Michael R. Benedetto

Voted for S8451, requiring news organizations to disclose use of generative AI in news content.

June 5, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S9051, prohibiting unsafe features in AI companions used by minors.

June 5, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A9581, requiring covered employers to report annually on AI's effects on hiring.

June 3, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A6578, requiring developers to disclose information about generative-AI training datasets.

May 5, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S8828, revising AI-developer transparency and reporting requirements and creating a state oversight office.

March 11, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A3411, requiring warning notices about inaccurate generative-AI outputs.

January 28, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S8831, extending disclosure requirements for automated hiring tools to local governments and public educational institutions.

January 21, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S822, requiring a public inventory of state-agency AI systems and preserving collective-bargaining protections.

February 12, 2025Supports AI Regulation

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S7694, restricting addictive social-media feeds provided to minors.

June 7, 2024Supports AI Regulation

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A4969, creating a commission to study regulation of artificial intelligence, robotics and automation.

May 30, 2023Supports AI Regulation

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A4516 to require doctors and certain other health professionals to disclose specified misconduct findings to patients. The bill did not become law.

February 16, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A7119, establishing minimum nursing-home staffing requirements.

May 4, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6440 to provide equal remote-learning access and reimbursed nursing services for students with disabilities. The bill did not become law.

March 17, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S4001, revising minimum compensation and health-benefit requirements for covered airport workers.

March 10, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A5685, requiring nursing homes to devote at least 70% of revenue to resident care.

March 9, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A6357, allowing certified patients to obtain regulated medical cannabis.

June 20, 2014Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7561 to expand eligibility for admission to the state veterans home. The bill did not become law.

May 23, 2013Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A4923 to create an optional, confidential driver medical-information database for emergency care. The bill did not become law.

February 9, 2011Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9077 to stop the state from implementing a recommendation to close Westchester Square Hospital. The bill did not become law.

June 12, 2007Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A10812 to fund trauma centers through a $2 surcharge on vehicle licenses and permits. The bill did not become law.

April 24, 2006Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S9051, prohibiting unsafe features in AI companions used by minors.

June 5, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A11057 to require schools to distribute type 1 diabetes information to parents and guardians. It passed both chambers in 2026.

June 4, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S4574, requiring specified wastewater permit holders to monitor and disclose PFAS pollution.

June 1, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A10936, clarifying the marine and coastal district covered by tidal-wetland protections.

May 13, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8895 to limit municipal shooting-range hours and noise and require a study of nearby contamination. It remained in committee.

June 11, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7586 to require qualified ventilation assessments in school building-condition surveys used for state aid eligibility. It remained in committee.

April 1, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6115 to exempt zero-emission school buses, parts and equipment from state sales and use taxes. It remained in committee.

February 26, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6175 to prohibit organized tackle football for children aged 12 or younger. It remained in committee.

February 26, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A9777, requiring statewide school diapering and toileting protocols, accessible facilities and sanitary equipment. It became law.

September 27, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S2129, requiring major fossil-fuel companies to fund climate-adaptation infrastructure through a state recovery program.

June 8, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S7694, restricting addictive social-media feeds provided to minors.

June 7, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A8539, restricting new flashing digital billboards within 1,000 feet of qualifying large Mitchell-Lama housing developments. It became law.

February 7, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8007 to require 30 minutes of daily recess for kindergarten through fifth grade, separate from lunch and physical education. The bill did not become law.

September 1, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7289 to allow limited school-bus contract increases for the transition to zero-emission buses, with state approval safeguards. The bill did not become law.

May 17, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Secured a $400,000 state grant for Hutchinson River watershed planning with Save the Sound.

June 27, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Secured a $250,000 grant for Sanitation Department cameras targeting illegal dumping in Pelham Bay.

June 24, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Secured a $75,000 state grant for improvements at Rivers Run Community Garden in Co-op City.

June 18, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8251 to extend bicycle, skateboard, in-line skate and scooter helmet requirements to people under 18. The bill did not become law.

August 25, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A5127, allowing trained unlicensed school staff to give emergency glucagon or epinephrine with required medical and parental consent. It became law.

August 2, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S854, legalizing regulated adult cannabis and creating drug-treatment and community-reinvestment funds.

March 30, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5159 to create a model school wellness policy and a public database of local wellness policies. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A6968, requiring tackle-football programs to give parents information about concussions and repeated head impacts. It became law.

September 3, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S6599, establishing statewide greenhouse-gas limits and a renewable-electricity program.

June 20, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Joined a Co-op City protest against large digital billboards and their light pollution.

January 25, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: bxtimes.com

Introduced A5766 to require chin-strap helmets in youth baseball and ban head-first slides for children aged 13 or younger. The bill did not become law.

February 15, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5756 to prohibit body checking in organized ice hockey for children aged 13 or younger. The bill did not become law.

March 4, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5755 to prohibit heading in organized soccer for children aged 13 or younger. The bill did not become law.

March 4, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A9651, including concussions in the state traumatic-brain-injury program. It became law.

August 11, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A8220, requiring publication of state food-inspection violations from the preceding three years.

March 19, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7885 to require monitoring and medical clearance for students returning to sports after suspected concussions. The bill did not become law.

May 20, 2011Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S8129, temporarily suspending new hydraulic-fracturing permits. The governor vetoed it.

November 29, 2010Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9956 to require food stores to close or lose their licenses after three failed sanitary inspections, until they passed inspection. The bill did not become law.

February 19, 2010Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S5427, creating a state climate-change task force and action-planning process. The governor vetoed it.

