Khaleel M. Anderson
Democratic · NY · New York State Assemblymember, District 31
Queens assemblymember and longtime community organizer with experience in civic leadership and urban agriculture, focused on food security, disaster preparedness, housing, transportation, healthcare, education, and environmental justice.
Where Khaleel M. Anderson stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (4 records), Environment and Public Health (4 records), Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record),
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 4 support
Launched the first Barber Shop Talk event in a program providing culturally responsive mental-health education, peer support, and referrals through Southeast Queens barbershops.
April 24, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: qns.com · researched September 12, 2026
Voted with the Assembly majority to pass the 2021-22 state budget, including rent relief, school aid, child-care funding, excluded-worker assistance, NYCHA capital funding, gun-violence prevention, and Medicaid restoration.
April 9, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Co-signed a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo seeking vaccination priority for residents of communities surrounding the Aqueduct Racetrack mass-vaccination site.
March 3, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Participated in AARP New York's Queens virtual legislative forum on nursing homes, family caregiving, prescription-drug affordability, and financial security.
December 14, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 4 support
Toured communities damaged by Winter Storm Elliott with Governor Kathy Hochul and other elected officials to assess flooding and storm impacts.
December 24, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: qns.com · researched September 12, 2026
Won Assembly passage of his prime-sponsored A7084-A authorizing New York City parkland changes needed to construct a storm sewer.
June 10, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Co-signed a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo seeking vaccination priority for residents of communities surrounding the Aqueduct Racetrack mass-vaccination site.
March 3, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Made an unannounced statutory oversight visit to Green Haven Correctional Facility to inspect living conditions and compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols.
February 8, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 support
Won Assembly passage of his prime-sponsored A7324-A directing a study of pandemic impacts on underbanked communities, small businesses, and minority- and women-owned enterprises seeking loans.
June 10, 2021Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Questioned an Office of Cannabis Management representative during an Assembly hearing on banking access for New York's cannabis industry.
May 11, 2023Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined Queens Borough President Donovan Richards's transition team to advise on borough policies and initiatives.
January 19, 2021Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 7 support
Won Assembly passage of his prime-sponsored Francesco's Law, establishing stronger firearm safe-storage requirements around minors and prohibited persons.
June 11, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: assembly.state.ny.us · researched September 12, 2026
Joined legislators, advocates, and affected New Yorkers at a Capitol rally for compensation and stronger security for victims of stolen SNAP benefits.
February 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Saw his School Anti-Violence Education Act signed into law, expanding grant eligibility for trauma support, counseling, and youth anti-violence programs.
November 26, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: governor.ny.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Saw his crime-victim notification legislation signed into law as Chapter 518, requiring next-of-kin notice about available awards and services.
November 22, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: assembly.state.ny.us · researched September 12, 2026
Secured unanimous Assembly passage of his School Anti-Violence Education Act, A4917-D, making trauma support and anti-violence education eligible for state prevention grants.
June 5, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Secured Assembly passage of his prime-sponsored crime-victim notification bill, A4973-A, requiring police procedures to tell next of kin about compensation and support services.
May 23, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: assembly.state.ny.us · researched September 12, 2026
Participated in the ribbon cutting that opened the Queens Community Justice Center's new Far Rockaway office and highlighted its youth and community resources.
November 17, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: qns.com · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 3 support
Created a Legislative Advisory Council with working groups focused on food apartheid, housing insecurity, and structural violence.
December 1, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Led a State Capitol rally seeking billions in capital and operating funds for NYCHA and other public-housing authorities.
March 12, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: assembly.state.ny.us · researched September 12, 2026
Voted with the Assembly majority to pass the 2021-22 state budget, including rent relief, school aid, child-care funding, excluded-worker assistance, NYCHA capital funding, gun-violence prevention, and Medicaid restoration.
April 9, 2021Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 5 support
Joined legislators, advocates, and affected New Yorkers at a Capitol rally for compensation and stronger security for victims of stolen SNAP benefits.
February 12, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Was appointed chair of the Assembly Task Force on Food, Farm and Nutrition Policy.
January 17, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Created a Legislative Advisory Council with working groups focused on food apartheid, housing insecurity, and structural violence.
December 1, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Voted with the Assembly majority to pass the 2021-22 state budget, including rent relief, school aid, child-care funding, excluded-worker assistance, NYCHA capital funding, gun-violence prevention, and Medicaid restoration.
April 9, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Participated in AARP New York's Queens virtual legislative forum on nursing homes, family caregiving, prescription-drug affordability, and financial security.
December 14, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 4 support
Saw his School Anti-Violence Education Act signed into law, expanding grant eligibility for trauma support, counseling, and youth anti-violence programs.
November 26, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: governor.ny.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Secured unanimous Assembly passage of his School Anti-Violence Education Act, A4917-D, making trauma support and anti-violence education eligible for state prevention grants.
June 5, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Helped pass legislation extending special-education services for eligible students with individualized education programs through age 23 after pandemic disruptions.
June 10, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Voted with the Assembly majority to pass the 2021-22 state budget, including rent relief, school aid, child-care funding, excluded-worker assistance, NYCHA capital funding, gun-violence prevention, and Medicaid restoration.
April 9, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 2 support
Saw Francesco's Law pass the Senate after its Assembly passage, completing passage by both legislative chambers.
June 2, 2026Supports Gun Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won Assembly passage of his prime-sponsored Francesco's Law, establishing stronger firearm safe-storage requirements around minors and prohibited persons.
June 11, 2025Supports Gun Control
Source: assembly.state.ny.us · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 support
Helped pass the HALT Solitary Confinement Act, limiting segregated confinement and creating therapeutic and rehabilitative alternatives.
June 10, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Made an unannounced statutory oversight visit to Green Haven Correctional Facility to inspect living conditions and compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols.
February 8, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 2 support
Questioned an Office of Cannabis Management representative during an Assembly hearing on banking access for New York's cannabis industry.
May 11, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won Assembly passage of his prime-sponsored A7324-A directing a study of pandemic impacts on underbanked communities, small businesses, and minority- and women-owned enterprises seeking loans.
June 10, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 5 support
Co-hosted an MTA town hall explaining service alternatives and taking resident questions about the planned 17-week A-train shutdown to the Rockaways.
November 7, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: rockawaytimes.com · researched September 12, 2026
Joined local officials to announce the MTA's extension of the discounted CityTicket fare to the Far Rockaway Long Island Rail Road station.
May 4, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nyc.streetsblog.org · researched September 12, 2026
Rode local buses with constituents and rallied with Riders Alliance for six-minute bus service and greater transit investment in Southeast Queens.
January 19, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: qns.com · researched September 12, 2026
Toured communities damaged by Winter Storm Elliott with Governor Kathy Hochul and other elected officials to assess flooding and storm impacts.
December 24, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: qns.com · researched September 12, 2026
Won Assembly passage of his prime-sponsored A7084-A authorizing New York City parkland changes needed to construct a storm sewer.
June 10, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Endorsed Brad Lander for New York City mayor, citing Lander's record and affordability agenda.
March 25, 2025
Source: amsterdamnews.com · researched September 12, 2026
Received the New York League of Conservation Voters' endorsement for reelection to Assembly District 31.
March 11, 2022
Source: nylcv.org · researched September 12, 2026
Was sworn in as the New York State Assembly member for District 31.
November 12, 2020
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Race Khaleel M. Anderson is in:
- Member of the Assembly, District 31 · November 3, 2026 · Assembly District 31; New York · incumbent
Profile last researched September 12, 2026.