembly vote was 95–45.
July 1, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the Green Light Law, allowing qualified applicants to obtain noncommercial driver’s licenses without proving lawful U.S. immigration status. The Assembly vote was 87–61.
June 12, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Supported workplace protections for reproductive-health decisions in 2017, opposed the same bill in 2018, then backed the 2019 law. Assembly tallies were 103–39, 102–34 and 105–33, respectively.
January 22, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation prohibiting gender-identity and gender-expression discrimination in employment, housing, education and public accommodations. The Assembly vote was 105–43.
January 15, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation making conversion therapy on minors professional misconduct for covered mental-health professionals. The Assembly vote was 141–7.
January 15, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation establishing nine days of early in-person voting before New York elections. The Assembly vote was 110–33.
January 14, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a budget package requiring sexual-harassment prevention policies and annual workplace training, protecting contractors, and restricting mandatory arbitration and confidentiality clauses. The Assembly vote was 106–26.
March 30, 2018Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a constitutional amendment allowing seventeen-year-olds who reached eighteen by the general election to vote in the presidential primary. The Assembly vote was 94–37.
May 17, 2017Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to apply public-accommodation discrimination protections to government-operated facilities and strengthen disability-access requirements. The Assembly vote was 140–0.
May 11, 2015Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to require reasonable workplace accommodations for pregnancy-related conditions. The Assembly vote was 144–0.
May 5, 2015Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against the Women’s Equality Act package combining pay, discrimination, trafficking-victim, domestic-violence and abortion changes. It stalled in the Senate. The Assembly vote was 88–43.
January 27, 2014Opposes Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation extending school anti-bullying protections to electronic harassment and requiring prompt reporting and investigation of bullying complaints. The Assembly vote was 141–0.
June 18, 2012Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against marriage-equality legislation in June 2011 and against its companion religious-exemption amendment. The Assembly vote was 83–51.
June 24, 2011Opposes Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against allowing two unmarried adult intimate partners to adopt a child together. The Assembly vote was 95–44.
July 1, 2010Opposes Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights, extending overtime pay, rest days and protections against harassment to covered domestic workers. The Assembly vote was 104–39.
July 1, 2010Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the Dignity for All Students Act, requiring schools to prevent and address discrimination and harassment. It covered sexual orientation and gender identity. The Assembly vote was 138–4.
May 17, 2010Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a law requiring Russian-language New York City election-board website information and a citywide booklet on registration and absentee voting.
July 28, 2009Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to allow military and overseas federal voters to request ballots by fax or email and to make extended ballot-receipt rules permanent. The Assembly vote was 143–0.
June 15, 2009Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against protecting absentee ballots from rejection solely for customary titles, initials or abbreviations in names or addresses. The Assembly vote was 81–63.
March 23, 2009Opposes Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to add unauthorized noose displays used for racist intimidation to first-degree aggravated harassment. The Assembly vote was 140–1.
January 28, 2008Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Joined a letter asking New York City’s Board of Elections to advertise the February presidential primary in additional languages.
January 10, 2008Supports Civil Rights
Source: vote.nyc
Sponsored the law making unauthorized swastika markings and public cross burnings felony harassment when used to harass, threaten or alarm. It required discriminatory intent.
June 7, 2006Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation prohibiting sexual-orientation discrimination in employment, housing, education and public accommodations. The Assembly vote was 113–27.
January 28, 2002Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov

Corporate Accountability · 24 support · 3 oppose

Voted against requiring hospitals to disclose policy-based limits on care and the state to publish those limits; the governor vetoed the bill. The Assembly vote was 94–51.
June 11, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to make utilities reimburse qualifying customer groups’ costs in rate proceedings. The Assembly passed it 99–46.
June 10, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for revised climate fund rules requiring major fossil fuel producers to pay for adaptation based on historical emissions. The Assembly vote was 97–48.
February 24, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for requiring repair parts and information for covered newer electronics, with exemptions for vehicles, medical devices and other equipment. The Assembly vote was 143–0.
January 31, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Supported requiring foreclosure plaintiffs to maintain vacant or owner-abandoned homes, including tenant-occupied properties, and backed entry safeguards. The Assembly vote was 100–41.
March 7, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for explicit liability for unpaid wages, benefits and wage supplements under state wage-payment law. The Assembly vote was 138–10.