June 21, 2007Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Publicly endorsed PlaNYC’s environmental and transportation initiatives, including congestion pricing.

June 15, 2007Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyc.gov

Introduced A9071 to create a $20 million algae-biodiesel pilot program. The bill did not become law.

June 12, 2007Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8561 to increase tax credits for producing biodiesel and cellulosic ethanol. The bill did not become law.

May 18, 2007Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6059 to create state-funded $1,000 accounts for eligible newborns, available at adulthood for education, housing or business costs. It remained in committee.

February 26, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S2755, creating a child-poverty reduction advisory council and a statewide poverty-reduction goal.

June 10, 2021Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7501 to establish continuing grants for early-college high schools and career-training partnerships serving disadvantaged students. The bill did not become law.

May 8, 2019Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A9581, requiring covered employers to report annually on AI's effects on hiring.

June 3, 2026Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8094 to require specified suburban school districts to follow bus workers' labor-contract discipline procedures, with emergency exceptions. It remained in committee.

April 28, 2025Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A4727, extending paid-family-leave eligibility to qualifying construction workers employed across multiple collectively bargained jobs.

April 2, 2025Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S822, requiring a public inventory of state-agency AI systems and preserving collective-bargaining protections.

February 12, 2025Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A9849, replacing state teacher-evaluation rules with locally bargained plans and repealing expedited dismissal rules based on ineffective ratings. It became law.

June 28, 2024Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A9600, preserving tenure eligibility for qualifying educators missing performance reviews during pandemic school years. It became law.

May 13, 2022Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A5144, expanding whistleblower protections against employer retaliation to former employees and independent contractors. It became law.

October 28, 2021Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S2928, adding siblings to paid-family-leave coverage.

June 9, 2021Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S4001, revising minimum compensation and health-benefit requirements for covered airport workers.

March 10, 2021Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5151 to credit qualifying substitute teaching proportionately toward tenure probation and revise performance-review requirements. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A8346, shortening probation to three years for qualifying school employees who already held tenure elsewhere. It became law.

October 4, 2019Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S4030, ending tip credits against minimum wages for car-wash workers in New York City and three suburban counties.

June 6, 2019Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7837 to limit school employees' paid voting leave when they had four consecutive nonworking hours while polls were open. The bill did not become law.

May 24, 2019Opposes Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sent a letter supporting Mercy College faculty’s union-organizing drive.

May 14, 2019Supports Labor Rights

Source: seiufacultyforward.org

Sponsored A783, ending mandatory use of state tests in teacher and principal evaluations and requiring collective bargaining over assessment choices. It became law.

April 12, 2019Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S660, prohibiting employment discrimination based on workers' or dependents' reproductive-health decisions.

January 22, 2019Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S8380, adding bereavement to paid-family-leave coverage. The governor vetoed it.

June 20, 2018Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9536 to presume total disability for workers granted federal disability benefits for the same injury, subject to contrary proof. The bill did not become law.

January 19, 2018Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8239 to allow design-build contracts for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Rodman's Neck projects, with project labor agreements. The bill did not become law.

June 2, 2017Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7505 to require ambulance-driver training and limits on consecutive working hours. The bill did not become law.

April 28, 2017Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S6469, excluding qualifying contracted newspaper-delivery workers from minimum-wage, unemployment-insurance and workers' compensation coverage.

June 16, 2016Opposes Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for the education-budget bill S2006, including a new teacher-evaluation system and four-year probation for newly appointed teachers.

March 31, 2015Opposes Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8736 to extend paid military leave for state correction officers. The bill did not become law.

February 7, 2014Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A11700, requiring workers' compensation insurers to report coverage changes and imposing penalties for missing notices. It became law.

July 21, 2008Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A7184, which strengthened age-documentation requirements and penalties for child-labor violations. It became law.

September 16, 2005Supports Labor Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A11199, providing journalists and emergency-service organizations access to encrypted police radio communications, excluding sensitive information.

June 3, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6884 to tighten charter-school oversight, including financial disclosures, executive-pay limits and student disciplinary protections. It remained in committee.

March 18, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A4514 to require state and city comptrollers to coordinate financial audits of New York City charter schools. The bill did not become law.

February 16, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S8496, repealing Civil Rights Law 50-a and expanding access to law-enforcement disciplinary records.

June 9, 2020Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A1641, requiring electronic campaign-finance reporting, with a sworn-statement exception.

March 25, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A5306, imposing deadlines on agencies appealing court orders to disclose public records.

March 19, 2014Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A5171, clarifying disclosure rules for public pension recipients while protecting home addresses and beneficiaries' identities.

March 19, 2014Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A5170, requiring court review before withholding public records because of pending judicial proceedings.

March 19, 2014Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A1700, limiting government copyright claims over records subject to public disclosure, with specified exceptions.

March 19, 2014Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A11350, requiring independent campaign-spending disclosures and identification of political-communication funders.

June 15, 2010Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6378 to make parties reimburse agency legal costs after unsuccessful suits to block public disclosure of trade secrets. The bill did not become law.

March 3, 2009Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A8, establishing voluntary public financing for judicial elections. The bill did not become law.

January 24, 2005Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A6741, requiring searchable online sample ballots at least 12 days before early voting.

May 4, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5138 to cap school health-insurance reserves at 20% of prior-year spending and require public reserve policies. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S8806, establishing automatic voter registration integrated with designated government-agency applications.

July 23, 2020Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A1641, requiring electronic campaign-finance reporting, with a sworn-statement exception.

March 25, 2019Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5749 to require at least two staff members to maintain constituent services during Assembly vacancies. The bill did not become law.

February 15, 2017Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7488 to recognize military training for college credit and professional licensing and speed licensing applications for veterans and their spouses. The bill did not become law.

