Sienna M. Fontaine
Working Families · NY
Co-executive director of Make the Road New York and former general counsel. She previously litigated public-benefits cases at Bronx Legal Services and built a medical-legal partnership with Montefiore clinics.
Where Sienna M. Fontaine stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records), Housing Affordability (1 record), Civil Rights (9 records)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Testified to the New York City Council for a $25 million rapid-response legal fund, $5 million more for worker-protection enforcement, doubling adult-literacy funding to $24 million, and expanded health initiatives.
March 5, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: citymeetings.nyc · researched September 12, 2026
Testified to the New York City Council for fiscal 2022 funding for immigrant health and food services, worker protections, deportation defense, and adult literacy and internet access.
March 8, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined the legal team that sued Amazon for Staten Island warehouse workers and household members, seeking safer COVID-19 practices and compliance with New York workplace and paid-sick-leave law.
June 3, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: publicjustice.net · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Testified to the New York City Council Finance Committee urging reversal of proposed cuts to immigration legal aid, worker-protection enforcement, schools, health services, and adult education amid $3.3 billion in additional city revenue.
March 4, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyc.legistar.com · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 9 support
Submitted a sworn declaration in Make the Road New York's expedited-removal challenge, documenting courthouse detentions, disrupted legal services, and barriers immigrants faced in proving two years of U.S. presence.
June 10, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: acludc.org · researched September 12, 2026
Submitted a sworn declaration in a federal challenge to a new immigrant-registration rule, documenting risks and uncertainty for Make the Road New York members with pending U-visa, DACA, adjustment, and other immigration matters.
March 31, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: kennedyhumanrights.org · researched September 12, 2026
Testified to the New York City Council for a $25 million rapid-response legal fund, $5 million more for worker-protection enforcement, doubling adult-literacy funding to $24 million, and expanded health initiatives.
March 5, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: citymeetings.nyc · researched September 12, 2026
Submitted a declaration describing Make the Road New York members whose children risked losing birthright citizenship under Executive Order 14160; the federal court cited the declaration when granting a preliminary injunction.
February 11, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: govinfo.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Testified to the New York City Council Finance Committee urging reversal of proposed cuts to immigration legal aid, worker-protection enforcement, schools, health services, and adult education amid $3.3 billion in additional city revenue.
March 4, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyc.legistar.com · researched September 12, 2026
Served as Make the Road New York co-counsel in a Freedom of Information Act suit over the federal public-charge rule; the 2022 settlement provided a new set of government records and attorney fees.
May 18, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: ccrjustice.org · researched September 12, 2026
Testified to the New York City Council for fiscal 2022 funding for immigrant health and food services, worker protections, deportation defense, and adult literacy and internet access.
March 8, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Represented Carol Puerto after HRA wrongly reduced her public assistance; the city vacated the sanction, restored full and retroactive benefits, and fixed her address, while the appellate court later rejected part of the broader notice challenge.
June 9, 2016Supports Civil Rights
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Represented Jose Cruz in a public-benefits case where the court declared that HRA violated state law by scheduling mandatory appointments during known work hours and refusing evidence from an adult representative; the court ordered HRA to accommodate his schedule and representative.
November 12, 2013Supports Civil Rights
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Supported a New York City Council contracting-reform package that would release 80% of contract funds upfront and increase transparency, arguing that chronic payment delays jeopardized nonprofit legal, health, and education services.
April 30, 2025
Source: council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 5 favorable
Submitted a declaration describing Make the Road New York members whose children risked losing birthright citizenship under Executive Order 14160; the federal court cited the declaration when granting a preliminary injunction.
February 11, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: govinfo.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Served as Make the Road New York co-counsel in a Freedom of Information Act suit over the federal public-charge rule; the 2022 settlement provided a new set of government records and attorney fees.
May 18, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: ccrjustice.org · researched September 12, 2026
Joined the legal team that sued Amazon for Staten Island warehouse workers and household members, seeking safer COVID-19 practices and compliance with New York workplace and paid-sick-leave law.
June 3, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: publicjustice.net · researched September 12, 2026
Represented Carol Puerto after HRA wrongly reduced her public assistance; the city vacated the sanction, restored full and retroactive benefits, and fixed her address, while the appellate court later rejected part of the broader notice challenge.
June 9, 2016Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Represented Jose Cruz in a public-benefits case where the court declared that HRA violated state law by scheduling mandatory appointments during known work hours and refusing evidence from an adult representative; the court ordered HRA to accommodate his schedule and representative.
November 12, 2013Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: nycourts.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
Filed her required 2025 candidate financial-disclosure statement on July 28, 2026; the New York State ethics commission records the filing on its candidates' delinquent-filings page.
July 28, 2026
Source: ethics.ny.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Race Sienna M. Fontaine is in:
- New York County Justice of the Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District · November 3, 2026 · New York County, New York
Profile last researched September 12, 2026.