Rodneyse Bichotte

Advanced A7172 to the Assembly floor calendar, proposing statewide protocols and audits for law-enforcement use of artificial intelligence and facial recognition in criminal investigations.

June 3, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A7278 to require a human final decision when state artificial-intelligence systems affect individual rights, benefits or services.

March 21, 2025Supports AI Regulation

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Joined 32BJ SEIU members in calling for passage of the Fair Pricing Act to cap specified commercial health-insurance reimbursements.

May 12, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Voted against the Medical Aid in Dying Act, citing concern that healthcare disparities could expose vulnerable communities of color to heightened risk.

April 29, 2025Opposes Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A4908 to prohibit Medicaid providers from refusing services to people who are also eligible for Medicare.

February 10, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A4921 to require colleges to adopt student-suicide prevention plans and provide prevention resources.

February 10, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Assembly passage for legislation requiring a feasibility and cost study of a Brooklyn College microgrid; the governor later vetoed the measure.

June 9, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A7224 to strengthen childhood blood-lead screening and environmental investigation requirements.

March 21, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Committed to supporting higher taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and large corporations to fund public services and investments.

March 22, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: jimowles.org · researched September 13, 2026

Won Assembly passage for A3508, directing a state study of doula-friendly workplaces and the workplace needs of doulas.

June 2, 2026Supports Labor Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A7095, the Safe Staffing for Hospital Care Act, to establish nurse-to-patient staffing standards and enforcement protections.

March 20, 2025Supports Labor Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A7043 to bar the Environmental Facilities Corporation from contracting with entities that fail minority- and women-owned business participation requirements.

March 20, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Had A7222 signed into law, strengthening annual reporting requirements for the state's minority- and women-owned business development program.

December 19, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A5016 to establish a commission examining sexual misconduct in state correctional facilities and recommend prevention and accountability measures.

February 10, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A3664 to require family notification when a youth is arrested and provide additional protections during questioning.

January 29, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Spoke for A9554B, legislation designed to prevent foreclosure on victims of deed theft.

May 29, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Proposed using ZIP-code-level area median income analysis to target funding for low- and moderate-income housing.

March 22, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: jimowles.org · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A7755 to give disabled veterans a preference in specified affordable-homeownership programs.

April 8, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A6839 to make tenant rent reductions for reduced services effective from the actual start of the service reduction.

March 14, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A4991 to prohibit landlords from using algorithmic rent-setting services that coordinate rental prices.

February 10, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A7262 to provide continuous Medicaid eligibility for eligible infants through age three.

March 21, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A7056 to create middle-income home-energy assistance for households above existing aid-program income limits.

March 20, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Stated support for requiring New York public schools to teach about the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

March 22, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: jimowles.org · researched September 13, 2026

Had A7053 signed into law so a declined Scholarship for Academic Excellence can be offered to the next most-qualified student when practicable.

November 21, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A7088 to create a $50 million competitive grant program supporting science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.

March 20, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Stated support for unrestricted reproductive care and abortion and for making New York a transgender sanctuary state.

March 22, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: jimowles.org · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A7175 to expand insurance coverage for in-vitro fertilization services.

March 21, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A7094 to strengthen protections for people obtaining or providing reproductive-health services and for people entering places of worship.

March 20, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Supported legislation authorizing local election boards to establish secure drop boxes for absentee and early-voting ballots.

March 12, 2025Supports Election Integrity

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Won Assembly passage for A3524, preserving defendants' ability to appeal violations of their right to speak personally at sentencing.

May 12, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Stated support for unrestricted reproductive care and abortion and for making New York a transgender sanctuary state.

March 22, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: jimowles.org · researched September 13, 2026

Reported changing Brooklyn Democratic Party rules to remove gender-based designations for county-committee candidates and creating a permanent party seat for the LeGal LGBTQ+ Bar Association.

March 22, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: jimowles.org · researched September 13, 2026

Stated support for removing criminal penalties for consensual adult sex work when worker-safety measures are included.

March 22, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: jimowles.org · researched September 13, 2026

Stated support for the Second Look, Earned Time, Marvin Mayfield and Elder Parole bills and for outlawing solitary confinement.

March 22, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: jimowles.org · researched September 13, 2026

Committed to supporting the New York for All Act to restrict state and local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

March 22, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: jimowles.org · researched September 13, 2026

Had A8699A signed into law, codifying a disparate-impact standard for employment-discrimination claims under the state Human Rights Law.

December 19, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A8194 to prohibit police from asking crime victims or witnesses about immigration status except when needed to investigate the crime.

May 5, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A3475 to prohibit law-enforcement officers from using bias-based profiling and authorize civil enforcement of the prohibition.

January 28, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A7231 to require businesses offering in-app subscriptions to provide an in-app cancellation method.

March 21, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A7075 to cap credit-card late-payment charges.

March 20, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Proposed and won adoption of Brooklyn Democratic Party rule changes that expanded the executive committee from 42 to 68 members; reform groups and prominent elected officials criticized the changes as an attempt to retain control.

August 25, 2026

Source: ny1.com · researched September 13, 2026

Committed to refusing campaign donations from AIPAC, SolidarityPAC, police and corrections associations, the fossil-fuel industry and the charter-school industry.

March 22, 2026

Source: jimowles.org · researched September 13, 2026

As Brooklyn Democratic Party chair, led the party's decision to rescind its endorsement of Governor Kathy Hochul after Hochul selected Adrienne Adams as her running mate.

February 4, 2026

Source: cityandstateny.com · researched September 13, 2026

Endorsed Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani after the 2025 primary and urged party unity around his candidacy.

June 25, 2025

Source: cityandstateny.com · researched September 13, 2026

Voted for the 2025-2026 New York state budget, supporting its education, school-meal, tax-relief, housing and healthcare provisions.

May 8, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Endorsed Andrew Cuomo in the 2025 Democratic mayoral primary, citing public safety, affordability and executive experience.

March 16, 2025

Source: ny1.com · researched September 13, 2026

Was listed by the New York State ethics commission among candidates with delinquent annual financial-disclosure filings, including filings later submitted in 2013 and 2014.

November 12, 2014

Source: ethics.ny.gov · researched September 13, 2026