May 22, 2013Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S3604, creating a single statewide computerized voter-registration list.

April 20, 2005Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S7475, licensing and regulating immigration-bail businesses.

June 4, 2022Supports Immigration

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A3675, expanding access to standard driver's licenses and restricting disclosure of applicants' personal information.

June 12, 2019Supports Immigration

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S1250, expanding state education-aid eligibility for qualifying immigrant students through the DREAM Act.

January 23, 2019Supports Immigration

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6059 to create state-funded $1,000 accounts for eligible newborns, available at adulthood for education, housing or business costs. It remained in committee.

February 26, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S2129, requiring major fossil-fuel companies to fund climate-adaptation infrastructure through a state recovery program.

June 8, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for budget bill S8306, including good-cause eviction protections and tax incentives for affordable rental housing.

April 20, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8941 to provide tuition-assistance funding for high-school students taking college courses through dual-enrollment programs. The bill did not become law.

January 30, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7289 to allow limited school-bus contract increases for the transition to zero-emission buses, with state approval safeguards. The bill did not become law.

May 17, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5900 to tax satellite television and video-streaming services and fund community media, local governments and broadband work. The bill did not become law.

March 24, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5672 to repeal New York City charter schools’ entitlement to free public space or publicly funded private space. The bill did not become law.

March 20, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Requested A10192 to include approved annual increases in interim special-education reimbursement rates while final rates awaited certification. The governor vetoed it.

November 23, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Requested A10191 to let special-education providers keep specified surplus funds before tuition-rate reconciliation. The governor vetoed it.

November 23, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S9460, requiring New York City to reduce school class sizes under a phased plan.

June 3, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9360 to let schools for deaf and blind students retain limited surpluses instead of returning them during reimbursement reconciliation. The bill did not become law.

February 23, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A8013 to link annual reimbursement increases for special-education programs to statewide school-aid growth, with no negative adjustment. The governor vetoed it.

December 29, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S854, legalizing regulated adult cannabis and creating drug-treatment and community-reinvestment funds.

March 30, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6440 to provide equal remote-learning access and reimbursed nursing services for students with disabilities. The bill did not become law.

March 17, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5180 to fund broadband access for eligible students and schools through assessments on telecommunications providers. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5190 to raise the salary ceiling used to calculate BOCES aid and revise career-education funding. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5142 to let special-education schools retain limited surpluses and create reserve funds, with reporting requirements. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7501 to establish continuing grants for early-college high schools and career-training partnerships serving disadvantaged students. The bill did not become law.

May 8, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for budget bill S1509, including cash-bail restrictions, earlier evidence disclosure and Manhattan congestion-toll authorization.

April 1, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S1250, expanding state education-aid eligibility for qualifying immigrant students through the DREAM Act.

January 23, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for budget bill A3009, raising the age of adult criminal responsibility and establishing specialized youth-court procedures.

April 8, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S5965, requiring college sexual-assault prevention and response policies and funding their implementation.

June 17, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for the education-budget bill S2006, including a new teacher-evaluation system and four-year probation for newly appointed teachers.

March 31, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Requested A10145 to create coordinated veterans assistance and a transitional-housing pilot for homeless veterans. The bill did not become law.

June 17, 2014Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8736 to extend paid military leave for state correction officers. The bill did not become law.

February 7, 2014Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7477 to give public pension members up to three years of credit for qualifying Cold War military service. The bill did not become law.

May 22, 2013Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7479 to provide supplemental military-service pension allowances for eligible people who retired before December 21, 1998. The bill did not become law.

May 22, 2013Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9071 to create a $20 million algae-biodiesel pilot program. The bill did not become law.

June 12, 2007Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A10812 to fund trauma centers through a $2 surcharge on vehicle licenses and permits. The bill did not become law.

April 24, 2006Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7557 to tax markers and spray paint and fund neighborhood graffiti removal. The bill did not become law.

April 20, 2005Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A8, establishing voluntary public financing for judicial elections. The bill did not become law.

January 24, 2005Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8607 to make intentionally injuring a school-bus driver, monitor or attendant a second-degree assault offense. It remained in committee.

May 22, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6113 to deny, suspend or revoke firearm licenses for people on federal no-fly or terrorism-screening lists. It remained in committee.

February 26, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A814, requiring a state public-awareness campaign about safe firearm storage and preventing children's access to guns. It became law.

February 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Requested A10469 to create a confidential registry of active sexual-misconduct investigations involving teaching certificates, with notice and appeal rights. The bill did not become law.

May 29, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Joined a public call to expand municipal enforcement powers against unlicensed smoke shops.

April 2, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9657 to require valid registration and insurance before reclaiming abandoned vehicles with fraudulent plates or registration in New York City. The bill did not become law.

March 27, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Secured an $800,000 state grant for an NYPD tow truck. The acquired truck awaited fitting for police use.

February 22, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9161 to give CUNY campus peace officers police status on university property and adjoining roads. The bill did not become law.

February 8, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7792 to presume specified crimes at houses of worship were hate crimes unless evidence showed otherwise. The bill did not become law.

June 15, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S51001, strengthening concealed-firearm licensing and restrictions on carrying firearms in sensitive locations.

July 1, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Secured a $350,000 capital grant for a new Edgewater Park Volunteer Fire Department fire truck.

May 15, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Secured a $320,000 grant for police security cameras along the East Tremont commercial corridor.

May 6, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7251 to remove operating-hour limits on New York City's school-zone speed cameras. The bill did not become law.

April 30, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6708 to require emergency evacuation plans and safe spaces for vulnerable residents, including backup power in tall residential buildings. The bill did not become law.

