Keith Powers
Democratic · NY · New York State Assemblymember, District 74
New York State Assemblymember for District 74 and former New York City Council member focused on housing affordability, renter protections, public safety, and environmental policy.
Where Keith Powers stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (2 records), Environment and Public Health (6 records), Reduce Wealth Gap (2 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 2 support
Won Council adoption of resolutions seeking stronger mental-health insurance parity enforcement, 35,000 supportive-housing units, and geolocation-based routing for 988 crisis calls.
June 22, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 132 of 2019, requiring the Department of Correction to report sick-call and clinic-production data and share it with correctional health services.
July 14, 2019Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 6 support
Introduced A10485 to require graphic firearm-risk warnings when licenses or permits are issued or amended and where gun dealers display state-mandated safety notices.
March 6, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 128 of 2025, codifying the city cooling-center program and requiring location standards, heat alerts, planning, accessibility reporting, and attention to vulnerable communities.
September 13, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 4 of 2024, requiring city environmental officials to measure construction noise inside affected homes on request and establishing daytime construction-noise limits.
January 6, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 131 of 2023, creating a reduced- or no-cost trade-in program for unsafe powered mobility devices and lithium-ion batteries, with multilingual outreach to delivery workers.
October 15, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 88 of 2023, requiring community recycling centers and recurring collection events across New York City for materials not accepted through ordinary curbside pickup.
July 9, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 59 of 2020, requiring the correction and correctional-health departments to publish reports, event timelines, and updates to people in custody during public-health emergencies.
June 29, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 2 support
Sponsored Local Law 89 of 2019, which eliminated the city's 2.49% online and 8% in-person credit-card fees for cash-bail payments unless a court administrator requires a reasonable fee.
May 9, 2019Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Helped negotiate and voted for the Waterside Plaza preservation plan, maintaining or creating affordability for up to 325 apartments and enhanced Section 8 arrangements for 92 tenants.
January 24, 2019Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 2 support
Sponsored Local Law 131 of 2023, creating a reduced- or no-cost trade-in program for unsafe powered mobility devices and lithium-ion batteries, with multilingual outreach to delivery workers.
October 15, 2023Supports Labor Rights
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 98 of 2018, which expanded New York City's sexual-harassment protections to employees of every employer, regardless of workforce size.
May 9, 2018Supports Labor Rights
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Requested introduction of A11363, the Online Revenues and Expenditures Transparency Act, to create a free public searchable state budget database.
May 13, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 5 support
Requested introduction of A11356 to expedite MTA capital projects by creating a process and deadlines for required utility relocation.
May 13, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Requested introduction of A11363, the Online Revenues and Expenditures Transparency Act, to create a free public searchable state budget database.
May 13, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 49 of 2025, directing a study of facade-inspection frequency and replacing the five-year inspection cycle with a six- to twelve-year cycle set by rule.
April 17, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 46 of 2021, transferring press-credential authority from the police department to the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and requiring hearings before denial, suspension, seizure, or revocation.
April 25, 2021Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 104 of 2020, allowing city agencies to begin necessary rulemaking before a local law takes effect unless the Council provides otherwise.
October 17, 2020Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Helped advance and voted for the Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan, projected to enable over 10,000 homes while securing transit, street-safety, school, emergency-service, and hospital investments.
August 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
As Criminal Justice Committee chair, helped advance and voted for the plan to close Rikers Island and sponsored jail-design law requiring larger living quarters, reentry and clinical space, heating and air conditioning, and more humane treatment.
October 17, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 7 support
Sponsored Local Law 49 of 2025, directing a study of facade-inspection frequency and replacing the five-year inspection cycle with a six- to twelve-year cycle set by rule.
April 17, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 131 of 2023, creating a reduced- or no-cost trade-in program for unsafe powered mobility devices and lithium-ion batteries, with multilingual outreach to delivery workers.
October 15, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 59 of 2020, requiring the correction and correctional-health departments to publish reports, event timelines, and updates to people in custody during public-health emergencies.
June 29, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 60 of 2020, creating a city conditional-release commission empowered to decide which city-sentenced people may receive conditional release and under what conditions.
June 29, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
As Criminal Justice Committee chair, helped advance and voted for the plan to close Rikers Island and sponsored jail-design law requiring larger living quarters, reentry and clinical space, heating and air conditioning, and more humane treatment.
