Emily Gallagher
Democratic · NY · New York State Assemblymember, District 50
New York State Assemblymember for District 50 and former educator and public historian focused on housing, renewable energy, government transparency, and street safety.
Where Emily Gallagher stands, based on their records
Supports
AI Regulation (1 record), Healthcare Affordability (3 records), Environment and Public Health (13 records),
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 1 support
Prime-sponsored legislation prohibiting employers from using wage-fixing algorithms with personal or behavioral data to set compensation.
January 21, 2026Supports AI Regulation
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 3 support
Passed her Substance Use Disorder Treatment Bill of Rights, requiring treatment facilities to clearly communicate patients' rights and protections from abuse.
June 26, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring state-certified substance-use treatment providers to operate tobacco-limited or tobacco-free facilities.
January 16, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring drug manufacturers to disclose and explain large price increases, with public reporting and penalties for noncompliance.
January 16, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 13 support
Passed the No Toxic Tents Act, removing a state requirement that tents contain hazardous flame-retardant chemicals.
June 26, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Passed the SUNNY Act to legalize plug-in solar panels and remove regulatory barriers for renters and apartment residents.
June 26, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Passed legislation allowing a Newtown Creek tributary to support a Blue Highway freight project intended to reduce truck pollution and congestion.
June 26, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Secured state-budget funding with Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha for a first-in-New-York green social-housing pilot with permanently affordable rents and resident governance.
June 26, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Introduced the Pipeline Leaks and Safety Act, requiring gas utilities to publish maps and schedules for planned line repair, replacement, and retirement.
February 6, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored a study of whether designated fossil-fuel peaker power plants in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island can be closed.
August 13, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored an extended-producer-responsibility program for gas cylinders, including collection, recycling, and public education.
May 5, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored an extended-producer-responsibility program requiring tire producers to finance collection and recycling.
May 5, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation allowing local water and sewer authorities to charge surface-runoff fees to support stormwater systems.
February 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation banning anti-fogging sprays and wipes that contain PFAS chemicals.
February 4, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring state-certified substance-use treatment providers to operate tobacco-limited or tobacco-free facilities.
January 16, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring major projects near environmental-justice communities to use enhanced public-participation plans.
January 16, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Co-sponsored the All-Electric Building Act to stop fossil-fuel hookups in most new construction and move buildings toward clean electricity.
November 1, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 2 support
Secured state-budget funding with Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha for a first-in-New-York green social-housing pilot with permanently affordable rents and resident governance.
June 26, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Joined advocates and legislators in calling for higher taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers to fund public services.
March 10, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 2 support
Prime-sponsored legislation prohibiting employers from using wage-fixing algorithms with personal or behavioral data to set compensation.
January 21, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation restoring the right of public employees and their unions to strike.
January 16, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 4 support
Prime-sponsored a public database identifying businesses that receive state procurement contracts.
April 11, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring tax assessors to disclose when computer-assisted models or statistical formulas are used to value property.
February 24, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation creating a court process to remove an election commissioner for misconduct, incapacity, neglect, or legal disqualification.
January 16, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Led Assembly passage of the LLC Transparency Act to disclose the people who own limited-liability companies doing business in New York.
June 20, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 4 support
Publicly urged passage of the REST Act, which would let local governments establish rent-stabilization protections after finding a housing emergency.
May 20, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring tax assessors to disclose when computer-assisted models or statistical formulas are used to value property.
February 24, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation expanding the State Commission of Correction from three to nine members and adding expertise requirements.
January 16, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring traffic-infraction hearings to be held in person rather than solely by mail or electronic submission.
January 16, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 8 support
Won inclusion of a New York City pilot in the state budget requiring the most persistent speeders to install devices that limit driving to five miles per hour above the speed limit.
June 26, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Called for passage of the Second Look, Earned Time, and Marvin Mayfield acts to expand sentence review and earned release opportunities.
May 12, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation creating criminal liability when corporate decision-makers knowingly cause a catastrophe involving death or serious injury.
February 12, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored the Gender Identity Respect, Dignity and Safety Act to protect transgender, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary, and intersex people in custody.
February 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored the Terry Cooper Autopsy Accountability Act to strengthen independent autopsy access and evidence preservation after deaths in custody.
February 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation treating correctional facilities as publicly assisted housing for enforcement of state human-rights protections.
February 4, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation expanding the State Commission of Correction from three to nine members and adding expertise requirements.
January 16, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring side underride guards and warning devices on certain large trucks operating in New York City.
January 16, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 7 support
Secured state-budget funding with Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha for a first-in-New-York green social-housing pilot with permanently affordable rents and resident governance.
June 26, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Publicly urged passage of the REST Act, which would let local governments establish rent-stabilization protections after finding a housing emergency.
May 20, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored creation of a state Social Housing Development Authority to build and preserve permanently affordable housing.
February 28, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored a New York City small-business rent-stabilization system with a commercial rent guidelines board.
February 14, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring landlords to report rent concessions so regulators can calculate and enforce legal regulated rents accurately.
January 16, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation creating an implied warranty that newly built homes are free from mold caused by defective workmanship.
January 16, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Led Assembly passage of the LLC Transparency Act to disclose the people who own limited-liability companies doing business in New York.