March 25, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5090 to increase penalties for bias-related and gang-related graffiti and require graffiti removal in qualifying sentences. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A7538, including bus drivers and monitors in school safety planning and emergency-response teams. It became law.

November 20, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A5821, allowing town boards to suspend police officers without pay pending disciplinary charges under civil-service procedures.

June 14, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Requested a mobile speed camera near P.S.175 on City Island; the city deployed the camera.

May 12, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: bxtimes.com

Voted for S2440, extending legal deadlines for child sexual-abuse claims and reopening previously time-barred civil cases.

January 28, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A8955, revising drug and alcohol testing rules after serious crashes, including the reasonable-grounds requirement. It became law.

April 18, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7505 to require ambulance-driver training and limits on consecutive working hours. The bill did not become law.

April 28, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S5965, requiring college sexual-assault prevention and response policies and funding their implementation.

June 17, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5735 to grant trained Co-op City public-safety officers peace-officer status, with separate firearm-licensing requirements. The bill did not become law.

March 4, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S2230, the SAFE Act, strengthening firearm restrictions and surrender requirements.

January 15, 2013Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6721 to require designated professionals to report suspected financial exploitation of people aged 62 or older. The bill did not become law.

March 25, 2011Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A7858, strengthening coordinated investigations and protections for child-abuse victims and witnesses.

June 11, 2008Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A11118 to strengthen government responsibility for annual fire-safety inspections of college buildings. The bill did not become law.

May 16, 2008Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8104 to require emergency text and email alert systems at colleges. The bill did not become law.

May 4, 2007Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S8515, making possession of a loaded firearm with intent to use it unlawfully a class C felony.

December 13, 2006Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A10792 to extend felony assault protections to children under 14 when the attacker was an adult. The bill did not become law.

April 21, 2006Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A10791 to create a felony child-endangerment offense. The bill did not become law.

April 21, 2006Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7557 to tax markers and spray paint and fund neighborhood graffiti removal. The bill did not become law.

April 20, 2005Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A11199, providing journalists and emergency-service organizations access to encrypted police radio communications, excluding sensitive information.

June 3, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S854, legalizing regulated adult cannabis and creating drug-treatment and community-reinvestment funds.

March 30, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S8496, repealing Civil Rights Law 50-a and expanding access to law-enforcement disciplinary records.

June 9, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S494, expanding charitable bail organizations' authority to post bail up to $10,000.

June 17, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for budget bill S1509, including cash-bail restrictions, earlier evidence disclosure and Manhattan congestion-toll authorization.

April 1, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A3974, allowing reduced sentences and resentencing for qualifying domestic-violence survivors.

March 4, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S2440, extending legal deadlines for child sexual-abuse claims and reopening previously time-barred civil cases.

January 28, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for budget bill A3009, raising the age of adult criminal responsibility and establishing specialized youth-court procedures.

April 8, 2017Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A10798 to allow lease-based attorney-fee awards after default judgments involving co-op owners or shareholders. It remained in committee.

April 1, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A10799 to allow lease-based recovery of non-rent fees in certain co-op eviction proceedings. It remained in committee.

April 1, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S7515, allowing eligible local governments outside New York City to reduce property assessments after declared disasters.

June 7, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for budget bill S8306, including good-cause eviction protections and tax incentives for affordable rental housing.

April 20, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S6362, extending pandemic eviction and foreclosure protections through August 2021.

May 3, 2021Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S6458, strengthening rent regulation and tenant protections through the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act.

June 14, 2019Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A10254 to let New York City provide property-tax rebates up to $400 for qualifying homeowners and co-op residents. The bill did not become law.

March 27, 2018Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Requested A10145 to create coordinated veterans assistance and a transitional-housing pilot for homeless veterans. The bill did not become law.

June 17, 2014Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9195 to exempt qualifying homes of active-duty military members who served overseas from property taxes. The bill did not become law.

March 27, 2014Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7036 to provide school-property-tax exemptions for qualifying veterans with service-connected disabilities. The bill did not become law.

April 30, 2013Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S5856, limiting local property-tax levy increases and extending rent regulation.

June 24, 2011Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6059 to create state-funded $1,000 accounts for eligible newborns, available at adulthood for education, housing or business costs. It remained in committee.

February 26, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A1303, removing minimum-earnings requirements for otherwise eligible families receiving child-care assistance.

June 5, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S2755, creating a child-poverty reduction advisory council and a statewide poverty-reduction goal.

June 10, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S854, legalizing regulated adult cannabis and creating drug-treatment and community-reinvestment funds.

March 30, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S1250, expanding state education-aid eligibility for qualifying immigrant students through the DREAM Act.

January 23, 2019Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A10367 to expand vehicle-registration fee exemptions for qualifying disabled veterans. The bill did not become law.

April 18, 2018Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Requested A10145 to create coordinated veterans assistance and a transitional-housing pilot for homeless veterans. The bill did not become law.

June 17, 2014Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7561 to expand eligibility for admission to the state veterans home. The bill did not become law.

May 23, 2013Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7477 to give public pension members up to three years of credit for qualifying Cold War military service. The bill did not become law.

May 22, 2013Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7479 to provide supplemental military-service pension allowances for eligible people who retired before December 21, 1998. The bill did not become law.

May 22, 2013Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6973 to award eligible veterans college credit for qualifying military training without tuition charges. The bill did not become law.

April 29, 2013Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6721 to require designated professionals to report suspected financial exploitation of people aged 62 or older. The bill did not become law.

March 25, 2011Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov

Publicly opposed using taxpayer funds for private-school vouchers and backed funding public schools.