June 2, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to require state-regulated lenders and mortgage servicers to offer mortgage forbearance and repayment options to qualifying homeowners facing COVID-19 financial hardship. The Assembly vote was 111–33.
May 27, 2020Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to extend emergency price-gouging protections to essential medical supplies and other goods and services vital to public health. The Assembly vote was 141–3.
May 27, 2020Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Held a press conference over National Grid’s refusal of new gas connections. Asked state regulators to investigate and order it stopped.
September 27, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted to let municipalities compel lenders to complete foreclosure proceedings or discharge mortgages on legally abandoned properties. The Assembly vote was 122–24.
June 20, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Urged repeal of vacancy decontrol and preferential-rent practices at a housing hearing. Also questioned rent-overcharge handling and verification of claimed improvements.
February 4, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against a ticket-resale package requiring total-price disclosures, warnings about speculative sales, and consumer refunds while extending the existing resale framework. The Assembly vote was 141–2.
June 20, 2018Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for a 2016 package requiring qualifying mortgage servicers to maintain abandoned homes, register them and follow strengthened foreclosure protections. The Assembly vote was 92–24.
June 18, 2016Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to strengthen wage-theft penalties and make an LLC’s ten largest owners personally liable for unpaid employee compensation. The Assembly vote was 124–11.
June 19, 2014Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to require covered health plans to provide substance-use treatment benefits on parity with medical care and expedite inpatient coverage appeals. The Assembly vote was 128–0.
June 19, 2014Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a bill giving actuarially justified home-insurance discounts after certified safety and loss-prevention courses. It passed the Assembly and went to the Senate.
May 12, 2014Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Wrote to federal energy regulators opposing proposed electricity-rate increases for households and businesses.
June 2, 2011Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted for the Wage Theft Prevention Act, strengthening wage notices, repayment remedies and retaliation protections. The Assembly passed it 89–42.
November 30, 2010Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against a ticket-resale law banning automated purchasing software and requiring transferable alternatives to restricted paperless tickets. The Assembly vote was 120–18.
July 1, 2010Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for the law making electronics manufacturers fund collection and recycling, with free service for most consumers. The Assembly passed it 86–47.
May 28, 2010Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Wrote the state tax commissioner urging recovery of unpaid taxes from Lehman Brothers.
April 19, 2010Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted for legislation requiring covered retail stores to collect plastic carryout bags for recycling and offer reusable bags. The Assembly vote was 136–7.
June 24, 2008Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored the phone-recycling law requiring retailers to accept up to ten used phones free or provide free recycling-program shipping.
September 13, 2006Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a law strengthening apparel-industry oversight with ownership disclosures, labor-law penalties and confiscation from repeat violators.
August 16, 2006Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to let newly activated service members cancel otherwise uncovered goods-or-services rental contracts without penalties when military orders made performance impossible. The Assembly vote was 142–0.
June 20, 2006Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against raising the maximum monthly interest rate on pawn loans from 3% to 4%. The Assembly vote was 122–12.
June 16, 2005Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for legislation including limited liability companies among employers covered by wage-payment and minimum-wage laws. The Assembly vote was 145–0.
June 20, 2002Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov

Public Infrastructure · 6 support

Launched a petition campaign with other local leaders urging the MTA to install more subway elevators in southwest Brooklyn.
September 14, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: bkreader.com
Held a press conference over National Grid’s refusal of new gas connections. Asked state regulators to investigate and order it stopped.
September 27, 2019Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted to submit a forest-preserve amendment permitting limited safety projects, roadside utilities and bicycle paths with land-replacement conditions. The Assembly vote was 131–0.
June 28, 2017Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nyassembly.gov
Collected petition signatures, wrote to the MTA, and requested meetings seeking alternatives for N-train riders affected by station closures during renovations.
May 3, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Sent the MTA a letter requesting weekday limited-stop B1 bus service to address crowding and delays.
June 8, 2015Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: bklyner.com
Collected petitions and requested federal Justice Department intervention over cuts to the B64 and B82 bus routes in southwest Brooklyn.
June 12, 2012Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: assembly.ny.gov

General · 85 records

Received the Civil Service Employees Association’s endorsement for the 2026 Assembly general election.
October 21, 2026
Source: cseany.org
Received New York State United Teachers’ endorsement for the 2026 Assembly general election.
October 21, 2026
Source: nysut.org
Received Communications Workers of America District 1’s endorsement for the 2026 Assembly election.
October 21, 2026
Source: cwad1.org
Received the New York City District Council of Carpenters’ endorsement for the 2026 Assembly election.
October 21, 2026
Source: nycdistrictcouncil.com
Received the New York State AFL-CIO’s endorsement for the 2026 Assembly general election.
October 21, 2026
Source: nysaflcio.org
Received District Council 37’s endorsement for the 2026 Assembly general election.
October 19, 2026
Source: dc37.net
Received NYLCV Gives Green’s endorsement for the 2026 Assembly election.
June 4, 2026
Source: nylcv.org
Urged repeal of New York City’s deadline for replacing solid storefront gates. Backed replacement only when a gate otherwise needed replacing.
May 22, 2026
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Sponsored a bill requiring 30 days’ notice to affected lawmakers before major New York City Transit service changes. It passed the Assembly and remained in the Senate.
February 24, 2026
Source: nyassembly.gov
Received 1199SEIU’s endorsement for the 2026 Assembly election.
February 7, 2026
Source: 1199seiu.org
Opposed the 2025 law authorizing medical aid in dying for eligible terminally ill adults requesting self-administered medication. Also opposed its 2026 amendment adding mandatory mental-health evaluations and other safeguards. Assembly tallies were 81–67 and 83–62.
February 4, 2026
Source: nyassembly.gov
Opposed expanding court-ordered construction access to neighboring properties in 2025. Also opposed a 2026 amendment broadening state-agency exemptions and revising insurance protections. The Assembly vote was 139–2.
January 28, 2026
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against lifting limits on other city referendums when a charter commission placed a question on the ballot. The governor vetoed it. The Assembly vote was 89–56.
June 10, 2025
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to add no-fault legal separation and shorten separation-based divorce waiting periods to six months. The Assembly vote was 143–4.
March 24, 2025
Source: nyassembly.gov
Endorsed Andrew Cuomo for mayor in the 2025 New York City election.
March 18, 2025
Source: bkreader.com
Voted to authorize cannabis showcase permits in 2024, then opposed a 2025 amendment that changed retailer, cultivator, and processor requirements. The Assembly vote was 96–53.
March 11, 2025
Source: nyassembly.gov
Supported classifying cannabis as an agricultural crop in 2023, then opposed the same bill in 2024. Also opposed its licensed-cultivation amendment in 2025. The Assembly vote was 134–13.
January 21, 2025
Source: nyassembly.gov
Received Asian Wave Alliance’s endorsement for the 2024 Assembly general election.
October 24, 2024
Source: asianwavealliance.org
Received the New York State Nurses Association’s endorsement for the 2024 Assembly general election.
October 21, 2024
Source: nysna.org
Started a petition and wrote the sanitation commissioner seeking free distribution of New York City’s required new trash bins.
October 11, 2024
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted to create an insurance program for commuter vans and other hired passenger vehicles. It passed 143–2 and was vetoed.
June 5, 2024
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for state demographic reporting on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, with progress reports when agencies were unable to comply. The Assembly vote was 96–48.
February 5, 2024
Source: nyassembly.gov
Launched a petition opposing removal of statues of Columbus, Jefferson and Washington under a proposed City Council public-art policy.
September 27, 2023
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Sponsored the law making Asian Lunar New Year a statewide public-school holiday.
September 9, 2023
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to allow full-time or part-time appointments in state disability and disabled-veteran hiring programs. The Assembly vote was 146–0.
May 15, 2023
Source: nyassembly.gov
Endorsed Susan Zhuang for New York City Council District 43 in the 2023 election.
January 5, 2023
Source: brooklynpaper.com
Presented $1 million in state capital funding to South Brooklyn Health for six echocardiogram machines.
December 14, 2022
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Presented petitions opposing the proposed Bath Avenue and Kings Highway homeless shelters at a meeting with the city’s social-services commissioner.
November 28, 2022
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Provided a $250,000 Assembly grant to the Federation of Italian American Organizations of Brooklyn for a senior-center kitchen at IlCentro.
November 28, 2022
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Received Teamsters Joint Council 16’s endorsement for the 2022 Assembly general election.
November 2, 2022
Source: teamsters.nyc
Voted to authorize Green CHIPS semiconductor tax credits with job, investment, wage and sustainability conditions. The Assembly vote was 140–4.
