New York State Assembly

Speaker Carl Heastie today joined Assemblymember Erik Dilan at Hope Gardens, a NYCHA development located in Bushwick, Brooklyn to announce a $3 million capital grant to renovate its Youth Center, one of the single largest state grants to be awarded in...

Speaker Carl Heastie, Consumer Affairs Committee Chair Nily Rozic, Assemblymember Emérita Torres and Assemblymember Grace Lee today announced the Assembly passed legislation to strengthen safety protections and ensure transparency for infant food and...

Albany, NY – “When the children can’t get to the farm, we’ll bring the farm to them!,” exclaimed the Assemblywoman. Thanks to the incredible generosity of Agricultural Advocate Ben Simons and Oneida County Sheriff Rob Maciol, as well as the...

Assemblywoman Andrea K. Bailey (R,C-Geneseo) is pleased to announce her upcoming mobile office hours. The first stop will be in West Bloomfield on Monday, June 22, and additional visits are scheduled in communities throughout the district in the months...

While I am proud of the meaningful legislation we passed this year, I cannot help but think about the opportunities that were lost because of an increasingly cumbersome budget process and the extraordinary amount of authority that has been ceded to the...

Albany, NY – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D–Westchester) applauds a provision in this year’s Enacted State Budget which includes a 2.7% Targeted Inflationary Increase (TII) for human service workers and organizations across the State. Paulin supported...

Speaker Carl Heastie today kicked off his annual statewide tour with Assemblymember Didi Barrett, visiting Montgomery C. Smith Elementary School in Hudson and announcing $1.6 million for outdoor classrooms. “The Assembly Majority is committed to preparing...

New York state’s newly enacted state budget contains a revision to the Real Property Tax Law regarding veterans’ property tax exemptions. The newly enacted state budget allows local governments to provide a full property tax exemption for veterans...

WATERTOWN, NY — Assemblyman Scott Gray (R-Watertown), ranking Minority member of the Assembly Standing Committee on Energy, today called on the governor to veto A.11560, the Responsible Data Center Development Act, and announced that he has sent the...

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C–Yorktown) and Senator Pete Harckham (D, WF-40th) today announced a historic increase in Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) funding as part of the enacted 2026-27 state budget, delivering critical...

Albany, NY – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D–Westchester) is highlighting new provisions in the SFY 2026-27 Enacted Budget that take direct aim at the growing threat of 3D-printed ghost guns. The measures, which Paulin advocated and voted for, prohibit...

Penn Yan, N.Y., June 9—State Senator Tom O’Mara (R,C-Big Flats) and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C-Corning) visited Penn Yan Academy on Monday to pay tribute to the Boys Varsity Lacrosse Team for winning the 2025 New York State Public High School...

Albany, NY – Long-awaited peace of mind regarding the Setauket-Port Jefferson Station Greenway Trail is on the horizon with the news this week that Assemblywoman Rebecca Kassay’s legislation to create a perpetual conservation easement aimed to protect...

Speaker Carl Heastie and Children and Families Committee Chair Andrew Hevesi today announced that the Assembly has passed Kyra’s law, which would clarify the legal framework for courts to promote the safety of children in child custody and visitation...

Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal today announced the passage of legislation that would strengthen protections for incarcerated pregnant individuals by prohibiting the use of restraints and use of force against them (A.1670, Rosenthal)....

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara today announced that he secured $4 million in the 2026-27 New York State Budget for the development of Rotterdam Commons, a new community recreation complex and park for the Town of Rotterdam.Joined by Rotterdam Town Supervisor...

Albany, NY – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-Westchester) today celebrated the inclusion of more than $30 million in the FY 2027 New York State Budget to support Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities across New York State. "I was proud...

On the last day of legislative session, the New York State Assembly unanimously passed bipartisan legislation sponsored by Assemblymember Phil Steck (D-110th AD) and cosponsored by Assemblymember Mary Beth Walsh (R-112th AD) and Assemblymember Jake Blumencranz...

Albany, New York – New York State Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Housing, heralded passage of her legislation (A.1670-B) to ban the shackling of pregnant and postpartum women in the custody of...

Albany, NY – Senator Patricia Fahy (D–Albany), Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D–NYC), and the NY FAIR NEWS Act coalition announced that both houses of the New York state legislature passed the NY FAIR News Act (New York Fundamental Artificial Intelligence...

Last week, the state Assembly wrapped up its 2026 legislative session. Each year, from January through early June, legislators gather in Albany to represent their communities and address the challenges facing New Yorkers. This year, those challenges were...

Speaker Carl Heastie and Energy Committee Chair Didi Barrett today announced the Assembly has passed legislation that would pause the development of data centers in New York for one year to allow the state to study their impact on communities and the...

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Housing, announces passage of her landmark legislation, the New York Health Information Privacy Act (A.10357), which prohibits the sale of New Yorkers’...

New York State Assemblyman Michael Durso (R-Massapequa Park), in partnership with the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, is holding a Senior Medical ID Card program and Shed The Meds event on Thursday, June 18th from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the West...

Today, Assemblyman Brian Miller (R,C-New Hartford) commended the unanimous passing of the CREEP Act (A.3226A), legislation designed to provide stronger legal protections for victims of stalking. The bill which Miller co-sponsored will allow individuals...

Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C-Corning) is celebrating the passage of the Doorways to Donation Act which will increase organ donations across New York. Specifically, this proposal which Palmesano co-sponsored will allow New Yorkers to register for the...