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Karines Reyes

Democratic · NY · New York State Assemblymember, District 87

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New York State Assemblymember for District 87 and registered oncology nurse with experience in labor advocacy and community health.

Where Karines Reyes stands, based on their records

Supports

AI Regulation (1 record), Healthcare Affordability (10 records), Environment and Public Health (4 records),

Campaign finance information not available

Track record

Track record — AI Regulation

AI Regulation · 1 support
  • Introduced A10087, the Take the Wheel Act, to require a human driver in vehicles operated for hire.

    January 30, 2026Supports AI Regulation

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 10 support
  • Introduced A10943 to direct unused insurer premium funds for abortion coverage into a reproductive-healthcare access fund.

    April 14, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Introduced A10543 to require healthcare facilities to maintain a minimum operating supply of reusable protective textiles.

    March 11, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Urged passage of the Medical Aid in Dying Act.

    April 29, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Called for enforcement of safe staffing levels in New York hospitals and nursing homes at a healthcare-justice rally.

    March 5, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Introduced A3580 to create a three-year program that would acquire and cancel qualifying residents' hospital medical debt.

    January 28, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported legal protections for New York reproductive-health providers facing hostile out-of-state proceedings.

    June 23, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported additional legal protections for reproductive-health service providers against out-of-state liability.

    June 20, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported legislation prohibiting excessive prices for medicine during abnormal market disruptions.

    May 16, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported establishment of a statewide restaurant-meals program allowing qualifying food-assistance recipients to buy prepared meals.

    July 23, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported legislation protecting healthcare whistleblowers from employer retaliation.

    May 27, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 4 support
  • Advocated for A7291B to standardize food safety-date and quality-date labels and require consumer education.

    June 2, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Won Assembly passage for A5207A, requiring sodium-warning icons beside high-sodium menu items at chain restaurants.

    May 19, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Introduced A10543 to require healthcare facilities to maintain a minimum operating supply of reusable protective textiles.

    March 11, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Urged legislative leaders to invest $12.8 million in the Sustainable Economy Partnership Initiative with Bronx labor and community groups.

    January 28, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap

Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 support
  • Introduced A3580 to create a three-year program that would acquire and cancel qualifying residents' hospital medical debt.

    January 28, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Labor Rights

Labor Rights · 8 support
  • Introduced A10087, the Take the Wheel Act, to require a human driver in vehicles operated for hire.

    January 30, 2026Supports Labor Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Called for enforcement of safe staffing levels in New York hospitals and nursing homes at a healthcare-justice rally.

    March 5, 2025Supports Labor Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Introduced A3584, the Employee Privacy Act, to restrict employers' use of federal E-Verify for existing workers and applicants without job offers.

    January 28, 2025Supports Labor Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Urged legislative leaders to invest $12.8 million in the Sustainable Economy Partnership Initiative with Bronx labor and community groups.

    January 28, 2025Supports Labor Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Advocated for the Retail Worker Safety Act, requiring large retail employers to adopt workplace-violence prevention policies and training.

    June 3, 2024Supports Labor Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Voted for Assembly passage of the Roadway Excavation Quality Assurance Act, applying prevailing-wage standards to covered utility excavation work.

    June 8, 2023Supports Labor Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Voted for the New York HERO Act, requiring workplace airborne-infectious-disease exposure plans and allowing employee safety committees.

    April 19, 2021Supports Labor Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported legislation protecting healthcare whistleblowers from employer retaliation.

    May 27, 2020Supports Labor Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 6 support
  • Won passage in both legislative chambers for A11199A, requiring encrypted police radio communications, except sensitive information, to remain available in real time to journalists and emergency-service organizations.

    June 4, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Introduced A10087, the Take the Wheel Act, to require a human driver in vehicles operated for hire.

    January 30, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Advocated for the Retail Worker Safety Act, requiring large retail employers to adopt workplace-violence prevention policies and training.

    June 3, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Voted for Assembly passage of Clean Slate legislation to seal eligible conviction records after a waiting period.

    June 9, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Voted for the New York HERO Act, requiring workplace airborne-infectious-disease exposure plans and allowing employee safety committees.

    April 19, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Voted to repeal Civil Rights Law section 50-a, opening police disciplinary records to public disclosure.

    June 9, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 2 support
  • Questioned state housing officials during a legislative hearing on problems facing the Mitchell-Lama affordable-housing program.

    December 5, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported the Emergency Rent Relief Act of 2020 to provide rental assistance to households that lost income during the COVID-19 emergency.

    May 28, 2020Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 4 support
  • Questioned the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance commissioner during a joint legislative budget hearing on human services.

    February 12, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Questioned the acting director of the state Office for the Aging during a joint legislative budget hearing on human services.

    February 12, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported establishment of a statewide restaurant-meals program allowing qualifying food-assistance recipients to buy prepared meals.

    July 23, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported the Emergency Rent Relief Act of 2020 to provide rental assistance to households that lost income during the COVID-19 emergency.

    May 28, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 2 support
  • Introduced A1727, the New Deal for CUNY, to increase faculty and mental-health-counselor staffing and replace specified tuition revenue with public funds.

    January 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Advocated for legislation excluding qualifying federal student-loan forgiveness from New York adjusted gross income.

    March 12, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights

Women's Reproductive Rights · 3 support
  • Introduced A10943 to direct unused insurer premium funds for abortion coverage into a reproductive-healthcare access fund.

    April 14, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported legal protections for New York reproductive-health providers facing hostile out-of-state proceedings.

    June 23, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported additional legal protections for reproductive-health service providers against out-of-state liability.

    June 20, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 2 support
  • Introduced A6772 to provide automatic voter registration and preregistration through specified DMV transactions and Medicaid enrollment.

    March 13, 2025Supports Election Integrity

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Voted for Assembly passage of legislation establishing an early-mail-voting system in New York.

    June 10, 2023Supports Election Integrity

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction

Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support
  • Advocated for legislation excluding qualifying federal student-loan forgiveness from New York adjusted gross income.

    March 12, 2024Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Data Privacy

Data Privacy · 1 support
  • Introduced A3584, the Employee Privacy Act, to restrict employers' use of federal E-Verify for existing workers and applicants without job offers.

    January 28, 2025Supports Data Privacy

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 11 support
  • Won passage in both legislative chambers for A11199A, requiring encrypted police radio communications, except sensitive information, to remain available in real time to journalists and emergency-service organizations.

    June 4, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Joined lawmakers and advocates in demanding urgent state action to protect immigrant New Yorkers.

    January 21, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Urged passage of the New York For All Act, which would restrict state and local participation in federal immigration enforcement.

    April 29, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Urged passage of the Medical Aid in Dying Act.

    April 29, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Introduced A4181, the Dignity Not Detention Act, to end state and local contracts for federal immigration detention.

    January 31, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Introduced A3584, the Employee Privacy Act, to restrict employers' use of federal E-Verify for existing workers and applicants without job offers.

    January 28, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported legal protections for New York reproductive-health providers facing hostile out-of-state proceedings.

    June 23, 2023Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported additional legal protections for reproductive-health service providers against out-of-state liability.

    June 20, 2023Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Voted for Assembly passage of Clean Slate legislation to seal eligible conviction records after a waiting period.

    June 9, 2023Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Voted to repeal Civil Rights Law section 50-a, opening police disciplinary records to public disclosure.

    June 9, 2020Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported legislation protecting healthcare whistleblowers from employer retaliation.

    May 27, 2020Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 5 support
  • Advocated for A7291B to standardize food safety-date and quality-date labels and require consumer education.

    June 2, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Won Assembly passage for A5207A, requiring sodium-warning icons beside high-sodium menu items at chain restaurants.

    May 19, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Introduced A10943 to direct unused insurer premium funds for abortion coverage into a reproductive-healthcare access fund.

    April 14, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Advocated for the Retail Worker Safety Act, requiring large retail employers to adopt workplace-violence prevention policies and training.

    June 3, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported legislation prohibiting excessive prices for medicine during abnormal market disruptions.

    May 16, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 1 support
  • Voted for Assembly passage of the Roadway Excavation Quality Assurance Act, applying prevailing-wage standards to covered utility excavation work.

    June 8, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — General

General · 1 record
  • Received 1199SEIU's endorsement for reelection in Assembly District 87.

    February 7, 2026

    Source: 1199seiu.org · researched September 13, 2026

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Profile last researched September 12, 2026.