October 17, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 132 of 2019, requiring the Department of Correction to report sick-call and clinic-production data and share it with correctional health services.
July 14, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 89 of 2019, which eliminated the city's 2.49% online and 8% in-person credit-card fees for cash-bail payments unless a court administrator requires a reasonable fee.
May 9, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 8 support
Introduced A11136 to authorize regulated shared-housing rooming units in new or converted Class A multiple dwellings in New York City.
April 24, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Introduced A10983 to require resident representation on residential cooperative boards and thirty days' written notice before a co-op imposes new fees or charges.
April 14, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Helped advance and voted for the Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan, projected to enable over 10,000 homes while securing transit, street-safety, school, emergency-service, and hospital investments.
August 14, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored the Fair Chance for Housing Act, which became Local Law 24 of 2024 and restricted housing discrimination and background checks based on criminal history, subject to limited reviewable-offense exceptions.
January 20, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 4 of 2024, requiring city environmental officials to measure construction noise inside affected homes on request and establishing daytime construction-noise limits.
January 6, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won Council adoption of resolutions seeking stronger mental-health insurance parity enforcement, 35,000 supportive-housing units, and geolocation-based routing for 988 crisis calls.
June 22, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 119 of 2020, expanding the ban on housing discrimination based on lawful income sources to smaller buildings and covering child support, alimony, foster-care subsidies, and housing assistance.
November 17, 2020Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Helped negotiate and voted for the Waterside Plaza preservation plan, maintaining or creating affordability for up to 325 apartments and enhanced Section 8 arrangements for 92 tenants.
January 24, 2019Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Sponsored Local Law 128 of 2025, codifying the city cooling-center program and requiring location standards, heat alerts, planning, accessibility reporting, and attention to vulnerable communities.
September 13, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won Council adoption of resolutions seeking stronger mental-health insurance parity enforcement, 35,000 supportive-housing units, and geolocation-based routing for 988 crisis calls.
June 22, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support
Introduced A10485 to require graphic firearm-risk warnings when licenses or permits are issued or amended and where gun dealers display state-mandated safety notices.
March 6, 2026Supports Gun Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Introduced A10767 to reduce the signature requirement for New York City Council nominating petitions from 900 to 450.
April 1, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 7 support
Introduced A10767 to reduce the signature requirement for New York City Council nominating petitions from 900 to 450.
April 1, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored the Fair Chance for Housing Act, which became Local Law 24 of 2024 and restricted housing discrimination and background checks based on criminal history, subject to limited reviewable-offense exceptions.
January 20, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 46 of 2021, transferring press-credential authority from the police department to the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and requiring hearings before denial, suspension, seizure, or revocation.
April 25, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 119 of 2020, expanding the ban on housing discrimination based on lawful income sources to smaller buildings and covering child support, alimony, foster-care subsidies, and housing assistance.
November 17, 2020Supports Civil Rights
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 60 of 2020, creating a city conditional-release commission empowered to decide which city-sentenced people may receive conditional release and under what conditions.
June 29, 2020Supports Civil Rights
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
As Criminal Justice Committee chair, helped advance and voted for the plan to close Rikers Island and sponsored jail-design law requiring larger living quarters, reentry and clinical space, heating and air conditioning, and more humane treatment.
October 17, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 98 of 2018, which expanded New York City's sexual-harassment protections to employees of every employer, regardless of workforce size.
May 9, 2018Supports Civil Rights
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Introduced A10983 to require resident representation on residential cooperative boards and thirty days' written notice before a co-op imposes new fees or charges.
April 14, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 3 support
Requested introduction of A11356 to expedite MTA capital projects by creating a process and deadlines for required utility relocation.
May 13, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Helped advance and voted for the Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan, projected to enable over 10,000 homes while securing transit, street-safety, school, emergency-service, and hospital investments.
August 14, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored Local Law 88 of 2023, requiring community recycling centers and recurring collection events across New York City for materials not accepted through ordinary curbside pickup.
July 9, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Received District Council 37's endorsement for Assembly District 74 in the 2026 Democratic primary.
April 29, 2026
Source: dc37.net · researched September 12, 2026
Was designated and appointed Majority Leader of the New York City Council for the term beginning January 2022.
January 5, 2022
Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Race Keith Powers is in:
- Member of the Assembly, District 74 · November 3, 2026 · Assembly District 74; New York · incumbent
Profile last researched September 12, 2026.