September 16, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nysut.org

Introduced A6884 to tighten charter-school oversight, including financial disclosures, executive-pay limits and student disciplinary protections. It remained in committee.

March 18, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5474 to expand school occupational therapy to students whose impairments affected home or community functioning without harming school performance. It remained in committee.

February 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A9777, requiring statewide school diapering and toileting protocols, accessible facilities and sanitary equipment. It became law.

September 27, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8941 to provide tuition-assistance funding for high-school students taking college courses through dual-enrollment programs. The bill did not become law.

January 30, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8007 to require 30 minutes of daily recess for kindergarten through fifth grade, separate from lunch and physical education. The bill did not become law.

September 1, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7144 to replace school-intervention rules with annual assessments, improvement plans and state support for struggling schools. The bill did not become law.

May 11, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5672 to repeal New York City charter schools’ entitlement to free public space or publicly funded private space. The bill did not become law.

March 20, 2023Opposes Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Requested A10192 to include approved annual increases in interim special-education reimbursement rates while final rates awaited certification. The governor vetoed it.

November 23, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Requested A10191 to let special-education providers keep specified surplus funds before tuition-rate reconciliation. The governor vetoed it.

November 23, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S9460, requiring New York City to reduce school class sizes under a phased plan.

June 3, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9360 to let schools for deaf and blind students retain limited surpluses instead of returning them during reimbursement reconciliation. The bill did not become law.

February 23, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A8013 to link annual reimbursement increases for special-education programs to statewide school-aid growth, with no negative adjustment. The governor vetoed it.

December 29, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A7614, allowing special-education relief orders when a hearing officer had not been appointed within 196 days. It became law.

December 29, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6440 to provide equal remote-learning access and reimbursed nursing services for students with disabilities. The bill did not become law.

March 17, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5180 to fund broadband access for eligible students and schools through assessments on telecommunications providers. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5190 to raise the salary ceiling used to calculate BOCES aid and revise career-education funding. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5110 to enforce special-education appeal deadlines and continued payments for approved parental school placements in New York City. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5142 to let special-education schools retain limited surpluses and create reserve funds, with reporting requirements. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A7112, allowing all school districts to require kindergarten at age five, with parental opt-out and home-school exceptions. It became law.

December 20, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7501 to establish continuing grants for early-college high schools and career-training partnerships serving disadvantaged students. The bill did not become law.

May 8, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S1250, expanding state education-aid eligibility for qualifying immigrant students through the DREAM Act.

January 23, 2019Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for the education-budget bill S2006, including a new teacher-evaluation system and four-year probation for newly appointed teachers.

March 31, 2015Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5738 to study accessible teaching methods and materials for students with disabilities or limited English proficiency. The bill did not become law.

March 4, 2015Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Urged Mayor de Blasio to expand after-school use of school buildings and questioned costly Co-op City asbestos-testing requirements.

February 25, 2015Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A9216, joining an interstate school-transfer compact for military children and expanding education benefits for military families. It became law.

August 18, 2014Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Requested A11463, extending special-education services to eligible home-schooled students. It became law.

July 7, 2008Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6113 to deny, suspend or revoke firearm licenses for people on federal no-fly or terrorism-screening lists. It remained in committee.

February 26, 2025Supports Gun Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A814, requiring a state public-awareness campaign about safe firearm storage and preventing children's access to guns. It became law.

February 14, 2025Supports Gun Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S51001, strengthening concealed-firearm licensing and restrictions on carrying firearms in sensitive locations.

July 1, 2022Supports Gun Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S2230, the SAFE Act, strengthening firearm restrictions and surrender requirements.

January 15, 2013Supports Gun Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S8515, making possession of a loaded firearm with intent to use it unlawfully a class C felony.

December 13, 2006Supports Gun Control

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A2581, expanding state education and outreach about reproductive-health services.

June 11, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S9079, protecting practitioners from professional-misconduct charges for lawful reproductive care provided to out-of-state patients.

June 2, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S9080, prohibiting malpractice-insurance penalties for lawful reproductive care provided to out-of-state patients.

June 2, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S240, establishing the Reproductive Health Act and removing abortion provisions from the penal law.

January 22, 2019Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S660, prohibiting employment discrimination based on workers' or dependents' reproductive-health decisions.

January 22, 2019Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S610, authorizing secure absentee-ballot drop boxes under state chain-of-custody and security rules.

June 8, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S3604, creating a single statewide computerized voter-registration list.

April 20, 2005Supports Election Integrity

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6958 to exempt qualifying military pay from state income tax for New York residents serving outside the state for at least 90 days. The bill did not become law.

April 25, 2013Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9210 to give qualifying parents pursuing their first college degree a state income-tax deduction for tuition and supplies. The bill did not become law.

June 16, 2007Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S7695, restricting collection and use of minors' personal data.

June 7, 2024Supports Data Privacy

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A3675, expanding access to standard driver's licenses and restricting disclosure of applicants' personal information.

June 12, 2019Supports Data Privacy

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A5171, clarifying disclosure rules for public pension recipients while protecting home addresses and beneficiaries' identities.

March 19, 2014Supports Data Privacy

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A4923 to create an optional, confidential driver medical-information database for emergency care. The bill did not become law.

February 9, 2011Supports Data Privacy

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8021 to require security safeguards in wireless network routers. The bill did not become law.

May 2, 2007Supports Data Privacy

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S6723, restricting the unauthorized sale or use of telephone-call records.

June 23, 2006Supports Data Privacy

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5474 to expand school occupational therapy to students whose impairments affected home or community functioning without harming school performance. It remained in committee.

February 14, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A9777, requiring statewide school diapering and toileting protocols, accessible facilities and sanitary equipment. It became law.

September 27, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S610, authorizing secure absentee-ballot drop boxes under state chain-of-custody and security rules.

June 8, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7792 to presume specified crimes at houses of worship were hate crimes unless evidence showed otherwise. The bill did not become law.

June 15, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A4009, requiring local jails to notify people convicted of felonies about restored voting rights upon release.

June 10, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S5984, allowing conditional voter registration during early voting.

June 10, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S1046, strengthening protections against racial discrimination in voting and expanding language assistance.

June 2, 2022Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A7614, allowing special-education relief orders when a hearing officer had not been appointed within 196 days. It became law.

December 29, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S4306, expanding required early-voting locations and polling hours.

June 10, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S4402, simplifying legal name changes and revising gender-marker rules under the Gender Recognition Act.

June 10, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S517, proposing removal of the state constitution's ten-day voter-registration deadline. The measure required voter approval.

May 11, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6440 to provide equal remote-learning access and reimbursed nursing services for students with disabilities. The bill did not become law.

March 17, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5110 to enforce special-education appeal deadlines and continued payments for approved parental school placements in New York City. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5141 to provide adoptees and specified relatives access to original birth records without court approval. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S8806, establishing automatic voter registration integrated with designated government-agency applications.

July 23, 2020Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S1128, expanding designated public agencies' distribution of voter-registration forms and assistance.

June 20, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S660, prohibiting employment discrimination based on workers' or dependents' reproductive-health decisions.

January 22, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S1047, adding gender-identity and gender-expression protections to discrimination and hate-crime laws.

January 15, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A774, allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote.

January 14, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S1102, establishing early voting in New York.

January 14, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A775, transferring voters' registration and party enrollment when they moved within New York.

January 14, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A876, aligning disability-access protections for service animals with federal rules and protecting professional trainers. It became law.

August 13, 2015Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5738 to study accessible teaching methods and materials for students with disabilities or limited English proficiency. The bill did not become law.

March 4, 2015Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A8354, recognizing same-sex marriages under New York law.

June 15, 2011Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Requested A11463, extending special-education services to eligible home-schooled students. It became law.

July 7, 2008Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9032 to require captioned telephones for hearing-impaired guests at qualifying hotels and motels. The bill did not become law.

June 8, 2007Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S4574, requiring specified wastewater permit holders to monitor and disclose PFAS pollution.

June 1, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6884 to tighten charter-school oversight, including financial disclosures, executive-pay limits and student disciplinary protections. It remained in committee.

March 18, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S2129, requiring major fossil-fuel companies to fund climate-adaptation infrastructure through a state recovery program.

June 8, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S7695, restricting collection and use of minors' personal data.

June 7, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Joined a public call to expand municipal enforcement powers against unlicensed smoke shops.

April 2, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9179 to halt new cannabis retail licenses until authorities reviewed and closed unlicensed sellers. The bill did not become law.

February 12, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S7475, licensing and regulating immigration-bail businesses.

June 4, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A5685, requiring nursing homes to devote at least 70% of revenue to resident care.

March 9, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Joined a petition seeking Public Service Commission review of telecommunications deregulation and its effects on consumers.

July 1, 2014Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: newnetworks.com

Voted for A8220, requiring publication of state food-inspection violations from the preceding three years.

March 19, 2014Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6601 to require regulatory review of insurers' withdrawals from coastal homeowners' insurance markets. The bill did not become law.

April 12, 2013Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6720 to require clear disclosure of video-service cancellation fees and restrict enforcement of undisclosed fees. The bill did not become law.

March 25, 2011Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9956 to require food stores to close or lose their licenses after three failed sanitary inspections, until they passed inspection. The bill did not become law.

February 19, 2010Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A11700, requiring workers' compensation insurers to report coverage changes and imposing penalties for missing notices. It became law.

July 21, 2008Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S6723, restricting the unauthorized sale or use of telephone-call records.

June 23, 2006Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S2129, requiring major fossil-fuel companies to fund climate-adaptation infrastructure through a state recovery program.

June 8, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5900 to tax satellite television and video-streaming services and fund community media, local governments and broadband work. The bill did not become law.

March 24, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov

Requested A10443, allowing Bronx parkland easements for four new Metro-North stations and Penn Station service. Equivalent-value park spending was required. It became law.

August 17, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5180 to fund broadband access for eligible students and schools through assessments on telecommunications providers. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for budget bill S1509, including cash-bail restrictions, earlier evidence disclosure and Manhattan congestion-toll authorization.

April 1, 2019Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov

Joined a press conference urging extension of NYC Ferry service to Ferry Point Park.

June 29, 2018Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: bxtimes.com

Sponsored A8419, allowing Marx Brothers Playground land to be transferred for a combined school development. Equivalent-value park spending was required. It became law.

October 23, 2017Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8239 to allow design-build contracts for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Rodman's Neck projects, with project labor agreements. The bill did not become law.

June 2, 2017Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov

Worked with state transportation officials on a fully funded $33 million plan to improve nearby Bronx highway interchanges.

November 6, 2015Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: bxtimes.com

Sent the MTA a letter seeking restoration of Co-op City bus service using additional state funding.

May 28, 2013Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A8804, increasing fines for overnight tractor-trailer parking on New York City residential streets. It became law.

August 30, 2010Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov

Publicly endorsed PlaNYC’s environmental and transportation initiatives, including congestion pricing.

June 15, 2007Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyc.gov

Sponsored A11288, allowing parkland use for a replacement City Island Bridge and a temporary bridge, with replacement parkland or improvements required. It became law.

