Elmont, NY – As more governments release COVID-19 health data, the results are showing that people of color, including African-Americans and Latinos, are infected at rates disproportionate to their percentage of the state’s population. Assemblywoman...

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Thursday, March 19, 2020 5:30pm

Elmont, New York – New York State Assemblymember Michaelle Solages, along with Senators Todd Kaminsky and Anna Kaplan secured nearly $800,000 in Smart School funding for the Sewanhaka Central High School District as part of the 2014 Smart Schools...

“Recently, I helped pass $40 million in emergency funding to deal with the emerging novel coronavirus (COVID-19) threat because it’s crucial that we invest in the necessary resources we need to combat this evolving, serious public health issue...

“Over the past several years, the number of nuisance phone calls received by consumers has skyrocketed. Millions of calls per month are from telemarketers who often pose a risk to our privacy and personal information. That’s why I helped pass...

Elmont, NY – Today, Assemblymember Michaelle C. Solages issued the following statement regarding the Department of Homeland Security’s public charge rule that goes into effect as of February 24, 2020: “The federal administration continues...

Elmont, NY – Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, in partnership with the Cornell Cooperative Extension, is in the exploratory phase of creating a new community garden in the 22nd Assembly District. Community gardens provide many benefits to their neighborhoods,...

Bellerose Village, NY – On Saturday, January 11, 2020 Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, Mayor Ken Moore, and his Road Project team toured the newly renovated roads on the west end of Bellerose Village. Mayor Moore thanked Assemblywoman Solages for...

Assemblymember Michaelle Solages (D-Elmont) announced that she passed legislation to improve limousine safety and better protect New Yorkers. These include measures to impose stricter oversight on stretch limousines and drivers, provide easy and accessible...

Elmont, NY – With the start of the 2020 legislative session in January, Assemblywoman Michaelle C. Solages invites all residents of the 22nd Assembly District to participate in the annual legislative survey. Participants will have the opportunity...

Nassau County, NY – New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle C. Solages, who chairs the Assembly Taskforce on Farm, Food & Nutrition Policy, and Senator John Brooks joined Long Island Cares for a press conference to call upon the New York State Department...

In response to a three-year Newsday investigation which found Long Island real-estate agents' widespread unequal treatment against Hispanic, Asian, and black homebuyers, Assemblywoman Michaelle C. Solages, the first person of Haitian descent elected to...

Valley Stream, NY – Assemblywoman Michaelle C. Solages has submitted legislation to prohibit the performance of hymen exams, commonly known as “virginity test”, on women as a means to prove virginity status. According to the World Congress...

In response to the Department of Homeland Security extending temporary protection status documentation for TPS recipients from the countries of El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan through Jan. 4, 2021, Assemblywoman Michaelle C. Solages,...

Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages and State Senator Kevin Parker and released the following statement after the National Collegiate Athletic Association announced that it would begin deliberations to permit college athletes to profit from their names, images...

Albany, NY — Today, Assemblywoman Michaelle C. Solages announces that she joins the campaign for pay equity in collegiate sports as the Assembly sponsor of the New York Collegiate Athletic Participation Compensation Act.This legislation gives athletes...

VALLEY STREAM, NY — Assemblywoman Michaelle C. Solages announces Governor Cuomo signed her legislation to provide for the inclusion of a check-off box on personal income tax return forms for the purpose of making a gift to the William B. Hoyt Memorial...

Recently, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation (S.3171/A.264B) protecting patients from excessive out-of-network hospital emergency charges, including hospital inpatient services that follow an emergency room visit. The new law requires health...