June 4, 2022
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against authorizing regulated facilities to convert human remains into soil through natural organic reduction. The Assembly vote was 98–52.
June 1, 2022
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to allow state minority- and women-owned business loans to refinance debt with unreasonable terms. The Assembly vote was 148–0.
May 24, 2022
Source: nyassembly.gov
Signed a letter urging the state comptroller to divest investments in Russian state-owned and sanctioned assets following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
March 3, 2022
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Helped provide a $2 million state grant to renovate Marlboro Houses’ recreation area. Joined its reopening with Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz.
August 14, 2021
Source: nyc.gov
Voted for revised Asian and Pacific Islander subgroup reporting after opposing earlier bills that included birthplace data. The Assembly vote was 114–35.
June 10, 2021
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sent primary-election mailers endorsing Nino Magali and Yuzef Zlobinskiy for Brooklyn Democratic county-committee seats and describing their challengers as outsiders.
November 19, 2020
Source: bklyner.com
Sponsored legislation requiring a state study of electric and gas time-of-use rate plans; it passed both houses and was vetoed.
November 11, 2020
Source: nyassembly.gov
Shared a post equating Black Lives Matter with the Ku Klux Klan. Then said he did not consider Black Lives Matter a hate group.
August 14, 2020
Source: brooklynpaper.com
Co-sponsored a constitutional proposal expanding the Legislature’s power to change governors’ budget bills. It did not pass that session.
July 17, 2020
Source: nyassembly.gov
Endorsed Bernadette Neckles for Kings County Civil Court judge in the 2019 Democratic primary.
June 12, 2019
Source: caribbeanlife.com
Spoke at a Community Board 11 meeting opposing a proposed Bath Avenue drug-treatment clinic location near schools and other community facilities.
April 12, 2019
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Sent the MTA a letter and neighborhood petitions opposing the B82 plan’s bus-only lanes and loss of parking along Kings Highway.
July 17, 2018
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted against widening access to tax benefits for businesses affiliated with state-designated incubators and revising incubator grant rules. The Assembly vote was 133–3.
June 5, 2018
Source: nyassembly.gov
Taught in New York City public schools and served as a United Federation of Teachers chapter leader before his legislative career.
May 3, 2016
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Publicly opposed police officer Peter Liang’s manslaughter indictment and conviction, describing the fatal shooting as an accident.
May 3, 2016
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted against legalizing and regulating professional mixed martial arts events in New York. The Assembly vote was 114–26.
March 22, 2016
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against extending peace-officer authority for state mental-health security hospital treatment assistants from specified patient transports to their broader work duties. The Assembly vote was 124–13.
June 18, 2014
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted to join a compact awarding presidential electors to the national popular-vote winner once member states held an electoral-vote majority. It passed 102–33.
March 25, 2014
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored the law exempting returning service members’ out-of-state vehicle purchases from New York sales and use tax. Another state’s qualifying tax had to be paid.
December 18, 2013
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a law creating a voluntary veteran-speaker program that connected schools with veterans who discussed their military experiences.
July 31, 2013
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against allowing sales of unused Hudson River Park development rights to nearby properties. Pier 40 proceeds were prioritized for repairs. The Assembly vote was 135–7.
June 20, 2013
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against setting a December 2014 deadline for state LNG and petroleum-gas facility-siting and transportation regulations. The Assembly vote was 132–10.
June 20, 2013
Source: nyassembly.gov
Endorsed John Liu for mayor in the 2013 New York City election.
May 26, 2013
Source: chinanews.com
Co-founded the Bensonhurst Tenants Council and the Bensonhurst Straphangers Committee.
May 16, 2013
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Was appointed majority whip of the New York State Assembly for the 2013–2014 session.
January 24, 2013
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
Sponsored a bill removing voter-registration lists from jury-selection sources while retaining other resident lists. It remained in committee.
January 9, 2013
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sponsored a bill requiring reports on international trade agreements’ effects on jobs, businesses and state regulatory powers. It passed the Assembly and remained in the Senate.
June 20, 2012
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against authorizing local governments to create nonprofit land banks to acquire, manage, and redevelop vacant, abandoned, or tax-delinquent properties. The Assembly vote was 130–11.