July 26, 2006Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov

Helped secure a Harlem stop for Bronx express buses through advocacy with the MTA.

May 7, 2006Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov

Received ActJew’s endorsement for the 2026 Assembly primary.

October 20, 2026

Source: actjew.com

Received Planned Parenthood Empire State Votes PAC’s endorsement for his 2026 Assembly campaign.

October 20, 2026

Source: plannedparenthoodaction.org

Established a community speakers forum and the Chippewa Lawyers Committee, providing free legal advice.

October 20, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov

Was included in DC37’s 2026 general-election endorsed slate.

October 19, 2026

Source: dc37.net

Received filing notices as Bronx party treasurer. The party filed seven missing reports; the 2026 inquiry closed without further enforcement action.

August 10, 2026

Source: nysfocus.com

Received NYLCV Gives Green’s endorsement for the 2026 Assembly primary.

June 24, 2026

Source: nylcv.org

Voted for A11539, extending New York City's deadline for full school class-size compliance to September 2030.

June 4, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A6559 to require a published veterans' bill of rights explaining existing benefits, appeals and equal-treatment protections. It passed both chambers in 2026.

June 2, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov

Received NYSUT’s endorsement for his 2026 Assembly campaign.

May 29, 2026

Source: nysut.org

Received PSC-CUNY’s endorsement for the 2026 Assembly primary.

May 4, 2026

Source: psc-cuny.org

Introduced A10768 to revise mutual-housing election rules, allowing electronic ballots, certain candidate restrictions and a 25% quorum for larger companies. It remained in committee.

April 1, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A10617 to extend the Board of Regents' review period for resubmitted charter proposals to 90 days. It remained in committee.

March 13, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A9515, adding safeguards to medical aid in dying, including a five-day prescription waiting period with a narrow exception.

February 4, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov

Co-chaired a hearing examining chronic school absenteeism and questioned the State Education Department’s accountability official.

January 22, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A8842 to exempt qualifying large Mitchell-Lama co-op roadways from camera enforcement of bus-stop no-standing violations. The governor vetoed it.

December 12, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Appointed deputy chief of staff Matthew McKay to the community advisory committee reviewing Bally’s Ferry Point casino proposal.

July 9, 2025

Source: cityandstateny.com

Endorsed Mark Levine for New York City comptroller in 2025.

June 18, 2025

Source: cityandstateny.com

Sponsored A7514, authorizing Ferry Point parkland transfers for Bally's proposed casino, conditional on a gaming license and equivalent-value park spending. It became law.

June 18, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Endorsed Vanessa Gibson for Bronx borough president in 2025.

June 11, 2025

Source: bxtimes.com

Introduced A8826 to raise the school construction authority's sealed-bid threshold for supply purchases from $10,000 to $100,000. It remained in committee.

June 9, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Endorsed Andrew Cuomo for New York City mayor in 2025.

May 16, 2025

Source: bxtimes.com

Voted for A136, authorizing medical aid in dying for qualifying terminally ill adults.

April 29, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7031 to lower the approval threshold for board elections in mutual housing companies with at least 12,000 units. It remained in committee.

March 18, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6882 to require local consent for new charter schools in districts where charter enrollment exceeded 5%. It remained in committee.

March 18, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6891 to bar charter-school revisions expanding grade levels across specified school classifications. It remained in committee.

March 18, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6547 to require schools to develop locally tailored cellphone policies with input from students, parents and educators. It remained in committee.

March 6, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6131 to let New York City education councils and school management teams hold public meetings entirely by videoconference. It remained in committee.

February 26, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A6112 to give the Board of Regents final authority over resubmitted charter-school proposals. It remained in committee.

February 26, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov

State campaign-finance officials listed a $50 late-filing settlement for his committee’s 2024 pre-primary disclosure.

February 25, 2025

Source: pcfb.ny.gov

Founded the Throggs Neck Community Players and served on Bronx Community Board 10 from 1975 to 1979.

October 5, 2023

Source: bxtimes.com

Introduced A4518 to remove statutory admissions rules for New York City's specialized high schools, including the Discovery program. The bill did not become law.

February 16, 2023

Source: nyassembly.gov

Received NYSAPBAs’ endorsement for his 2018 Assembly campaign.

January 14, 2023

Source: nycdetectives.org

Received Teamsters Joint Council 16’s endorsement for the 2022 general election.

November 2, 2022

Source: teamsters.nyc

Received the New York State Nurses Association’s endorsement for the 2022 general election.

October 26, 2022

Source: nysna.org

Requested A10499, expanding New York City's school-governance board and adding disability representation and a state governance review. It became law.

June 30, 2022

Source: nyassembly.gov

Received Mayor Eric Adams’ endorsement for his 2022 Assembly campaign.

June 29, 2022

Source: ny1.com

Partnered with Iona students on tax assistance that completed 120 Bronx residents’ returns in 2022.

June 8, 2022

Source: iona.edu

Received the Public Employees Federation board’s endorsement for his 2022 Assembly campaign.

March 29, 2022

Source: communicator.pef.org

Left a meeting with Good Cause Eviction activists after chanting began; he stated that he had not settled his position.

March 9, 2022

Source: cityandstateny.com

Co-convened a legislative hearing on mayoral control of New York City public schools.

March 4, 2022

Source: uft.org

Co-founded the Bronx Times Reporter in 1981 and managed its advertising while John Collazzi led editorial work.

