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Carl E. Heastie

Democratic · NY · Speaker of the New York State Assembly; Assemblymember, District 83

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New York State Assembly speaker and Bronx assemblymember focused on worker rights, wages, housing, education, justice reform, voting access, transportation, gun safety, climate policy, and childcare.

Where Carl E. Heastie stands, based on their records

Supports

AI Regulation (4 records), Healthcare Affordability (5 records), Environment and Public Health (8 records),

Campaign finance information not available

Track record

Track record — AI Regulation

AI Regulation · 4 support
  • Led Assembly passage of the One Fair Price Act barring companies from using personal data and algorithms for surveillance pricing.

    June 9, 2026Supports AI Regulation

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of legislation requiring advertisers to disclose synthetic performers created with artificial intelligence and establishing civil penalties.

    June 18, 2025Supports AI Regulation

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of the RAISE Act requiring safety plans, third-party review, and incident disclosure for frontier artificial-intelligence models.

    June 13, 2025Supports AI Regulation

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact consumer protections covering algorithmic pricing, artificial-intelligence disclosures, refunds, and simplified subscription cancellations.

    May 7, 2025Supports AI Regulation

    Source: www2.nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 5 support
  • Led Assembly passage of a vaccine-access package allowing state guidance based on accepted medical standards and expanding immunization reporting and access.

    April 28, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of legislation shielding lawful abortion-medication prescribing and dispensing from later federal withdrawal of drug approval.

    January 28, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of bills protecting reproductive-care prescribers' identities and restricting disclosure or sale of electronic reproductive-health data.

    January 22, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of legislation requiring SUNY and CUNY campuses to provide medication-abortion access or referrals.

    April 18, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of legislation allowing pharmacists to dispense self-administered hormonal contraception under non-patient-specific orders.

    March 28, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 8 support
  • Led Assembly passage of bills requiring monthly heavy-metal testing of baby food and disclosure of carcinogens and ingredients in infant cosmetics.

    June 11, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of a one-year data-center permitting moratorium with impact studies, dedicated utility rates, renewable-power requirements, and community benefits.

    June 5, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of a vaccine-access package allowing state guidance based on accepted medical standards and expanding immunization reporting and access.

    April 28, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of a package requiring casinos and mobile-betting platforms to implement protections addressing problem gambling.

    March 25, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of the SAFE for Kids Act and Child Data Protection Act to restrict addictive social-media feeds and commercial use of minors' personal data.

    June 7, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact $400 million for the Environmental Protection Fund and $500 million for clean-water infrastructure.

    April 23, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact a budget phasing in all-electric requirements for new buildings, authorizing public renewable-energy projects, and providing low-income bill credits and labor standards.

    May 2, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of legislation barring rental-property liability policies from excluding losses caused by lead-paint exposure.

    April 27, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap

Reduce Wealth Gap · 4 support
  • Helped enact $1 billion in income-based utility-rate relief checks for 8.2 million New Yorkers.

    May 27, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact a $2.2 billion childcare investment, including $400 million to keep local subsidy enrollment open.

    May 9, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact a $23.3 billion higher-education investment, including $209 million for opportunity programs at SUNY and CUNY.

    May 8, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led the Assembly in passing the Clean Slate Act to automatically seal eligible convictions after sentences and waiting periods are completed.

    June 9, 2023Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Labor Rights

Labor Rights · 3 support
  • Helped enact $8 billion to eliminate New York's unemployment-insurance trust-fund debt and enable higher benefits tied to the cost of living.

    May 8, 2025Supports Labor Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact a housing package creating New York Housing for the Future, funding public and Mitchell-Lama housing, and adding good-cause eviction and homeowner protections.

    April 20, 2024Supports Labor Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact a budget phasing in all-electric requirements for new buildings, authorizing public renewable-energy projects, and providing low-income bill credits and labor standards.

    May 2, 2023Supports Labor Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Anti-Corruption

Anti-Corruption · 3 support
  • Implemented bipartisan Ethics and Guidance Committee sanctions against an Assembly member for sexually explicit floor remarks, accepting the committee's recommendations in full.

    December 19, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of a corrections package expanding camera coverage, death reporting, independent inspections, autopsy evidence, and legal remedies for incarcerated people.

    June 12, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of a transparency package limiting perpetual trade-secret exemptions, publishing FOIL metrics, digitizing records, and disclosing exempt contracts.

    March 19, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 1 support
  • Led Assembly passage of a transparency package limiting perpetual trade-secret exemptions, publishing FOIL metrics, digitizing records, and disclosing exempt contracts.

    March 19, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 7 support
  • Announced $2.835 million for six Rockland County fire and ambulance organizations, equipment needs, and a first-responder affordable-housing renovation.

    September 3, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of legislation prohibiting restraints and use of force against pregnant people in correctional and law-enforcement custody.

    June 8, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact restrictions on manufacturing 3D-printed ghost guns and distributing digital instructions for illegal firearm parts.

    May 22, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact protections limiting local participation in federal civil immigration enforcement, barring 287(g) agreements, protecting sensitive locations, and creating legal remedies.

    May 21, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of the RAISE Act requiring safety plans, third-party review, and incident disclosure for frontier artificial-intelligence models.

    June 13, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of a corrections package expanding camera coverage, death reporting, independent inspections, autopsy evidence, and legal remedies for incarcerated people.

    June 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led the Assembly in passing the Clean Slate Act to automatically seal eligible convictions after sentences and waiting periods are completed.

    June 9, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 6 support
  • Announced $2.835 million for six Rockland County fire and ambulance organizations, equipment needs, and a first-responder affordable-housing renovation.

    September 3, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Announced $5 million in state funding for Rochdale Village to prevent a proposed 57 percent rent increase affecting its housing-cooperative residents.

    July 21, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact the Housing Access Voucher Program with $50 million in rental aid for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

    May 8, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Secured $51 million in the enacted budget for capital and infrastructure needs at the Co-op City Mitchell-Lama housing cooperative.

    May 9, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact a housing package creating New York Housing for the Future, funding public and Mitchell-Lama housing, and adding good-cause eviction and homeowner protections.

    April 20, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of legislation barring rental-property liability policies from excluding losses caused by lead-paint exposure.

    April 27, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 6 support
  • Helped enact $39 billion in school aid and $3 billion in childcare subsidies for the 2026-27 fiscal year.

    May 27, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: www2.nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact $1 billion in income-based utility-rate relief checks for 8.2 million New Yorkers.

    May 27, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Announced $5 million in state funding for Rochdale Village to prevent a proposed 57 percent rent increase affecting its housing-cooperative residents.

    July 21, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact a $2.2 billion childcare investment, including $400 million to keep local subsidy enrollment open.

    May 9, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact $8 billion to eliminate New York's unemployment-insurance trust-fund debt and enable higher benefits tied to the cost of living.

    May 8, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact the Housing Access Voucher Program with $50 million in rental aid for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

    May 8, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 5 support
  • Helped enact $39 billion in school aid and $3 billion in childcare subsidies for the 2026-27 fiscal year.

    May 27, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: www2.nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact a $23.3 billion higher-education investment, including $209 million for opportunity programs at SUNY and CUNY.

    May 8, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact $37.6 billion in school aid, including a $1.4 billion Foundation Aid increase and formula changes.

    May 8, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: www2.nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact $35.9 billion in school aid, including a $934.5 million Foundation Aid increase and restoration of the hold-harmless provision.

    April 20, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of legislation requiring SUNY and CUNY campuses to provide medication-abortion access or referrals.

    April 18, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Gun Control

Gun Control · 1 support
  • Helped enact restrictions on manufacturing 3D-printed ghost guns and distributing digital instructions for illegal firearm parts.

    May 22, 2026Supports Gun Control

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights

Women's Reproductive Rights · 6 support
  • Led Assembly passage of legislation prohibiting restraints and use of force against pregnant people in correctional and law-enforcement custody.

    June 8, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of legislation shielding lawful abortion-medication prescribing and dispensing from later federal withdrawal of drug approval.

    January 28, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of bills protecting reproductive-care prescribers' identities and restricting disclosure or sale of electronic reproductive-health data.

    January 22, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of legislation requiring SUNY and CUNY campuses to provide medication-abortion access or referrals.

    April 18, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of legislation allowing pharmacists to dispense self-administered hormonal contraception under non-patient-specific orders.

    March 28, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led the Assembly's second passage of the Equality Amendment to expand state constitutional protections against discrimination based on identity and reproductive-health outcomes.

    January 24, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Data Privacy

Data Privacy · 4 support
  • Led Assembly passage of the One Fair Price Act barring companies from using personal data and algorithms for surveillance pricing.

    June 9, 2026Supports Data Privacy

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact consumer protections covering algorithmic pricing, artificial-intelligence disclosures, refunds, and simplified subscription cancellations.

    May 7, 2025Supports Data Privacy

    Source: www2.nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of bills protecting reproductive-care prescribers' identities and restricting disclosure or sale of electronic reproductive-health data.

    January 22, 2025Supports Data Privacy

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of the SAFE for Kids Act and Child Data Protection Act to restrict addictive social-media feeds and commercial use of minors' personal data.

    June 7, 2024Supports Data Privacy

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 5 support
  • Led Assembly passage of legislation prohibiting restraints and use of force against pregnant people in correctional and law-enforcement custody.

    June 8, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact protections limiting local participation in federal civil immigration enforcement, barring 287(g) agreements, protecting sensitive locations, and creating legal remedies.

    May 21, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of a corrections package expanding camera coverage, death reporting, independent inspections, autopsy evidence, and legal remedies for incarcerated people.

    June 12, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led the Assembly in passing the Clean Slate Act to automatically seal eligible convictions after sentences and waiting periods are completed.

    June 9, 2023Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led the Assembly's second passage of the Equality Amendment to expand state constitutional protections against discrimination based on identity and reproductive-health outcomes.

    January 24, 2023Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 9 support
  • Led Assembly passage of bills requiring monthly heavy-metal testing of baby food and disclosure of carcinogens and ingredients in infant cosmetics.

    June 11, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of the One Fair Price Act barring companies from using personal data and algorithms for surveillance pricing.

    June 9, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of a one-year data-center permitting moratorium with impact studies, dedicated utility rates, renewable-power requirements, and community benefits.

    June 5, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of a package requiring casinos and mobile-betting platforms to implement protections addressing problem gambling.

    March 25, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of legislation requiring advertisers to disclose synthetic performers created with artificial intelligence and establishing civil penalties.

    June 18, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of the RAISE Act requiring safety plans, third-party review, and incident disclosure for frontier artificial-intelligence models.

    June 13, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact consumer protections covering algorithmic pricing, artificial-intelligence disclosures, refunds, and simplified subscription cancellations.

    May 7, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: www2.nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of the SAFE for Kids Act and Child Data Protection Act to restrict addictive social-media feeds and commercial use of minors' personal data.

    June 7, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of legislation barring rental-property liability policies from excluding losses caused by lead-paint exposure.

    April 27, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 5 support
  • Announced $2.835 million for six Rockland County fire and ambulance organizations, equipment needs, and a first-responder affordable-housing renovation.

    September 3, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Led Assembly passage of a one-year data-center permitting moratorium with impact studies, dedicated utility rates, renewable-power requirements, and community benefits.

    June 5, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Secured $51 million in the enacted budget for capital and infrastructure needs at the Co-op City Mitchell-Lama housing cooperative.

    May 9, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact $400 million for the Environmental Protection Fund and $500 million for clean-water infrastructure.

    April 23, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Helped enact a budget phasing in all-electric requirements for new buildings, authorizing public renewable-energy projects, and providing low-income bill credits and labor standards.

    May 2, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — General

General · 1 record
  • Received District Council 37's endorsement for the 2026 Democratic primary in Assembly District 83.

    April 29, 2026

    Source: dc37.net · researched September 12, 2026

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Profile last researched September 12, 2026.