June 20, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Prime-sponsored creation of a state Social Housing Development Authority to build and preserve permanently affordable housing.
February 28, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation protecting community services when religious corporations sell, mortgage, or lease real property.
January 16, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 support
Prime-sponsored the Gender Identity Respect, Dignity and Safety Act to protect transgender, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary, and intersex people in custody.
February 14, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Prime-sponsored legislation creating a court process to remove an election commissioner for misconduct, incapacity, neglect, or legal disqualification.
January 16, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Prime-sponsored legislation prohibiting employers from using wage-fixing algorithms with personal or behavioral data to set compensation.
January 21, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 12 support
Passed her Substance Use Disorder Treatment Bill of Rights, requiring treatment facilities to clearly communicate patients' rights and protections from abuse.
June 26, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Called for passage of the Second Look, Earned Time, and Marvin Mayfield acts to expand sentence review and earned release opportunities.
May 12, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Publicly supported the Access to Representation Act, which would fund legal representation for New Yorkers facing deportation.
March 10, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Publicly called for passage of the New York for All Act to limit state and local participation in federal civil immigration enforcement.
January 12, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored the Gender Identity Respect, Dignity and Safety Act to protect transgender, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary, and intersex people in custody.
February 14, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored the Terry Cooper Autopsy Accountability Act to strengthen independent autopsy access and evidence preservation after deaths in custody.
February 14, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation treating correctional facilities as publicly assisted housing for enforcement of state human-rights protections.
February 4, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring traffic-infraction hearings to be held in person rather than solely by mail or electronic submission.
January 16, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring major projects near environmental-justice communities to use enhanced public-participation plans.
January 16, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring disclosure of certain civil-rights settlements to the attorney general's Civil Rights Bureau.
January 16, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation protecting community services when religious corporations sell, mortgage, or lease real property.
January 16, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring restaurants and alcohol sellers to provide a physical menu when a customer requests one.
January 16, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 15 support
Passed the No Toxic Tents Act, removing a state requirement that tents contain hazardous flame-retardant chemicals.
June 26, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Passed the SUNNY Act to legalize plug-in solar panels and remove regulatory barriers for renters and apartment residents.
June 26, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation creating criminal liability when corporate decision-makers knowingly cause a catastrophe involving death or serious injury.
February 12, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Introduced the Pipeline Leaks and Safety Act, requiring gas utilities to publish maps and schedules for planned line repair, replacement, and retirement.
February 6, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored an extended-producer-responsibility program for gas cylinders, including collection, recycling, and public education.
May 5, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored an extended-producer-responsibility program requiring tire producers to finance collection and recycling.
May 5, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored a public database identifying businesses that receive state procurement contracts.
April 11, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored a New York City small-business rent-stabilization system with a commercial rent guidelines board.
February 14, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation banning anti-fogging sprays and wipes that contain PFAS chemicals.
February 4, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring landlords to report rent concessions so regulators can calculate and enforce legal regulated rents accurately.
January 16, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring drug manufacturers to disclose and explain large price increases, with public reporting and penalties for noncompliance.
January 16, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring disclosure of certain civil-rights settlements to the attorney general's Civil Rights Bureau.
January 16, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring restaurants and alcohol sellers to provide a physical menu when a customer requests one.
January 16, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation creating an implied warranty that newly built homes are free from mold caused by defective workmanship.
January 16, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Led Assembly passage of the LLC Transparency Act to disclose the people who own limited-liability companies doing business in New York.
June 20, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 9 support
Passed the SUNNY Act to legalize plug-in solar panels and remove regulatory barriers for renters and apartment residents.
June 26, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Won inclusion of a New York City pilot in the state budget requiring the most persistent speeders to install devices that limit driving to five miles per hour above the speed limit.
June 26, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Passed legislation allowing a Newtown Creek tributary to support a Blue Highway freight project intended to reduce truck pollution and congestion.
June 26, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Introduced the Pipeline Leaks and Safety Act, requiring gas utilities to publish maps and schedules for planned line repair, replacement, and retirement.
February 6, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored a study of whether designated fossil-fuel peaker power plants in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island can be closed.
August 13, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored creation of a state Social Housing Development Authority to build and preserve permanently affordable housing.
February 28, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation allowing local water and sewer authorities to charge surface-runoff fees to support stormwater systems.
February 6, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored legislation requiring side underride guards and warning devices on certain large trucks operating in New York City.
January 16, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Co-sponsored the All-Electric Building Act to stop fossil-fuel hookups in most new construction and move buildings toward clean electricity.
November 1, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Received StreetsPAC's endorsement in the 2026 Assembly District 50 Democratic primary for her street-safety and public-transit record.
June 5, 2026
Source: streetspac.org · researched September 12, 2026
Received the New York League of Conservation Voters Gives Green endorsement for the 2026 Assembly District 50 race.
June 4, 2026
Source: nylcv.org · researched September 12, 2026
Received the New York State United Teachers endorsement in the 2026 Assembly District 50 Democratic primary.
May 29, 2026
Source: nysut.org · researched September 12, 2026
Race Emily Gallagher is in:
- Member of the Assembly, District 50 · November 3, 2026 · Assembly District 50; New York · incumbent
Profile last researched September 12, 2026.