Amy S. Taylor
Working Families · NY
Public-interest attorney associated with Make the Road New York whose legal work has focused on immigrant rights and representing low-income and working-class communities.
Where Amy S. Taylor stands, based on their records
Supports
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 2 support
Urged the New York City Council to pass the Right to Know Act and argued that low-level policing unnecessarily exposed undocumented residents to immigration enforcement.
March 15, 2017Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: observer.com
Supported New York City's decision to let the Commission on Human Rights certify U and T visa petitions for immigrant victims and witnesses of crime.
February 11, 2016Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: aila.org
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Qualified for the November 2026 general-election ballot on the Working Families line for New York Supreme Court in the 1st Judicial District.
September 4, 2026
Source: elections.ny.gov
Submitted testimony as Make the Road New York's legal-team co-director at the state Legislature's joint budget hearing on local government.
February 10, 2020
Source: assembly.ny.gov
Represented immigrants in a federal lawsuit alleging that attorneys used fraudulent asylum filings that placed clients at risk of deportation.
May 3, 2018
Source: wral.com
Appeared as counsel for the plaintiffs in Batalla Vidal, litigation challenging the federal government's termination of DACA.
November 6, 2017
Source: media.nilc.org
Served as policy director for the New York City Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and as language-access and public-benefits coordinator for the New York Immigration Coalition before law school.
September 1, 2004
Source: dmiblog.com
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 2 favorable
Served as co-legal director of Make the Road New York, leading legal services for immigrant and working-class communities.
December 31, 2017Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: maketheroadny.org
Graduated from CUNY School of Law after representing immigrant workers through its Immigrant and Refugee Rights Clinic.
January 1, 2006Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: dmiblog.com
Past race Amy S. Taylor ran in:
- New York County Justice of the Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District · November 3, 2026 · New York County, New York