“We are encouraged that the Mamdani Administration has listened to our community's call to rehab, rather than replace, the BQE Triple Cantilever while maintaining only two lanes of traffic in each direction and the existing footprint of the structure....

Brooklyn, NY – On Wednesday, July 15th NYS Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon and NYC Council Member Lincoln Restler joined tenants of the five Riverside Buildings, housing advocates, and community members to urge the owner, Pinnacle Group and CEO Joel Wiener,...

Albany, NY – State lawmakers joined a broad range of mental health and substance use disorders advocates representing care recipients, family members, and providers from across New York State to demand a carve out of most Office of Mental Health (OMH)...

Albany, NY – On Thursday, May 14th, 2026, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon and Senator Robert Jackson, Zellnor Myrie, Julia Salazar, and Assemblymember Robert Carroll marked the 11th Annual Dyslexia & Literacy Advocacy Day. Students, families, advocates,...

Brooklyn, NY -- Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon released the following statement regarding the efforts to rollback the CLCPA: “Rolling back New York’s signature climate law would move the state in the wrong direction. We should be accelerating investments...

New York City, NY – Senator Samra Brouk and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, Chairs of the Mental Health Committees in their respective houses, released the following statement regarding the mental health crisis response and shooting of then 22-year-old...

Watch a recording of the event here. Photos upon request. Brooklyn, NY – NY State Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon and NY State Senators Brian Kavanagh and Jabari Brisport, Council Member Mercedes Narcisse, 1199SEIU, NYSNA, health care and patient advocates,...