August 26, 2021

Source: bxtimes.com

Introduced A8023 to study nonpublic schools and recognize approved accreditation as compliance with instruction requirements. The bill did not become law.

June 5, 2021

Source: nyassembly.gov

Endorsed Shaun Donovan for New York City mayor in 2021.

May 1, 2021

Source: ny1.com

Introduced A5123 to bar new addiction-treatment facilities within 500 feet of schools, parks and places of worship. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5128 to bar wind turbines within 1,500 feet of residential or commercial structures. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5153 to require most imported alcoholic beverages to pass through licensed New York wholesalers and remain stored for 24 hours. The bill did not become law.

February 11, 2021

Source: nyassembly.gov

Received TWU Local 100’s endorsement for the 2020 general election.

October 22, 2020

Source: twulocal100.org

Supported Eliot Engel’s 2020 Congressional campaign; Engel identified him as a supporter at a candidate debate.

June 11, 2020

Source: wamc.org

Received the New York State AFL-CIO’s endorsement for the 2020 Assembly primary.

May 19, 2020

Source: nysaflcio.org

Received SEIU 32BJ’s endorsement for his 2020 Assembly campaign.

February 26, 2020

Source: seiu32bj.org

Joined a letter opposing the proposed addiction-treatment clinic at 2800 Bruckner Boulevard, citing its location and operational concerns.

May 17, 2019

Source: bxtimes.com

Used lobbying firm Patrick B. Jenkins and Associates for campaign fundraising in 2017–2018; the firm invited its lobbying clients to his September 2018 golf fundraiser.

May 3, 2019

Source: timesunion.com

Was appointed chair of the Assembly Education Committee, succeeding Catherine Nolan.

January 5, 2019

Source: bxtimes.com

Examined implementation of county shared-service plans at a joint Cities and Local Government hearing.

January 16, 2018

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8925 to require state certification of Marx Brothers Playground's parkland status before its use was reclassified. The bill did not become law.

January 8, 2018

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A5750 to require public authorities to negotiate architectural and engineering contracts in order of professional qualifications. The governor vetoed it.

December 18, 2017

Source: nyassembly.gov

Was named chair of the Assembly Cities Committee for the 2017 legislative session.

January 4, 2017

Source: assembly.state.ny.us

Introduced A9796 to set siting-review rules for facilities including group homes, homeless shelters and treatment centers in New York City. The bill did not become law.

April 8, 2016

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for S5949, legalizing and regulating professional mixed-martial-arts events in New York.

March 22, 2016

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9268 to allow permits for Sunday morning alcohol sales. The bill did not become law.

February 10, 2016

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A8085, exempting honorably or generally discharged veterans from income requirements for commercial fishing licenses. It became law.

November 20, 2015

Source: nyassembly.gov

As party treasurer, explained that about $30,000 of unitemized Bronx Democratic Party spending reflected debit-card purchases.

June 8, 2015

Source: pef.org

Introduced A7591 to extend a 50-cent trip tax to dispatched for-hire vehicles. The bill was later withdrawn.

May 19, 2015

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5758 to exempt qualifying large housing developments from certain asbestos-floor testing after extensive negative tests. The bill did not become law.

March 4, 2015

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A2553 to put supportive-housing locations and lease renewals under New York City planning review, including public forums. The bill did not become law.

January 16, 2015

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9972 to temporarily lift certain license suspensions and reverse traffic convictions imposed during qualifying military service abroad. The bill did not become law.

June 5, 2014

Source: nyassembly.gov

Sponsored A7761, requiring state agencies to choose qualified veterans from a state list for temporary jobs. It became law.

January 10, 2014

Source: nyassembly.gov

Chaired a hearing examining veterans’ suicides and implementation of state-funded prevention programs.

October 8, 2013

Source: nystateassembly.granicus.com

Introduced A6881 to require 72-hour written requests for an additional parent at preschool special-education meetings. The bill did not become law.

April 23, 2013

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A5553 to expand state-contract opportunities for veteran-owned and service-disabled-veteran-owned businesses. The bill did not become law.

February 28, 2013

Source: nyassembly.gov

Testified against replacing Lehman High School’s staff under a turnaround plan and supported retaining its principal and improvement efforts.

April 2, 2012

Source: bxtimes.com

Served as chair of the Legislative Commission on Skills Development and Career Education.

February 27, 2012

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A7216 to make an additional parent optional at special-education meetings unless requested in writing 72 hours beforehand. The bill did not become law.

April 19, 2011

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A9957 to expand the facilities considered when communities object to concentrations of residential treatment facilities. The bill did not become law.

February 19, 2010

Source: nyassembly.gov

Opposed placing Equality Charter School inside P.S.160 at a public hearing, citing existing students’ facilities and limited community input.

April 22, 2009

Source: bxtimes.com

Called for state review of a group-home property purchase, citing its cost while explicitly supporting group homes in the community.

November 28, 2008

Source: bxtimes.com

Won a party-governance case as a petitioner when a Bronx court validated the Heastie faction’s organizational meeting.

November 25, 2008

Source: law.justia.com

Joined and supported a Pelham Bay rally opposing a seven-story, 44-apartment development.

October 18, 2008

Source: bxtimes.com

Was appointed chair of the Assembly Subcommittee on Students with Special Needs after three decades teaching special education.

June 30, 2008

Source: nyassembly.gov

Voted for A9362, establishing a commission to develop a New York City traffic-congestion plan.

July 26, 2007

Source: nyassembly.gov

Introduced A8733 to allow access to unlicensed complementary and alternative health practitioners under a state oversight system. The bill did not become law.

May 29, 2007

Source: nyassembly.gov