June 17, 2011
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against authorizing the transfer of Midtown Manhattan parkland for a United Nations consolidation project, subject to replacement-park conditions. The Assembly vote was 107–31.
June 17, 2011
Source: nyassembly.gov
Sent letters and organized petitions opposing a Gravesend school-rezoning plan that shifted children from P.S. 97 toward P.S. 215; the education department shelved the plan.
June 2, 2011
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Co-sponsored a bill allowing new governors to replace governor-appointed public-authority board members without cause during their first 180 days. It remained in committee.
January 12, 2011
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for no-fault divorce after at least six months of irretrievable marital breakdown, with financial and child-related issues resolved before judgment. The Assembly vote was 120–20.
July 1, 2010
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against authorizing crossbow hunting during specified big-game seasons, with equipment and hunter-training requirements. The Assembly vote was 126–13.
June 29, 2010
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against requiring advance written instructions for frozen embryos, sperm or eggs. The bill covered death, divorce and unpaid storage fees. The Assembly vote was 104–36.
March 3, 2010
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against the 2009 renewal of NYC mayoral school control, a package adding parent councils, public review and audit powers. The Assembly vote was 129–18.
June 17, 2009
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against increasing New York City’s local sales-tax rate from 4% to 4.5% as part of a package changing sales-tax rules and exemptions. The Assembly vote was 96–51.
June 16, 2009
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against authorizing a Manhattan recyclables marine-transfer station on Gansevoort Peninsula parkland, subject to environmental review and park-improvement conditions. The Assembly vote was 91–48.
June 24, 2008
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against an insurance package permitting up to 5% annual auto-rate adjustments without prior approval and expanding coastal property-insurance access. The Assembly vote was 111–33.
June 24, 2008
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted for written-consent and disposal-directive rules for frozen embryos and reproductive cells in 2007, then against the same bill in 2008. The Assembly vote was 112–30.
March 19, 2008
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against increasing life insurers’ permitted foreign investments from 9% to 16% of admitted assets. The Assembly vote was 111–28.
March 17, 2008
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against making permanent insurers’ authority to use regulated derivative transactions. The Assembly vote was 131–12.
March 3, 2008
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against shortening the separation period for certain divorces to three months and requiring consideration of lost health insurance in divorce settlements. The Assembly vote was 88–53.
June 6, 2007
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against eliminating ticket-resale price caps in a bill that also required refunds for canceled events and invalid tickets. The Assembly vote was 106–36.
May 29, 2007
Source: nyassembly.gov
Helped establish a lifeguard-training program at New Utrecht High School through an agreement with the Parks Department.
July 20, 2006
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted against retail price-accuracy inspections and allowing shelf tags instead of individual item prices. The bill preserved existing local pricing rules. The Assembly vote was 94–48.
June 21, 2006
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against requiring the removal of unused eastbound toll booths approaching the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The Assembly vote was 114–8.
June 24, 2005
Source: nyassembly.gov
Signed a bipartisan letter urging Governor Pataki to make the sales-tax exemption for clothing and footwear under $110 permanent.
February 3, 2005
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Voted against a St. Regis Mohawk gaming compact amendment granting regional slot-machine exclusivity in exchange for revenue sharing with the state. The Assembly vote was 83–63.
June 23, 2004
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against a bill banning reproductive cloning while preserving therapeutic cloning and stem-cell research. The Assembly vote was 96–44.
June 17, 2004
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against allowing rental-car damage waivers and expanding renters’ damage liability, in a package with price caps, disclosures and claim protections. The Assembly vote was 103–34.
June 20, 2002
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against giving New York City’s mayor most city school-board appointments and broader school-governance powers. The Assembly vote was 139–5.
June 10, 2002
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against setting a $3.30 hourly cash-wage floor for tipped food-service workers, with tips required to bring total pay up to the state minimum wage. The Assembly vote was 119–21.
March 30, 2000
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against legislation taxing prepaid telephone calling services and requiring calling-card fee disclosures, customer service and refunds for failed service. The Assembly vote was 83–61.
August 5, 1999
Source: nyassembly.gov
Voted against optional discounted auto-insurance policies requiring insurer-approved repair shops, paired with repair guarantees and claim-dispute arbitration. The Assembly vote was 76–71.
May 24, 1999
Source: nyassembly.gov

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