Phara Souffrant Forrest

Voted for Senate Bill 8417, which ends the cost break for extending a gas line to a building without gas. The New York State Assembly passed it 83-62, and it became law.

June 16, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for Senate Bill 1069 to ban new oil and gas leases in state forests and other listed conservation areas. The Assembly passed it 91-48, and it became law.

June 11, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for Senate Bill 123, which bans the sale of infant walkers in New York. The New York Assembly passed it 97-49. It became law.

June 10, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for Senate Bill 801, which puts electric car charging requirements for new buildings into the state building code. The New York State Assembly passed it 88-57, and it became law.

March 12, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for Senate Bill 1353, which helps people forced into debt by an abuser get that coerced debt cleared. The New York Assembly passed it 96-50. It became law.

June 11, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction

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Voted for Senate Bill 4906, which lets assault victims at hospitals and care facilities give their statement at work. The New York Assembly passed it 105-41. It became law.

June 11, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for Senate Bill 7882, which bans landlords setting rents with software that pools rival landlords' private data. The New York State Assembly passed it 95-51, and it became law.

June 10, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for Senate Bill 952-B on rent-stabilized security deposits. It caps deposits at one month's rent and requires the balance returned after lawful itemized deductions. The Assembly passed it 95-50, and it became law.

May 27, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for Senate Bill 1985-A to require temporary removal of visible or lawfully found guns when domestic-violence assessments flag danger. It also extended the minimum hold to five days. The Assembly passed it 93-46, and it became law.

June 11, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted for Senate Bill 745, which takes ammunition sellers out of the payment card merchant code rule. The New York Assembly passed it 96-52. It became law.

March 19, 2025Opposes Gun Control

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Voted for Senate Bill 744, which adds pistol converters to the list of banned rapid-fire modification devices. The New York State Assembly passed it 100-48, and it became law.

March 19, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted for Senate Bill 743, which makes the gun dealer suicide-risk warning cover rifles and shotguns, not only handguns. The New York State Assembly passed it 98-50, and it became law.

March 19, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted for Senate Bill 4914-B to expand New York protections against out-of-state penalties for legally protected reproductive and gender-affirming care. The Assembly passed it 94-50, and it became law.

June 16, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for Assembly Bill 4040-A, which lets housing discrimination be proved by a practice's effect without proof of intent. The New York State Assembly passed it 95-46, and it became law.

June 6, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for Senate Bill 3072 to restrict employment credit checks, with exceptions for specified jobs. The Assembly passed it 98-46, and it became law.

May 28, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for Assembly Bill 387, which makes every general hospital run a free language assistance program. The New York Assembly passed it 113-34. It became law.

May 14, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for Assembly Bill 1820, which makes sellers strike racist covenants from property deeds. The New York Assembly passed it 100-48. It became law.

April 2, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for Senate Bill 2551, raising the standard felony fine cap for corporations from $10,000 to $80,000. The Assembly passed it 107-33, and it became law.

June 17, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate Bill 8420, which makes advertisers say when a person in an ad is computer-made and not real. The New York Assembly passed it 92-49. It became law.

June 17, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate Bill 8416, the FAIR Business Practices Act, which bans unfair and abusive business acts, not only deceptive ones. The New York State Assembly passed it 91-50, and it became law.

June 17, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate Bill 6997, which sets up a way to report unsafe work on utility poles. The New York Assembly passed it 111-31. It became law.

June 17, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted for Assembly Bill 10711, which lets state standards, not only federal ones, set the vaccines required for children. The New York Assembly passed it 90-48. It became law.

April 21, 2026

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Voted for Assembly Bill 10710, which makes health plans cover vaccines recommended by the state health commissioner. The New York Assembly passed it 99-39. It became law.

April 21, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov