Jeffrey Dinowitz
Democratic · NY · New York State Assemblymember, District 81
Bronx assemblymember and Codes Committee chair, formerly a state administrative law judge, focused on public-school funding, tenant and homeowner protections, mass transit, and climate action.
Where Jeffrey Dinowitz stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (3 records), Reduce Wealth Gap (3 records), Labor Rights (1 record),
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support
Worked with other Bronx officials and the Riverdale Main Streets Alliance to persuade the Skyview Shopping Center's manager to retain a full-service grocery tenant, resulting in Fine Fare Fresh agreeing to replace the closed Key Food.
February 6, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: assembly.ny.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of the Climate Change Superfund Act, requiring major fossil-fuel companies to fund a share of New York's climate-adaptation infrastructure through a cost-recovery program.
December 26, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of A2371A, repealing New York's religious exemption from school vaccination requirements while retaining medical exemptions.
June 13, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 3 support
Won enactment of A3875, requiring the Public Service Commission to publish comparisons between energy-service-company prices and utility prices so customers can evaluate costs.
December 19, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Secured a state-funded program providing registered Bronx E-ZPass users a 100% rebate on Henry Hudson Bridge tolls, with implementation announced for February 2024.
December 7, 2023Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: governor.ny.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of A1508, authorizing reverse cooperative-apartment loans for older homeowners with added consumer protections against unfair or deceptive practices.
December 1, 2021Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 support
Won enactment of A3958 with Senator Luis Sepúlveda, requiring state agencies to publish best-practice guides for employers and employees managing informal family-caregiving responsibilities.
October 2, 2018Supports Labor Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Introduced a rider-representation package with Senator Andrew Gounardes and Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal to give rider and disability representatives voting power on the MTA board and improve membership of rider advisory councils.
May 20, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of A8511, the transit lockbox law, prohibiting diversion of funds dedicated to public transportation without legislative action and a public impact statement detailing the effect on fares, service, maintenance, security, and capital work.
December 28, 2018Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Introduced A11064 to strengthen sexual-assault survivors' rights during investigations, including private interviews, support-person access, reasonable efforts to honor interviewer-gender requests, and a statewide survivor-services task force.
April 24, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Introduced A3133 to establish masked harassment when a face covering is worn primarily to menace, threaten, or place people in reasonable fear for their safety, with health and religious exceptions.
January 23, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of A5259A, expanding New York City's red-light camera program from 150 to 600 intersections and extending its authorization through 2027.
October 23, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 4 support
Won enactment of A5040, prohibiting landlords and their agents from charging residential tenants unauthorized legal fees unless a court order permits the charge.
December 21, 2021Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of A1508, authorizing reverse cooperative-apartment loans for older homeowners with added consumer protections against unfair or deceptive practices.
December 1, 2021Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Helped sponsor and enact the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act, creating hardship protections in residential eviction, mortgage-foreclosure, and tax-sale proceedings.
December 28, 2020Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of the Tenant Safe Harbor Act, barring eviction for nonpayment of rent accrued by tenants who suffered financial hardship during the COVID-19 emergency while preserving landlords' ability to seek money judgments.
June 30, 2020Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 5 support
Won enactment of A9476, extending New York's veterans tuition awards program.
February 13, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Worked with other Bronx officials and the Riverdale Main Streets Alliance to persuade the Skyview Shopping Center's manager to retain a full-service grocery tenant, resulting in Fine Fare Fresh agreeing to replace the closed Key Food.
February 6, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: assembly.ny.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Helped sponsor and enact the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act, creating hardship protections in residential eviction, mortgage-foreclosure, and tax-sale proceedings.
December 28, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of the Tenant Safe Harbor Act, barring eviction for nonpayment of rent accrued by tenants who suffered financial hardship during the COVID-19 emergency while preserving landlords' ability to seek money judgments.
June 30, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of A3958 with Senator Luis Sepúlveda, requiring state agencies to publish best-practice guides for employers and employees managing informal family-caregiving responsibilities.
October 2, 2018Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Won enactment of A9476, extending New York's veterans tuition awards program.
February 13, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of A2371A, repealing New York's religious exemption from school vaccination requirements while retaining medical exemptions.
June 13, 2019Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 3 support
Introduced A11064 to strengthen sexual-assault survivors' rights during investigations, including private interviews, support-person access, reasonable efforts to honor interviewer-gender requests, and a statewide survivor-services task force.
April 24, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Introduced a rider-representation package with Senator Andrew Gounardes and Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal to give rider and disability representatives voting power on the MTA board and improve membership of rider advisory councils.
May 20, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of A1899, allowing courts to award attorney fees and expert-witness fees in appropriate unlawful-discrimination cases.
November 3, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 5 support
Won enactment of A3875, requiring the Public Service Commission to publish comparisons between energy-service-company prices and utility prices so customers can evaluate costs.
December 19, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of the Climate Change Superfund Act, requiring major fossil-fuel companies to fund a share of New York's climate-adaptation infrastructure through a cost-recovery program.
December 26, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of A5040, prohibiting landlords and their agents from charging residential tenants unauthorized legal fees unless a court order permits the charge.
December 21, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of A1508, authorizing reverse cooperative-apartment loans for older homeowners with added consumer protections against unfair or deceptive practices.
December 1, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of A1899, allowing courts to award attorney fees and expert-witness fees in appropriate unlawful-discrimination cases.
November 3, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 5 support
Introduced a rider-representation package with Senator Andrew Gounardes and Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal to give rider and disability representatives voting power on the MTA board and improve membership of rider advisory councils.
May 20, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of the Climate Change Superfund Act, requiring major fossil-fuel companies to fund a share of New York's climate-adaptation infrastructure through a cost-recovery program.
December 26, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of A5259A, expanding New York City's red-light camera program from 150 to 600 intersections and extending its authorization through 2027.
October 23, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Secured a state-funded program providing registered Bronx E-ZPass users a 100% rebate on Henry Hudson Bridge tolls, with implementation announced for February 2024.
December 7, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: governor.ny.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won enactment of A8511, the transit lockbox law, prohibiting diversion of funds dedicated to public transportation without legislative action and a public impact statement detailing the effect on fares, service, maintenance, security, and capital work.
December 28, 2018Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Received District Council 37's endorsement for reelection to Assembly District 81 in the 2026 Democratic primary.
April 29, 2026
Source: dc37.net · researched September 12, 2026
Race Jeffrey Dinowitz is in:
- Member of the Assembly, District 81 · November 3, 2026 · Assembly District 81; New York · incumbent
Profile last researched September 12, 2026.