Kristen Gonzalez

Sponsored S9051B, which passed both legislative chambers to prohibit specified unsafe AI-companion features from being offered to minors.

June 5, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Chaired an Internet and Technology Committee meeting that advanced 11 bills, including her proposals on unsafe chatbot features for minors, professional impersonation by chatbots, a state chief AI officer, AI notices, and multifactor authentication.

February 25, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored S8831, enacted as Chapter 86 of 2026, requiring disclosures about automated employment-decision tools used by covered public entities and protecting public employees from displacement by AI systems.

February 13, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Convened a joint legislative hearing on high-risk uses of artificial intelligence in private-sector decisions and promoted the New York AI Act's protections against algorithmic discrimination.

January 16, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Secured provisions from her chatbot bills in the 2025-26 state budget requiring self-harm crisis protocols and recurring disclosures that companion-chatbot users are not interacting with a human.

May 9, 2025Supports AI Regulation

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced S7691, the Artificial Intelligence Literacy Act, to add AI literacy to the instruction offered in New York schools.

April 30, 2025Supports AI Regulation

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced S7263 to impose civil liability when an AI chatbot impersonates a licensed professional and causes harm.

April 7, 2025Supports AI Regulation

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Helped secure $5 million for Bellevue Hospital's child and adolescent psychiatric emergency program after hosting legislators on a tour of the units needing upgrades.

May 27, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Joined other Lower Manhattan officials in pressing to preserve Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital; the state Health Department returned the hospital's closure plan as incomplete and inconsistent.

April 4, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Organized a statewide tour to build support for enactment of the Responsible Data Center Development Act and gather input from communities affected by proposed data centers.

August 11, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored the Responsible Data Center Development Act, S10642, which passed both legislative chambers with a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale-data-center permits, environmental review, separate utility rate classes, community benefits, and labor standards.

June 4, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Secured another $1 million for a green affordable pre-electrification pilot, bringing the program total to $3 million to help buildings qualify for climate-resiliency upgrades.

May 27, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Helped secure a 2026-27 budget package with $1 billion for the Sustainable Futures Fund, including $100 million for public renewables, $50 million for NYCHA sustainability, and $7 million for Western Queens green-space and resiliency projects.

May 27, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced the Corporate Fair Share Act, S9189, authorizing New York City to adopt a 25% surcharge on corporate and unincorporated-business tax liability.

February 12, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored the Responsible Data Center Development Act, S10642, which passed both legislative chambers with a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale-data-center permits, environmental review, separate utility rate classes, community benefits, and labor standards.

June 4, 2026Supports Labor Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored S8831, enacted as Chapter 86 of 2026, requiring disclosures about automated employment-decision tools used by covered public entities and protecting public employees from displacement by AI systems.

February 13, 2026Supports Labor Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored S8572, enacted as Chapter 482 of 2024, requiring state cloud-computing policies to guide agencies' evaluation and use of cloud services.

November 22, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored S9051B, which passed both legislative chambers to prohibit specified unsafe AI-companion features from being offered to minors.

June 5, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Secured provisions from her chatbot bills in the 2025-26 state budget requiring self-harm crisis protocols and recurring disclosures that companion-chatbot users are not interacting with a human.

May 9, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Secured another $1 million for a green affordable pre-electrification pilot, bringing the program total to $3 million to help buildings qualify for climate-resiliency upgrades.

May 27, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced S7691, the Artificial Intelligence Literacy Act, to add AI literacy to the instruction offered in New York schools.

April 30, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Supported the Supreme Court's refusal to take up a challenge to New York's mail-voting law and defended expanded access to voting by mail.

June 30, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Chaired an Elections Committee meeting that advanced 11 election-security and transparency bills, including her proposal to require provenance data for media used in political communications.

February 26, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

As Elections Committee chair, backed a Senate package addressing voter deception and suppression, foreign-influenced election spending, portable early-voting sites, election-worker protection, commissioner training, and ballot access.

January 12, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored S7414, enacted as Chapter 417 of 2023, clarifying that state reviews of critical-infrastructure security include cybersecurity.

September 15, 2023Supports Data Privacy

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Secured inclusion of her policy restricting civil immigration enforcement in non-public areas of school property and requiring protections when immigration enforcement makes a child's caretaker unavailable.

May 27, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Convened a joint legislative hearing on high-risk uses of artificial intelligence in private-sector decisions and promoted the New York AI Act's protections against algorithmic discrimination.

January 16, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Organized a statewide tour to build support for enactment of the Responsible Data Center Development Act and gather input from communities affected by proposed data centers.

August 11, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored the Responsible Data Center Development Act, S10642, which passed both legislative chambers with a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale-data-center permits, environmental review, separate utility rate classes, community benefits, and labor standards.

June 4, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced the Corporate Fair Share Act, S9189, authorizing New York City to adopt a 25% surcharge on corporate and unincorporated-business tax liability.

February 12, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Helped secure a 2026-27 budget package with $1 billion for the Sustainable Futures Fund, including $100 million for public renewables, $50 million for NYCHA sustainability, and $7 million for Western Queens green-space and resiliency projects.

May 27, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored S7414, enacted as Chapter 417 of 2023, clarifying that state reviews of critical-infrastructure security include cybersecurity.

September 15, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Received New York State United Teachers' endorsement for State Senate District 59 in the 2026 general election.

September 12, 2026

Source: nysut.org · researched September 13, 2026

Qualified for the November 2026 general-election ballot on the Democratic and Working Families lines for New York State Senate District 59.

September 4, 2026

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

Received District Council 37's endorsement for re-election to State Senate District 59 in the 2026 primary.

April 29, 2026

Source: dc37.net · researched September 13, 2026

Was elected to represent New York State Senate District 59, covering parts of Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan.

November 8, 2022

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026